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In addition to Messrs. Brister, Turnbull and Wierzba, the directors of the company are as follows:
John A. Brussa, Director
Mr. Brussa has been a partner of Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP since 1987 and is
presently the head of its tax department. Mr. Brussa received a Bachelor of
Law degree from the University of Windsor in 1981 and currently serves as a
director of a number of publicly listed resource corporations, a mutual fund
trust and several non-profit or charitable organizations.
Stuart G. Clark, Director
Mr. Clark has a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Manitoba.
Mr. Clark was the Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Storm Energy
Inc. from November 1998 to November 2001. From January 1986 to July 1998, Mr. Clark
was employed by Pinnacle Resources Ltd. in positions of increasing responsibility,
the last being Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Clark was
also a director of Pinnacle from January 1986 to July 1998. Mr. Clark is and has
been a director of a number of private and publicly traded entities.
Henry R. Lawrie, Director
Mr. Lawrie is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta and
a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Lawrie had a 35 year career with
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and predecessor firms, serving in Calgary, Dallas and Midland,
Texas and Toronto. He was managing partner of his firm’s Calgary office and co-chaired
his firm’s Oil and Gas specialty group. He also chaired the ASC Oil and Gas Securities
Taskforce and the CICA Oil and Gas Full Cost Accounting Taskforce. Mr. Lawrie has served
as Chief Accountant of the Alberta Securities Commission, and is currently a director of
several public companies. He consults in the areas of accounting, securities regulation
and corporate governance.
P. Grant Wierzba, Director
Mr. Wierzba has a Bachelor of Sciences in Engineering from the University of Alberta and is a registered professional engineer in the Province of Alberta. Mr. Wierzba was Vice President Operations and Chief Operating Officer of Storm Energy Ltd. from August 2002 until June 2003 and from November 1998 until August 2002 he held the same position at Storm Energy Inc. From March 1996 until July 1998, Mr Wierzba was employed by Pinnacle Resources Ltd. in positions of increasing responsibility, the last being Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and was also a director of the company. From 1980 until February 1996 Mr. Wierzba was employed by Renaissance Energy Ltd. in positions of increasing responsibility, his final role being Senior Vice President, Operations.
Mark Butler, Director
Mr. Butler holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Saskatchewan and
a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Calgary. Mr. Butler
is a business consultant specializing in the commercialization of early stage
technologies. Most recently, he was Chief Operating Officer for Alterna Technologies
Group Inc., subsequently Storm Exploration Inc. Prior to that position, Mr. Butler
was General Counsel and Vice President, Commercial Transactions at Alterna with
responsibility for product licensing and intellectual property management. He has
significant experience in private equity funding and has led and managed a number of
acquisition and divestiture transactions.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Board of Directors in part manages its business through committees as follows.
Each of the Audit and Reserves Committees has a formal mandate.
Audit: Henry Lawrie, (Chairman), Stuart Clark, Matthew Brister
Compensation, Governance and Nomination: John Brussa (Chairman), Mark Butler and Gregory Turnbull.
Reserves: Matthew Brister (Chairman), Henry Lawrie and Grant Wierzba.
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