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Based in London, Mr. Summers experience as a Chartered Accountant and international financial consultant adds significant financial and accounting depth and breadth to the Board. Mr. Summers practiced as a Chartered Accountant from 1963 to 1985. In 1980 he formed JPS Financial Services, which since 1982 has provided financial and accounting advisory services to select individuals and institutions.
Mr. Zammit practices in the areas of corporate finance and securities, advising on public and private financing matters as well as reorganizations, takeovers, mergers, shareholder disputes, acquisitions, dispositions and strategic relationships. Mr. Zammit serves on the board of several public and private companies as well as several non-profit organizations.
Mr. Zammit attended the University of Manitoba and received a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) in 1982, following which he served as a consultant to the International Air Transport Association. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws in 1987 from the University of Manitoba and was admitted to the Alberta Bar in 1988. In 1989 Mr. Zammit was seconded to the Alberta Securities Commission.
Mr. Zammit served on the executive of the Business Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association for several years and was a sessional instructor in corporate law.
Mr. Wormsbecker received a Bachelor of Science degree in Geological Engineering in 1966 and is a Professional Engineer. Mr. Wormsbecker has over 40 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. From 2001 to 2003 served as Vice President, Reservoir Engineering and Business Development, of Segue Energy Corporation; 2003 to 2006 was President of Pancho Resources Limited, an engineering consulting corporation, and currently is Vice President, Operations, of Harvard Energy.
Mr. Hurtubise joined Tristone Capital Inc. as Managing Director, Investment Banking in 2004. Before joining Tristone, Mr. Hurtubise was the Executive Managing Director, Investment and Corporate Banking at BMO Nesbitt Burns. Prior thereto, he was brought in as Chairman and CEO of an underperforming Royalty Trust which was subsequently sold to Direct Energy Marketing, which Mr. Hurtubise joined as Executive Vice-President and CFO until its sale to Centrica, a large UK based energy marketing company. In 1994, he joined and subsequently became President and CEO of Grad & Walker Energy Corporation, which was acquired in 1997. Prior to Grad & Walker, Mr. Hurtubise had been with Nesbitt Thomson's Investment Banking Group for six years.
Mr. Hurtubise holds a BComm from the University of Calgary, an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder and member of the Association for Investment Management and Research.
He currently is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation and of the Calgary Zoological Society. He sits on the board of Direct Cash Income Fund, Eaglewood Energy Inc. and is a member of the Advisory Board of Marsh Canada Limited.
Mr. Lee is President of Facet Resources Ltd., a private investment company. In May 2008 he became Chairman of Sprott Inc., prior thereto he was Vice-Chairman of Penn West Energy Trust, Chairman of Canetic Resources Trust and President and Chief Executive Officer of Acclaim Energy Trust. Mr. Lee is also on the board of three private oil and gas companies, Gryphon Petroleum Corp., Darian Resources Ltd. and CanEra Resources Inc. Mr. Lee has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Commerce.
Mr. Brenneman is a senior member of the oil and gas community and was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Petro-Canada for the period January 2000 to August 2009, at which time Petro-Canada was merged with Suncor Energy. Under his leadership, Petro-Canada grew more than four fold to have a market capitalization of US$25 billion through its exploration, development and marketing activities around the globe. Mr. Brenneman holds a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering and has served more than 30 years in the oil and gas industry in particular with Imperial Oil and Exxon in Canada, Europe and the United States. He was General Manager of worldwide corporate planning at Exxon's headquarters prior to retirement upon the Exxon/Mobil merger. In addition, Mr. Brenneman is a non-executive director of The Bank of Nova Scotia, Bell Canada and Westjet Airlines and is active with several charitable organizations.