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At Best Startup Canada we track over 100,000 Canadian startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Alberta based CFO’ operating in the Renewable Energy space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.ca.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Christopher Theal
Chief Financial Officer of Velvet Energy
Christopher Theal is the Chief Financial Officer of Velvet Energy Ltd. Prior to joining Velvet in February 2015,Christopher Theal was the founder of Kootenay Capital Management Corp., which managed a long/short energy hedge fund. Previous to founding Kootenay in 2011, Christopher Theal was a top-ranked oil and gas analyst for thirteen years, heading the global oil & gas team as Global Coordinator, Oil & Gas Research, at Macquarie Securities. Christopher Theal was a founding Capital Markets partner, Head of Energy Research and member of the Executive Committee at Tristone Capital – a global energy investment boutique – prior to Macquarie acquiring Tristone in 2009. Prior thereto, Christopher. Theal was an oil and gas analyst at CIBC World Markets. Christopher Theal is a CFA Charterholder and holds the CIM designation. He has a MBA in Finance, from the University of British Columbia, and an undergraduate degree in economics, with distinction, from Royal Roads Military College and is a former Naval Officer in the Canadian Armed Forces. Christopher Theal currently volunteers as the President of the Royal Military Colleges of Canada Foundation.
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About Velvet Energy: Velvet Energy is an energy exploration company that explores for, develops, acquires, and produces crude oil and natural gas in Canada.
Chris Webster
Chief Financial Officer of Pengrowth Corporation
Chris joined us in 2000 and was appointed Treasurer in 2001. In March 2005, Chris was appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining us, he held a variety of progressively senior accounting and finance positions within the petroleum industry. Chris graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Concordia University, and holds both the Certified General Accountant (CGA) and the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designations.
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About Pengrowth Corporation: Pengrowth Energy Corporation is an intermediate Canadian oil and natural gas producer with over 27 years of operating history
Lance Mierendorf
Chief Financial Officer of Wentworth Resources
Mr. Mierendorf is a Chartered Accountant and has worked in the international oil and gas industry for over 15 years. Prior to joining Wentworth, Mr. Mierendorf was Chief Financial Officer of Sonoro Energy Ltd., a Canadian based public company with start-up operations in Iraq. Before this, Mr. Mierendorf held the position of Corporate Controller for Buried Hill Energy, a private company with exploration and appraisal operations in The Gambia and Turkmenistan regions. Mr. Mierendorf also spent 6 years in Doha, Qatar as Middle East Finance Manager for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.
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About Wentworth Resources: Wentworth Resources is an East African upstream and midstream oil and gas company.
Kelly A. Tomyn
Chief Financial Officer of Eagle Energy Trust
Ms. Tomyn has over 23 years of experience in the oil and gas industry developing and executing financial strategies primarily for publicly traded companies. Ms. Tomyn is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan.
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About Eagle Energy Trust: Eagle Energy Trust is a publicly traded exploration and production company, focusing primarily in the Salt Flats area.
Jeffrey Bowers
Senior VP Finance & CFO of Western Energy Services
Mr. Bowers, a founder of Western, is a Chartered Accountant and has over 23 years of financial experience in the oilfield services industry domestically and internationally. Since April 2008, Mr. Bowers held the position of Vice President Finance and CFO with Horizon Drilling Inc. Previously, Mr. Bowers was the Chief Financial Officer at FracSource Inc. prior to its divestiture in 2008. Prior to that he was employed at Precision Drilling Corporation for five years, initially with Computalog Ltd. followed by three years as Group Controller, Canada for Precision Energy Services. Prior to Precision Drilling Corporation, Mr. Bowers worked for Nowsco Well Service Ltd. in various capacities including Controller of Canadian Operations and Controller of Nowsco’s Asia Pacific Operations
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About Western Energy Services: Western Energy Services Corp. is an oilfield service company which provides contract drilling services in Canada.
Ryan Michaluk
CFO of Eavor
Ryan Michaluk serves as the Chief Financial Officer at Eavor Technologies.
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About Eavor: Eavor is a technology based energy company that provides a clean, carbon-neutral, scalable, baseload power solution.
Shane K. Abel
Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer of Lone Pine Resources
Mr. Abel was promoted to the position of Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer in June 2013. Mr. Abel had held the position of Vice President, Finance & Treasurer since July 2011. From July 2003 to June 2011, Mr. Abel worked at BMO Capital Markets, a Canadian bank-owned full service investment dealer, where he most recently held the position of Vice President, Investment & Corporate Banking. Mr. Abel graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Honours Finance and Accounting from the University of Saskatchewan in 2003 and is a CFA Charterholder.
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About : Lone Pine is a private company engaged in the exploration and development of natural gas and light oil in Canada.
Victor Roskey
Chief Financial Officer of Osum
Victor Roskey brings a diverse mix of senior oil and gas finance expertise and proven leadership skills to Osum. He has extensive experience in investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, private equity and capital restructurings. Victor Roskey has held senior management roles with both resources companies and financial institutions, and has served on a number of public and private company boards.
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About Osum: Unlocking Canada’s unrealized bitumen resource potential
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