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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 British Columbia based Director operating in the Oil and Gas space. If you think a Director 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.
Eira Thomas
Director of Suncor Energy
Eira Thomas is a respected Canadian geologist who’s career in the Canadian diamond business spans more than 25 years. She spent fourteen years with Aber Resources (Now Dominion Diamond Corporation), serving as a geologist between 1992-1996, Vice-President Exploration between 1997-1999 and as a Director of the Board from 1998-2006. In 2001, Ms. Thomas co-founded Stornoway Ventures Ltd. (now Stornoway Diamond Corporation) and served as CEO of Stornoway until 2008 and Executive Chairman between 2008-2011. Ms. Thomas is currently a director of a number of other public companies and organizations, including Suncor Energy Inc., Lucara Diamond Corp., the Yukon Mineral Advisory Board, the University of Toronto (U of T) Alumni Association, and she is a member of the U of T President’s Internal Advisory Council. Awards/Recognition: 2004: honoured as one of “Canada’s Top 40 under 40” by the Caldwell Partners and the Report on Business Magazine. 2007: awarded The William Harvey Gross Award, bestowed annually by the Mineral Deposits Division of the Geological Association of Canada, to a geoscientist less than 40 years of age who has made a significant contribution to the field of economic geology in a Canadian context 2007: selected as one of “Top 100 Canada’s Most Powerful Women”. 2008: one of only four Canadians that year to be named to the “Young Global Leaders”, by the World Economic Forum. 2009: a recipient of the CIM’s (Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy) Past Presidents’ Memorial Medal, awarded to a member under 45 who, by his/her accomplishments, has set an outstanding example to young members of the Institute and to young men/women contemplating a career in the minerals industry. 2010: Ms. Thomas received the Minerva for BC Women Natural Resources Award. Ms. Thomas graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science in Geology in 1990.
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About Lucara Diamond Corp, Lucara Diamond Corp, Suncor Energy: Suncor Energy is an integrated energy company specializes in production of synthetic crude from oil sands.
Joel Dumaresq
Chief Executive Office and Director of Molori Energy
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About Molori Energy, Taat Global: Molori Energy is a diversified oil and gas producer currently with operations in the Texas Panhandle.
Judy-Ann Pottinger
Communications Director of Molori Energy
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About Molori Energy: Molori Energy is a diversified oil and gas producer currently with operations in the Texas Panhandle.
Richard MacKellar
Managing Director of Chrysalix Venture Capital
As an engineer, Mr. MacKellar started his career with NEI Parsons, a division of Rolls Royce that designed turbines and generators for power generation. For the past sixteen years, Mr. MacKellar has been running venture backed startup companies. Most recently, as President and CEO, he successfully sold BrightSide Technologies to Dolby Laboratories for an annualized return for investors of 45-60%. Prior to this, he was President/CEO of NxtPhase, raising $57 million in venture capital and building relationships with GE, Honeywell and Mitsubishi as well as the three largest Canadian utilities and three of the larger U.S. utilities. Mr. MacKellar holds a metallurgy degree from Sheffield University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Chrysalix Venture Capital: Chrysalix is an early-stage industrial innovation venture capital firm.
Brad Windt
Director, CEO & President of Pinedale Energy
Brad Windt is a former investment advisor with Canaccord Capital and was a founder and financier of Ultra Petroleum Corp and Pennaco Energy Inc. Mr. Windt brings 30 years of capital market experience with a focus on the U.S. energy markets.
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About Pinedale Energy: Pinedale Energy is a junior oil and gas company focused on the development of its long-life natural gas reserves.
Donald Sharpe
Director of Pinedale Energy
Sharpe is a professional geophysicist with more than 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas business. During that time, Mr. Sharpe has gained experience in exploration, production, marketing, finance and the management of public companies. He has been a founder and director of a number of oil and gas companies including Velvet Exploration Inc., UNX Energy and Oyster Oil and Gas Ltd. Mr. Sharpe received a Bachelor of Science in Geophysics from the University of British Columbia in 1981, a Certificate in Business Management from the University of Calgary in 1989 and graduated from the Banff School of Advanced Management in 1991. Mr. Sharpe is member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta and the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists. Mr. Sharpe is a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors in Canada.
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About Pinedale Energy: Pinedale Energy is a junior oil and gas company focused on the development of its long-life natural gas reserves.
Susan Koch
Boards of Directors of FuelCellsEtc
Susan is a finance veteran in pre-commercial alternate energy / clean technology companies. She is a chartered professional accountant (CPA, CA) with more than 30 years’ experience. Prior to joining Carbon Engineering, she held positions of CFO at General Fusion and Vaperma, and VP Finance and CFO at Cellex Power Products. From Cellex through to General Fusion, Susan was a core team member on equity financings totaling $130M, raising funds from North American, European and International investors, in addition to accessing a broad range of non-dilutive funding
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About Carbon Engineering: FuelCellsEtc specializes in providing highly customized Fuel Cell and Electrolyzer components.
Jenna Virk
Director, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary of Lithium Americas
Ms. Virk was called to the bar of British Columbia in 2007 and practiced law with a number of prominent Vancouver law firms, most recently at Boughton Law Corporation in the areas of corporate finance, securities and corporate commercial law. Ms. Virk completed her bachelor of laws degree from the University of British Columbia and bachelor of business administration from Simon Fraser University. She has represented reporting issuers in the mining, natural resource, technology, clean energy, industrial and service industries.
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About Lithium Americas: Lithium Americas is engaged in the exploration and evaluation of lithium, potassium, and other mineral resources in South America.
Luquman Shaheen
President, CEO, Director of Panoro Minerals
Mr. Shaheen has an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering and a Masters degree in Business Administration. He has over 22 years of experience in the international mining sector with over 17 years dedicated to the development of mineral projects in Peru and Latin America. Mr. Shaheen resided in Peru from 1996 until 2001, is fluent in Spanish and English, very knowledgeable of the Peruvian mining sector and the social, environmental and business issues of this important mineral producing nation.
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About Panoro Minerals: Panoro Minerals Ltd. is a Canadian mineral exploration company with a strategic focus on exploring and advancing.
Michael Krzus
Executive Chairman & Technical Director of Hillcrest Petroleum
Michael Krzus is the Executive Chairman and Technical Director at Hillcrest Petroleum.
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About Hillcrest Petroleum: Hillcrest Petroleum is an independent oil and gas production company.
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