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.
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 Personal
Ian McIntosh
Vice President, Kurdistan Business Unit
Mr. McIntosh has over 30 years of international oil and gas experience focusing on development and production engineering, in-country management and business growth in challenging environments. He previously held executive and managerial positions with Petro-Canada Companies in Libya, Algeria and Tunisia, Adams Pearson Associates, Ranger Oil, British National Oil Corporation, and Shell International Petroleum.
Tony Kraljic
Vice President, Business Development
Tony Kraljic joined WesternZagros in August 2011, as Senior Manager Corporate Planning and Joint Ventures and in April 2012, was promoted to Vice President, Business Development. Mr. Kraljic is responsible for coordinating the Company’s joint venture relationships and for providing planning,business and economic analysis, evaluations and recommendations. He brings with him over 14 years of finance, accounting, and taxation experience with CEDA International Corporation, Western Oil Sands, Shell Canada and Arthur Anderson LLP. Mr. Kraljic holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta.
Mike Tinkler
Vice President, Exploration and Reservoir Development
Mike Tinker joined WesternZagros as Exploration Director in January 2012, and in April 2012, was promoted to Vice President, Exploration and Reservoir Development, leading the Company’s exploration appraisal and new ventures geotechnical work in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Mr. Tinkler brings with him over 30 years of international experience that includes managerial positions with Husky Energy’s Southeast Asia Division, where he led the discovery of three major gas fields in the South China Sea, and many years with Hunt Oil both in the UK and Canada. Mr. Tinkler holds a MSc, Geophysics from Oxford University and a BSc, Physics from London University, England.
Dr. George Pinckney
Executive Adviser, Corporate Projects
Dr. Pinckney elected to semi-retire in April 2012, and has assumed the part time position of Executive Advisor, Corporate Projects. 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).
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.
