Board of Directors
K. James Harrison(4)
Oakville, Ontario
Chairman of the Board
James Harrison is the founder of K.J. Harrison & Partners Inc., a private client investment management firm in Toronto, Ontario. Prior to 2000, he was the Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Connor Clark Ltd. He is a LL.B., M.B.A. Graduate of the University of Western Ontario and has a Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Craig H. Hansen
Calgary, Alberta
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Hansen has been our President of Zargon Oil & Gas Ltd. and its predecessor company Zargon Energy Trust since 1993. Mr. Hansen obtained a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta in 1978 and is a professional engineer registered with APEGGA. Mr. Hansen was employed with Dome Petroleum Ltd. (1978-1980) and NRG Engineering Ltd. (1980-1984). He founded C.H. Hansen Engineering Ltd., an engineering consulting company, which provided reservoir, exploitation, and acquisition engineering services during the period 1984 through 1993.
Mr. Hansen is a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) where he serves as the Chair of the Fiscal Executive Policy Group and the Audit Committee.
Kyle D. Kitagawa(1) (2)
Calgary, Alberta
Managing Director, North River Capital Corp.
Mr. Kitagawa brings over 20 years experience in commodity trading, equity investing, and structured finance in energy and energy intensive industries. Prior to April 2003, he held senior executive positions in a global energy trading and capital corporation. Mr. Kitagawa has been an independent businessman since 2003. In addition, Mr. Kitagawa serves as Chairman of both Canadian Energy Services & Technology Corp. and Coral Hill Energy Ltd. Prior directorships included Advanced Mobile Power Systems, LLC, Esprit Exploration Ltd., Ferus Trust, Independent Energy Ltd., Invasion Energy Inc., Livingston Energy Ltd., Papier Masson Ltee., ProspEx Resources Ltd. and Wave Energy Ltd.
He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Queen's University, a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Calgary and is a Chartered Accountant.
Margaret A. McKenzie(1) (3)
Calgary, Alberta
Chief Financial Officer, Range Royalty Management Ltd.
Ms. McKenzie is the Chief Financial Officer, Range Royalty Management Ltd. (general partner of Range Royalty Limited Partnership, a private royalty partnership). She was previously Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Profico Energy Management Ltd. (a private oil and gas company) and Manager, Treasury and Administration with Renaissance Energy Ltd. (a public oil and gas company).
Ms. McKenzie holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction degree from the University of Saskatchewan and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta since 1985. Ms. McKenzie is on the board of directors of Bonavista Energy Corporation and three private oil and natural gas exploration and development companies (Spur Resources Ltd., Endurance Energy Ltd. and Home Quarter Resources Ltd.).
Geoffrey C. Merritt(2)
Calgary, Alberta
Independent Businessman
Geoff Merritt has over 30 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas sector. He was the founder of Masters Energy Inc., a public exploration and production company, incorporated in 2003 and acquired by us in April 2009. From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Merritt was the President and CEO of Sunfire Energy. Prior to 1998, Geoff was the Vice President and General Manager of the oil and gas division of Pembina Corporation.
Mr. Merritt received a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta in 1978 and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School.
Jim Peplinski(2) (4)
Calgary, Alberta
Managing Partner, Humberview Group; VP Business Development, Calgary Flames Hockey Club
Mr. Peplinski has assorted business interests including automotive finance, fleet management, real estate and oil and gas. He is also the VP Business Development, Calgary Flames Hockey Club and Co-Chair of the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championships.
J. Graham Weir(1) (2)
Calgary, Alberta
Independent Businessman
Graham Weir is an independent businessman. From September 1990 to December 2000, he was Vice President and Director of Corporate Finance for Goepel McDermid Inc., where he initiated and completed acquisition, financing, financial advisory, merger and valuation assignments for mid-market public and private companies generally headquartered in Calgary and active in the oil and gas producer and service sectors.
He graduated from Trent University in 1974 with a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics and the University of Manitoba in 1977 with a Masters Degree in Actuarial Mathematics. Mr. Weir received the designation Chartered Business Valuator in 1994 and completed a Masters Degree in Mathematical Finance at the University of Oxford in 2005. Mr. Weir serves as a director of several companies including: Flagstone Energy Inc., Graymont Limited, Grupo Calidra, S.A. de C.V., Pulse Data Inc. and Wave Energy Ltd.
Grant A. Zawalsky(3) (4)
Calgary, Alberta
Partner, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
Mr. Zawalsky is a Partner of Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP (Barristers and Solicitors). Mr. Zawalsky has been a Partner of Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP, since 1994. Mr. Zawalsky currently sits on the board of directors of a number of public and private companies, including Endurance Energy Ltd., Flagstone Energy Inc., Home Quarter Resources Ltd., NuVista Energy Ltd., Range Royalty Management Ltd. (general partner of Range Royalty Limited Partnership, Spur Resources Ltd., Whitecap Resources Inc. and is Corporate Secretary of Bonavista Energy Corporation, Echoex Ltd., Northpoint Energy Ltd. and Rock Energy Ltd.
Mr. Zawalsky holds a B.Comm. and LL.B. from the University of Alberta and is a member of the Law Society of Alberta.
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