Officers and Key Personnel
WesternZagros’ Management and Board of Directors possess extensive experience in the resource sector, both domestic and international, and have a history of value creation.
OFFICERS
Fred Dyment
Chairman
Mr. Fred Dyment has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. As Executive Chairman, Mr. Dyment provides direction and leadership to management and chairs the Board. He spent the majority of his career at Ranger Oil Limited holding the positions of Controller, Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Office and, finally, Chief Executive Officer. After Ranger Oil was sold to Canadian Natural Resources in 2000, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Maxx Petroleum Company from 2000 to 2001. Mr. Dyment served as Governor of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) from 1995 to 1997. He serves on the Board of Directors of Tesco Corporation, ARC Energy Trust and Transglobe Energy Corporation. He holds a Chartered Accountant designation.
Simon Hatfield
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Simon Hatfield has over 30 years of international and domestic experience in technical, managerial and executive positions with Imperial Oil, Exxon Production Research Company, Petro-Canada, Chauvco Resources, Talisman Energy and Western Oil Sands. Mr. Hatfield has conducted business throughout the Americas, North and West Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia and has extensive experience in Iraq since 1995. Mr. Hatfield initiated the Kurdistan opportunity for WesternZagros and led the technical and business process which successfully concluded the signing and ratification of the Company's Production Sharing Contract. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Geology with Physics, a Masters of Science degree in Geology and completed the Executive Development Program at the University of Calgary. He is a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators.
Robert Theriault
Senior Vice President Engineering & Operations
Mr. Robert Theriault has over 30 years of international and domestic experience in upstream and midstream oil and gas operations for several companies. Prior to joining WesternZagros in August 2007, he was employed with Cairn India Limited in Chennai and New Delhi since 1999, where he was Director of Midstream and Producing Assets. Previously, Mr. Theriault was Manager International Development with Husky Oil in Calgary for three years. His experience also includes management assignments with Pertamina-Husky in Indonesia and with CSR Petroleum in Indonesia and Australia after starting his career with Suncor in Calgary. He holds a Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calgary and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta.
Greg Stevenson
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Greg Stevenson is a Chartered Accountant with over 11 years’ experience working with a major accounting firm as well as with large public companies in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining WesternZagros as Vice President, Finance, Mr. Stevenson was Controller at Western Oil Sands. During his tenure at Western Oil Sands, Mr. Stevenson was part of the senior finance team responsible for budgeting, forecasting and modeling its business activities. Mr. Stevenson was also intimately involved in WesternZagros matters and he will lead the financial and accounting team in supporting the Company's activities.
KEY PERSONNEL
Dr. George Pinckney
Vice President, Exploration
Dr. Pinckney has extensive international experience and has spent the majority of his 32 year career with Mobil Oil and ExxonMobil in locations throughout Canada, the United States and Southeast Asia. He was educated in the United Kingdom and holds a PhD degree in Geology and a Bachelor of Science degree (Honours) in Geology. Dr. Pinckney is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta, the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, the American Society, the Indonesian Petroleum Association, the Southesast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society and the Canadian Gas Potential Committee (East Cost Sub-Committee).
Dean Molaro
General Manager, Kurdistan
Mr. Dean Molaro has extensive experience in operations, finance and accounting roles in international and domestic settings and is based in Kurdistan, Iraq. Prior to joining WesternZagros as General Manager, Kurdistan, Mr. Molaro was employed with Western Oil Sands as Finance & Administration Manager, Kurdistan. His former experience includes roles in Yemen as Finance Manager with Jannah Hunt Oil Company and as Controller with Yemen Hunt Oil Company. Mr. Molaro holds a Bachelor of Management degree from the University of Lethbridge and a Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, and he is currently completing studies towards an MBA degree from Athabasca University. He is a member of the Society of Management Accountants of Alberta.
David Reeve
General Manager, Petroleum Engineering
Mr. Reeve brings proficiency in production and reservoir engineering, field development design and implementation as well as production operations and project management. Prior to joining WesternZagros, Mr. Reeve held the position of General Manager with Ivanhoe Energy in China. He has over 30 years experience in consulting and staff positions in the engineering and operation of projects in China, Iran, Australia, Indonesia and domestic. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science, Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Ian Ross
General Manager, Operations
Mr. Ian Ross initially joined WesternZagros as Deputy General Manager, Kurdistan. Mr. Ross brings with him close to 30 years of experience in petroleum engineering and operations including drilling, well testing and completions, early production systems, reservoir engineering, production operations, field development projects, health, safety, environment and security and business management. Prior to joining WesternZagros, Mr. Ross held the position of General Manager, Drilling with Premier Oil India BV. He was also previously Operations Manager for OMV (Iran) and worked with LASMO companies in Indonesia. He has also worked in Libya, the Netherlands and United Kingdom. In February 2009, after completing eight months of duty in Kurdistan, Mr. Ross was promoted to General Manager, Operations to provide overall direction for drilling, completion and testing operations and associated construction and production activities.
