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Heinz Juergen Klaus Scholz, Chairman of the Board & Executive Director Mr. Heinz Juergen Klaus Scholz is a Physicist and Engineer. In the 1980s Mr. Scholz built factories and telecommunication networks in the Former Soviet Union. After the German Reunification he also advised Soviet Ministries regarding the negotiations on the sale of Russia's East German telecommunication network to Deutsche Telecom. He has worked in collaboration with scientific institutes in the Russian Federation. Mr. Scholz plays a critical role in targeting, appraising and subsequently acquiring the rights to major oil and gas assets in the Former Soviet Union and its satellite countries. |
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Dr. Werner Ladwein, Director and Chief Executive Officer & President Dr. Werner Ladwein received his doctorate in Geology and Mineralogy from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and holds a MBA from the Webster University, USA.
Dr. Ladwein has more than 30 years of business experience in the oil and gas industry. From 1992 to 2004 he served OMV Group, an Austrian oil and gas company, as General Manager in Libya, Albania and Pakistan. From 2004 to 2008 Dr. Ladwein was Executive Director of Exploration and Production at Petrom, largest oil and gas producer in South Eastern Europe, and Member of the Board. Since 2009 Dr. Ladwein is an independent oil and gas consultant. |
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Murray Rodgers, Director Mr. Rodgers has over 30 years of oil and gas experience. Mr. Rodgers has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Zodiac Exploration Corp. since June 2008 and was made President and Chief Executive Officer of Zodiac Exploration Inc. on September 28, 2010. Prior to starting Zodiac Exploration Corp. in June 2008 he was the first technical staff member and eventually rose to President and Chief Executive Officer of Trident Exploration Corp. Over the course of approximately six years Trident Exploration grew from concept to being the leading coalbed methane producer in Canada with over 200 mmcf/d of operated production. Mr. Rodgers has also been a director of 10Cobra Venture Corporation, a corporation focused on the acquisition and development of strategic oil and gas reserves in Western Canada, since May 2002.
Mr. Rodgers worked for 10 years with OMV-AG (Vienna), during which time he was the co-discoverer of a multi TCF gas field in Pakistan (Miano/Sawan). He is also the creator and co-author of a comprehensive analysis of play types in the WCSB, known today as "THE EDGE", and for several years he authored the "In-Depth Reporter" for the Ross Smith Energy Group. |
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Darcy Spady, Director Mr. Spady has served as the Director of Client Solutions for the Canadian Business Unit of Sanjel Corporation, a Calgary headquartered global energy service company since September 2012. From May 2010 to August 2012, he was Vice President and Managing Director of Saint Brendan's Exploration Ltd., focusing on the Canadian Maritimes and Europe. Mr. Spady also chairs the board of directors of Green Imaging Technologies, Inc. of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. He has previously held executive positions in two TSX Venture Exchange companies: Contact Exploration Inc. (from June 2007 until the company's reorganization in May 2010) and Petroglobe Inc. (from December 2005 to September 2007). Mr. Spady was also been based in Charleston, West Virginia and Fredericton, New Brunswick as part of the Columbia Natural Resources / Triana Energy team, in various management positions.
Mr. Spady has an extensive background in the natural gas and oil industry throughout the U.S. and Canada, having worked for the Schlumberger organization in Western Canada, Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic Canada offshore, as well as the Illinois and the Appalachian Basins.
Mr. Spady holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Alberta and is a P.Eng. in the Provinces of Alberta and New Brunswick. His is a past Chair of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Calgary Section. |
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Dr. Richard Schenz, Director Dr. Richard Schenz studied technical physics in Vienna and finished with a Ph.D.
In 1969 he started his career with the Austrian oil & gas company OMV, and was its CEO from 1992 to 2001. In 2001, Dr. Schenz was appointed representative for the Austrian Capital Market by the Austrian government. Dr. Schenz holds the positions of vice President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and President of the International Chamber of Commerce in Austria (ICC-Austria). In 2002, he was appointed Chairman of the Austrian commission for corporate governance. |
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Michael J. Velletta, Executive Director, Legal Counsel Mr. Velletta was called to the Bar of British Columbia,Canada in 1990 and presented to the Supreme Court as a Barrister and Solicitor that same year. Mr. Velletta's private practice with the law firm of Velletta & Company, focuses on corporate and commercial law, and commercial litigation. He is a Governor of the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia, and is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, Association of international Petroleum Negotiators and the International Institute of Business Advisors. Mr. Velletta serves on the Board of Directors of several corporations and is a Governor of the University Canada West Foundation |
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