Jim Reid - Chairman of the Board & Director
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Jim is a Managing Partner of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. He opened Brookfield's Calgary office in June 2003 and has held many directorships and senior executive positions, primarily in the resource sector over the past 23 years. He is the former Chief Financial Officer of Bushmills Energy and the Causeway Energy Group of Companies. Jim earned his Chartered Accountant designation from PricewaterhouseCoopers in Toronto. |
Duncan Au, CA, CFA - President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
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Duncan is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst with over 23 years of corporate finance and energy services experience. In addition to his role at CWC, Duncan is President & CEO of JAFETICA Capital Inc., a private equity and corporate finance consulting practice that specializes in energy service opportunities. In 2005, Duncan was President & CEO of his own private energy service company, Richmound Energy Services L.P., which was sold to a public company that later became Essential Energy Services Ltd. ("Essential"). From 2006 to 2008, Duncan took on the role of Vice President, Business Development and Chief Financial Officer of Essential and helped build this public company from an enterprise value of zero to $410 million before departing. From 1998 to 2004, Duncan held Vice President & Director positions in corporate finance with both Deloitte and Ernst & Young where he led financings and mergers and acquisitions in the energy services industry. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Calgary Economic Development and the CFA Society Calgary. Duncan holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta.
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Alexander Greene - Director
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Alexander is a Managing Partner of Brookfield Capital Partners Ltd., a fund established by Brookfield Asset Management Inc. that provides long-term capital and strategic assistance to mid-market companies in North America. He has more than 29 years of experience in corporate finance as well as financial and corporate restructuring. In addition to sitting on the Board of CWC, Alexander sits on the Board of Directors for Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging, Inc. Alexander has a Bachelor of Business Administration from George Washington University and resides in Westchester, New York. |
Gary Bentham - Director
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Gary is President of BTM Corporate Advisory Inc., an advisory firm formed in 2005 that provides corporate finance and consulting services to privately-owned companies in Canada and the United States. Prior to 2004, Gary was a corporate recovery and audit partner with KPMG Canada where he served public and private companies in the high technology, financial services, real estate development and energy industries. He served on KPMG Canada's Board of Directors for five years and currently serves on the Board of Governors of SAIT Polytechnic and on the Board of CriticalControl Solutions Inc., a public company based in Calgary. Gary is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan, a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Canadian Institute of Corporate Directors. |
Wade McGowan - Director
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Wade is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Ironhand Drilling Inc., a private drilling contractor founded in July 2006. As President of McGowan Consulting Corp. from 2003 to 2006, he provided engineering and consulting services in the areas of drilling, completion, reserves and economics. From 1996 to 2003, Wade co-founded and presided over three oil and gas exploration companies: Catalina Energy, Causeway Energy and Bushmills Energy. He also worked as a petroleum engineer for Northstar Energy, Enron Oil and Gas and Canada Northwest Energy. Wade holds a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Alberta. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta ("APEGA") and serves on the Board of Directors of Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors ("CAODC"). |