Management Team & Board of Directors

Tony has 20 years of experience in the financial services industry focusing on valuation, structuring and raising capital for energy companies. Based in Calgary, Alberta his professional roles include Managing Director, Energy Banking at PI Financial, and Director of Public Venture Capital at both Macquarie Private Wealth and Richardson Partners.

Margaret has provided financial consulting services to the Company from November 2004 to October 2009 when she was appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company Margaret spent eight years in the audit department of Grant Thornton LLP. Margaret is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Calgary.

Mr. Bustard has over 30 years of experience in finance, acquisition/disposition, and management primarily in Commercial Real Estate. From 2000 to 2012, as a major shareholder of Carlton Trail Limited Partnership, a publicly traded Limited Partnership, he oversaw the development, management and finance of a varied commercial real estate portfolio across Western Canada and Ontario. Following 2012 Mr. Bustard has continued to invest on his own behalf. Early in his career he spent 10 years at Royal Lepage Commercial Inc specializing in institutional and private sales. Mr. Bustard has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s in business administration.

With over 20 years of finance and corporate development experience, Mr. Hanson has been President of Discovery Management Services Ltd. since 2002, a venture capital consulting firm assisting early-stage companies in the development of short and long-term financing strategies. Mr. Hanson served as Chairman and Managing Director of Van Arbor Asset Management, an award winning equity money management firm from 2004 until 2008, which he founded in 2003. Van Arbor Asset Management was bought by ZLC Private Investment Management in 2008. In 2009, Mr. Hanson served as President and CEO of PanAsian Petroleum, an Oil and Gas Company that during his tenure was acquired by Ivanhoe Energy. In 2011/2012 Mr. Hanson was a Director of Lion Petroleum Corp., a private Oil and Gas Company focused on East Africa bought by Taipan Resources. He has served on numerous private and public company boards.