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About
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& Directors |
Management
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| Lorenzo
Donadeo, P.Eng. President & CEO & Director |
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Experience:
With more
than 25 years experience in the oil and gas business, including
mergers and acquisitions, gas marketing, production, exploitation
and field operations in western Canada and internationally. Lorenzo
was a co-founder of Vermilion Resources (1994), which has grown
into a $2.2 billion enterprise. Lorenzo served as the Chief Operating
Officer of Vermilion when the company made its initial international
forays into France (1997) and Trinidad (1999) and became President
and CEO of Vermilion in 2003. He is a Director of Verenex Energy
Inc. which Vermilion founded in 2004. Education: B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering (Honours), University of Alberta, 1981 |
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| John
Donovan, F.C.A. Executive Vice President Business Development |
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| Experience: More than 30 years of industry experience. John is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in international business development, A&D, negotiations and M&A. Prior to joining Vermilion in March 2005 John advised many clients on upstream A&D / M&A opportunities in North and South America and Asia with Harrison Lovegrove (now Standard Chartered Bank). Prior to that, John spent 24 years with ConocoPhillips responsible for international business development, acquisitions and dispositions, farmins and farmouts, financial management and control, joint venture management, strategy and portfolio management & investment appraisal. Education: Fellow Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales |
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| Curtis
W. Hicks, C.A. Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
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| Experience:
More than 25 years of industry experience, primarily in the financial
area of oil and gas operations, as well as property and corporate
acquisitions. VP Finance & CFO with ELAN Energy Inc. from 1983
to 1997 as ELAN was grown from 200 bbls/d to over 35,000 bbls/d.
Chief Executive Officer of a junior oil and gas company, Caravan
Oil & Gas Ltd from 1998 to 2000. From 2000 to 2003, Curtis was
the VP Finance & CFO with NAL Oil & Gas Trust. Education: Chartered Accountant, 1983, B. Comm. (Honours), University of Saskatchewan, 1980. |
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| G.
R. (Bob) Mac Dougall, P.Eng. Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer |
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| Experience:
More than 20 years of industry experience, Bob is a
Professional Engineer with a strong background in drilling, production
and exploitation from ChevronTexaco. Worked in the drilling and
completions department in Canada and the United States for 7 years,
involved in both onshore and offshore drilling and completions engineering
and operations. Production engineering experience for a large water/miscible
flood field before moving into exploitation and asset management.
Spent 4 years as General Manager of Production and Operations for
ChevronTexaco's Western Canada producing properties with responsibility
for production, exploitation, operations and HS&E. Education: Engineering Diploma, Saint Francis Xavier University B.Sc. Engineering with Distinction, Technical University of Nova Scotia |
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| Paul
L. Beique Vice President Capital Markets |
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Experience:
Several years as a production engineer with Gulf Oil Exploration
and Production Company and Chevron USA Inc. before moving to Canada
in 1986. Investment analyst for a variety of investment companies
in Montreal and Calgary for more than 15 years. Extensive knowledge
of the energy industry, capital markets and the North American investment
community. Education: B.Sc. Petroleum Engineering, Texas Tech University, 1981, MBA, Concordia University, 1988. |
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| Mona Jasinski, M.B.A., C.H.R.P. Vice President People |
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Experience: Brings 20 years of human resources and organizational effectiveness experience, primarily in the Oil and Gas Industry including operations and mergers & acquisitions. Prior to Vermilion, Mona was the HR Manager for Shell Onshore Production, North America. Previous experience includes Management Consulting, Learning and Development and H.R. Generalist roles, which encompasses areas such as HR People / Strategy, Workforce Planning, Succession Planning, Leadership Effectiveness, Recruiting and Policy Development. |
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| Raj
C. Patel, P. Eng. Vice President Marketing |
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Experience: More than 30 years of oil and gas industry experience in domestic and international crude oil and natural gas marketing and commodity price risk management. Held senior level marketing positions in Calgary with two large
E & P companies. Established a consulting company providing oil and gas marketing services to various small and mid-cap companies marketing crude oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas in the North American market place. Raj has served Vermilion as VP Marketing since 2000. Education: B.Sc. Chemical Engineering (First class with distinction), M.S. University of Baroda, 1968; Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering, University of Calgary, 1979 |
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| Daniel
Goulet, P.Eng. Director Production and Operations |
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| Experience:
Brings 20 years of domestic and international experience in oil
and gas in Canada, Gabon and France. He held senior positions in
reservoir, production and operations engineering at PanCanadian
Petroleum Limited and was in-country Operations Manager in Gabon
for PanAfrican Energy. Daniel has been with Vermilion’s French
organization for 7 years and held the Operations and Engineering
Manager position prior to becoming in-country Managing Director.
On March 1, 2008, Daniel returned to Canada and holds the position of Director Production and Operations. Education: B.Sc. Geological Engineering, Laval University, 1985, M.Eng Chemical Engineering, University of Calgary, 1988 |
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| Peter
Sider,
P.Eng. Regional General Manager, European Operations |
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| Experience:
Brings 27 years of industry experience with a strong background
in drilling, completions, production engineering and construction.
Previously Peter was Vice President Operations / Engineering and
COO of Grad and Walker Energy Corporation followed by President
of Netherfield Energy Corporation, an Alberta based public company
with operations in Argentina. Peter has helped found four private
and public companies in the last six years including Resolution
Resources, EMBO Petroleum, Newheart Oil & Gas and Breakside
Energy. Education: B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, University of Calgary, 1978 |
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| Scott
Ferguson, P.Eng. General Manager - Vermilion Oil & Gas Netherlands B.V. |
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| Experience:
Scott is a Professional Engineer with 30 years of broad
experience in facilities, completions, exploitation and production
in both large integrated and small producing companies in Western
Canada. He has gained international experience in France and the
Netherlands since joining Vermilion in 2003. Scott has served as
production manager for Vermilion in Canada since 2006 with responsibility
for production, exploitation, operations and HS&E.
Education: B.A. Sc. Mechanical Engineering with honors, University of Toronto, 1977, M. Eng Chemical Engineering, University of Calgary, 1986, MBA with distinction, Queens University at Kingston, 1992 |
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| Bruce
Lake, P.Eng. Managing Director - Vermilion Oil & Gas (Australia) |
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| Experience:
Brings 30 years industry experience in offshore and onshore Australian
and New Zealand producing basins primarily in Technical and Operational/Asset
Management roles. Bruce has spent the last ten years as Operations
Manager for Apache Energy in Australia. Previously Operations Manager/Asset
Manager for Ampolex through the expansion of Wandoo A and Engineering
and Design and Development of Wandoo B. Was a drilling manager for
Santos/Delhi in onshore Cooper Basin followed by supervising engineer-drilling
for Esso's Base Strait Bream development and workover production
enhancement program followed by operations manager for WMC's Carnavon
Basin and New Zealand operated assets. Education: B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering Curtin University, Perth Western Australia 1977 |
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