D. Randy Hayward
Director, President and CEO
Mr. D. Randy Hayward, B. Comm., LLB. has maintained a successful law practice in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for 20 years.
During the latter phase of his law practice, he founded and managed Canadian Dispute Resolution (Alberta) Ltd. and marketed the service of mediation to the legal community and the insurance industry.
Mr. Hayward also earned his Diploma in Counseling at P.D. Seminars from the haven Institute on Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada.
After relocating to the west coast from Edmonton, he has worked with numerous private and public companies for 15 years, being responsible for fund raising, strategic planning and business development in various positions.
Mr. Hayward has been a consultant to a number of successful public companies trading on the TSX Venture Exchange, raising investment capital and working in corporate communications, business development and investor relations.
Richard Oravec
Director
Richard Oravec holds an MBA from Fordham University and a BA from Boston University. Mr. Oravec is a seasoned financial engineer of emerging technology companies, having successfully structured corporate finance syndications and private placements in small and medium sized public and private companies.
Through his diverse network in the public and private sectors, Mr. Oravec brings to the Corporation his experience and resources in the raising of capital, creating investment structures, strategic planning, marketing and development, and developing strategic business alliances for accelerated growth.
John Anderson
Director
Mr. Anderson holds a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario and is the co-founder of Aquastone Capital Advisors Limited Partnership, a USA based gold investment fund. Mr. Anderson is an Entrepreneur with over fifteen years of business experience in the capital markets. His primary areas of expertise are business financing, business development, merger and acquisition. He has extensive experience in working in Asia, Europe and Canada. Mr. Anderson’s extensive background and experiences give him a unique platform from which to make business decisions and create opportunities.
Herbert Rainford-Towning
Director
Mr. Towning has been on the Company’s advisory Committee since February 2012. Mr Towning is university educated at Nottingham University and a postgraduate of the London School of Economics. He joined CT Bowring & Co in 1956 and worked with various Banking Houses in London, leaving the UK in 1974 to commence an international banking career in Europe, the United States, Bahamas and the Arabian Gulf with the International Investment Corporation Bahrain until 1994.
In the last few years, Mr. Towning has become involved in environmental issues particularly waste management and recycling. He founded OWaste2Energy Company Ltd. in the UK with a waste to energy technology in Wales. This system is now operational in Mexico through his Mexican Company OWaste Mexico de CV which has joint ventures with certain Municipalities in Mexico.
Mr. Towning’s extensive background and experience provides him a unique ability to make business decisions and create opportunities.
Marvin Jones
Director
Mr. Jones is an established oil & gas executive with over 50 years of industry experience, notably 30 years of management in the drilling contracting industry.
Mr. Jones has been a successful consultant to the oil & gas industry since 2002, having worked on major national and international projects with companies such as Griffiths Energy Ltd. Kodiak Energy Inc., Thomson Industries, Challenger Drilling, and Trinidad Drilling Ltd.
Through 1997 to 2002; Mr. Jones served on the board of Trinidad Drilling Ltd. and acted as the President for three years. From 2005 to 2008 he also served as a Director of Kodiak Energy Inc.
Mervyn Pidherney
Director
Mr. Pidherney is an established independent contractor with over 45 years of industry experience beginning in 1964 when he launched his Company providing services for projects such as the Husky Ram River gas plant. His success soon grew and by 2011 he was awarded the contract for the design and construction of 88 km of fusible potable water pipes from Athabasca to Wandering River. He received the 2013 Prairies Entrepreneur of the Year for the Energy Services Sector.
Mr. Pidherney is founder, President and CEO of Pidherney’s Inc. (formerly Pidherney’s Trucking Ltd.) one of the largest and most experienced lease builders in the oil and gas industry for Western Canada. Pidherney’s has a 40 year history of providing a complete start to finish service for all oil and gas production company needs.
Mr. William (Bill) Taylor Cromb, CA
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Cromb is an experienced financial executive with well over 30 years of varied finance experience. He is a Chartered Accountant with a background including reporting, financings, treasury, risk management, mergers and acquisitions and other finance and administrative functions. He has served at Provident Energy Trust, Beau Canada Exploration, North West Upgrading, Canterra Energy as well as other organizations. Mr Cromb has extensive cross border experience in acquisitions, dispositions, financings and operations.
Monita Faris
Corporate Secretary
Monita Faris was educated at the University of Central Florida and obtained her BA in English. Based in Vancouver, she has worked as a consultant for the past 15 years providing corporate and securities compliance services to private and public companies. Ms Faris actively attends securities programs and courses offered by the B.C. Securities Commission, the Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C. and the Toronto Stock Exchange. She is currently responsible for the corporate and regulatory compliance aspects of several OTCBB, TSX, TSX.V and Canadian National Stock Exchange (CNSX) companies.