Management Team

Duncan Au, CA, CFA - President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
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.

Kevin Howell - Chief Financial Officer
Kevin is a Chartered Accountant with over 16 years of experience in the energy service sector. Prior to CWC, he served five years as the Chief Financial Officer for Brews Supply Ltd. and IROC Energy Services Corp. Kevin was also the Financial Reporting Manager for Wellco Energy Services Trust and the Corporate Controller for Jager Building Systems Inc. In addition, Kevin spent over five years with KPMG.

Layne Wilk - Vice President, Operations (Central)
Layne has over 36 years of operational management and well servicing experience. Prior to joining CWC, Layne held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Winalta Inc. From 1978 to 2006, Layne progressed from Floorhand, Derrickman, Driller, Rig Manager, Field Supervisor and eventually Area Manager for CenAlta Well Servicing which later became Precision Well Servicing. He has worked in shallow oil and gas as well as completing extensive sour critical deep Foothills and horizontal drilling work. He is also extensively involved in all aspects of safety programs, rig fabrications and retrofits. Layne is based in CWC's Red Deer operational office where he is responsible for all operations west of the fifth meridian including Grande Prairie, Alberta.

Darwin McIntyre - Vice President, Operations (Eastern)
Darwin has over 33 years of experience in the energy service industry. He was one of the founders of CWC when he sold his private company, Cactus Coil Tubing, to CWC in 2005. From 2000 to 2004, Darwin was the Operations Manager for Bradshaw Well Servicing, which he grew from 2 to 23 service rigs at which time it was sold to Nabors Production. From 1981 to 2000, Darwin quickly progressed from Floorhand, Derrickman, Driller, Rig Manager, Field Supervisor and eventually Area Manager for CenAlta Well Servicing. He has experience in the Foothills and central Alberta region as well as the heavy oil sector of eastern Alberta/western Saskatchewan. Darwin is based in Provost, Alberta, where he is responsible for all CWC operations east of the fifth meridian including Lloydminster and Brooks, Alberta and Weyburn, Saskatchewan.

Rick Dawson - Vice President, Business Development

Rick has over 43 years of sales and marketing experience. Since joining CWC in 2008, Rick has significantly expanded CWC's geographical reach and upgraded the customer list to predominantly working for senior and intermediate oil producers in the WCSB. From 1987 to 2008, Rick was the Vice President, Sales and Marketing for CenAlta Well Servicing which later became Precision Well Servicing.