Welcome To The Cuda Oil and Gas HUB On AGORACOM
A Pure Play - Powder River, Light Oil Focused Company
R. Glenn Dawson
– President and CEO
• Geologist, BSc, MSc with over 35 years of oil and gas exploration and management experience across North America
• Most recently President of Williston Hunter Canada and Bakken Hunter North Dakota, subsidiaries of Magnum Hunter Resources
• President of NuLoch Resources until sale to Magnum Hunter Resources in 2011
• VP Exploration and President of TriLoch Resources until sale to Enerplus in 2005
• Prior to TriLoch, VP Exploration at PanAtlas / Summit Resources, Sundance Oil and Gas, and Golden Eagle Oil and Gas (Ultramar)
Ron Purvis
CFO
• Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of experience including public and private entities.
• Experience includes IFRS conversion, financial reporting, financial management and operations for assets in Canada and U.S.
• Held increasingly senior roles at Northern Blizzard Resources, TransCanada, Maxim Power Corp, Williams Energy Canada, and Ernst &
Young
Tim Bushell
VP, Exploration
• Geologist, BSc with over 35 years of oil and gas exploration experience spanning Alberta, Saskatchewan and North Dakota
• Senior Geologist at NuLoch and Magnum Hunter growing production by over 5,000 bbl/d through the successful drilling of over 200
wells in the Williston Basin
• Prior to NuLoch, held increasingly senior geologist roles at Landcruiser Resources, Tailwind Resources, Summit Resources, and
Chevron
Chad Gutor
VP, Engineering
• P. Eng, MBA with over 20 years of progressive experience in operations, exploitation and evaluations with private and public
companies
• VP Engineering at Forge Petroleum
• Prior to Forge, held increasingly senior roles at Petrobakken, Highpine, True Energy, Ultima Energy Trust, Enerplus, Crestar Energy,
Numac Energy
Mathieu Lavoie
VP, Quebec Operations
• P. Eng, with over 15 years of experience in operations and evaluations throughout North America.
• VP Operations at Junex until 2008, with key role in assembling Quebec Land Position and building operational capability
• Director of Foragaz, an Oil and Gas drilling division working in Eastern Canada (Qc, NB, NS and NF) until 2005
Edward (Ted) Hirst
Managing Director, Head of Global Investment Banking, Canaccord Genuity Corp
Mr. Hirst was Head of North American Mining at CIBC World Markets prior to founding Genuity Capital Markets in late 2004. Genuity Capital Markets merged with
Canaccord Financial in 2010 becoming Canaccord Genuity Corp. He joined CIBC World Markets in 1996 and built the team into the #1 ranked global mining M&A
team. Mr. Hirst has been involved in a wide variety of mining financings as well as over 50 completed mergers and acquisition advisory assignments since 1996,
including in 2014 the joint acquisition of Osisko Gold Inc. for Yamana Gold, the acquisition by B2Gold of Papillon Resources, and the acquisition by Agnico Eagle of
Cayden Resources. Prior to CIBC, he was Co-Head of Corporate Finance for Bankers Trust Canada. Mr. Hirst graduated from the Schulich Business School in 1985 with
a B.B.A.
Rich Frommer,
P.Geol. - President and CEO, Great Western Oil and Gas.
Rich has an extensive history in the Oil & Gas Industry and has worked within organizations such as Samson Resources Company and HS Resources. Rich held the
position of Senior Vice President in the Rocky Mountain division at Samson Resources Company. This is where he built and developed a team and organization from
a four man start up with an initial $200 million acquisition into a $4 billion asset that was part of the largest private equity oil and gas buyout by KKR. He was
responsible for the planning and implementation of annual capital budgets of up to $450 million structured to provide maximum rate of return. Rich did this while
managing an office staff of 125 people and four field offices of approximately 65 personnel. Rich is currently working to cultivate and expand Great Western Oil &
Gas Company. Great Western is a rapidly growing domestic exploration and production company in the Rocky Mountain Region that holds roughly $3 billion in
assets. Rich earned his Bachelor Degree in Geology from New York State University; in addition he has completed executive programs through the SMU Cox School
of Business.
Scott Dawson
P.Eng – Independent Businessman
Mr. Dawson is a Professional Engineer with nearly 30 years of extensive experience in Western Canadian oil and natural gas engineering. As co-founder, President
and CEO of Tempest Energy Corp. from June 2000 to November 2005, Mr. Dawson led the company to a plan of arrangement with Daylight Energy Trust and the
formation of Open Range Energy Corp. Previously Mr. Dawson was co-founder, President and CEO of Tier One Energy Corp., a public oil and gas company, which
commenced operations in 1996 and was sold in 1999. Prior to that Mr. Dawson was Engineering Manager from 1989 to March 1996 at HCO Energy Ltd., a public oil
and gas company. From 1983 to 1988, Mr. Dawson was a production engineer for Westmin Resources Ltd. and its predecessor Sundance Oil Canada Ltd. Mr. Dawson
is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA). Graduate of Haileybury School of Mines and Michigan
Tech. B.Sc. Geological Engineering.
Jean-Yves Lavoi
President and CEO, Junex
Mr. Lavoie is a co-founder of the Company, Chairman of the Board since June 2013 and President and Chief Executive Officer from March 2017 to August 2018. He
was previously the President of Junex from April 2006 to October 2011 and Chief Executive Officer from April 2006 to June 2013. He had also previously served as
President and Chief of Operations since the creation of the Company in 1999 and its listing on the exchange in 2001. He was employed by SOQUIP as a petroleum
engineer from 1974 to 1980, after which he remained active as a technical consultant and drilling engineer on several oil and gas projects in Québec and overseas.
The different experiences acquired through various positions and projects, both prior to and following the production process, have permitted him to refine his
entrepreneurship qualities. As president of Jaltin Inc. he has, among other things, initiated the realization of the natural gas underground storage of Pointe-du-Lac.
This was a first in Québec and worldwide as regards nonconsolidated sediments. Mr. Lavoie is a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, the American
Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), as well as the Association of Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta.
Guylaine Saucier
– Former Chair of the Board of Directors of the CBC.
Guylaine Saucier is a director of companies. She is a former Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, a former director of the Bank
of Canada, a former Chair of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA), a former director of the International Federation of Accountants, and was Chair
of the Joint Committee on Corporate Governance established by the CICA, the Toronto Stock Exchange, and the Canadian Venture Exchange and is a director of
Wendel. Mrs. Saucier was the first woman to serve as President of the Québec Chamber of Commerce. She serves as a director of the Fondation du Musée des
Beaux Arts. Mrs. Saucier obtained a B.A. from Collège Marguerite-Bourgeoys and a B.Comm. from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, Université de
Montréal. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2004, she received the Fellowship Award from the
Institute of Corporate Directors, in 2007, she obtained the Institute Certified Designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors, and in 2010, she received the
designation Administrateur de société émérite from the Collège des administrateurs de sociétés.
Bruce Lawrence
BLG LLP Partner – Corporate Secretary, Cuda Oil and Gas Inc.
Bruce Lawrence is a Partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in the Securities and Capital Markets Group, and is the Regional Chair of their Oil and Gas Focus Group.
Based in Calgary, Bruce has practiced in the corporate/commercial area since 1982, with an emphasis on clients involved in the natural resources sector. The bulk of
his practice involves corporate and securities transactions with exposure to numerous public and private financings, mergers, acquisitions, take-over bids and plans
of arrangement. Bruce is also involved in oil sands and off-sho