– CANADA, Vancouver – Imperial Helium Corp. today announced the appointments of several new members to its board of directors, each having distinguished careers across the resource development sectors, and each having held prominent leadership positions within a range of successful companies.
Their combined experience and expertise will provide the Company with invaluable advice, guidance, and support.
About Kyler Hardy – Executive Co-Chair.
Kyler Hardy is a natural resources focused entrepreneur. He has been involved in the sector for over 19 years with both private and public businesses. During his career, he has gained a wide array of natural resource-specific experience including diamond driller, project manager, exploration service contractor, business consultant, public company management, and investor. He has built businesses from early-stage start-ups to advanced operating companies in mining, energy, and service providers to these sectors. He was a founder and former CEO of a large geosciences and logistics management business specializing in grassroots to brownfields exploration and development. Mr. Hardy has raised capital, led M&A transactions, and developed strategic partnerships globally. He is currently CEO of the Cronin Group, a natural resource-focused merchant bank, CEO of Cloudbreak Discovery Plc, Executive Chairman of Imperial Helium Corp., Executive Chairman of Temas Resources Corp, director of Graycliff Resources Ltd., and a director of Hexa Resources Ltd.
out AbDavid Johnson – CEO and Director.
Dr. Johnson has more than 35 years of global, Canadian frontier, and Western Canadian exploration and production experience. Previously, Dr. Johnson worked for Shell Canada, ExxonMobil, Husky Energy, Kuwait Oil Company, KUFPEC, and a public international start-up, which he founded. Dr. Johnson has extensive business development, operations, geoscience research, and technical E&P experience covering 40+ petroleum provinces, with discoveries in Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Canadian Frontiers, and the South China Sea. He currently serves as a Director for the Canadian Global Exploration Forum (CGEF), and a Councillor for the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.
About Brad Hayes – Executive Co-Chair.
Dr. Hayes is President of Petrel Robertson Consulting Ltd., a geoscience consulting firm engaged by industry, government, and legal and financial organizations. He joined PRCL in 1996 after 15 years of exploration experience in operating companies, including Shell Canada and Canadian Hunter. Dr. Hayes has a high level of geoscience expertise in unconventional hydrocarbons, including oil sands, tight reservoirs, and shale plays in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and internationally. He is an active member of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and served as its President in 2001. He currently serves as a Board member for the Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources and recently completed his second three-year term as a Councillor for the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta.
out AbMarty Wittstrom.
Mr. Wittstrom is a geoscientist with more than 40 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and has held several positions in technical and business leadership, managing important exploration and field development projects in basins in the United States and overseas. Mr. Wittstrom had a 26-year career at Chevron, where he managed projects in most United States onshore basins; he was also the Vice President of International Exploration for Reliance Industries and VP of North America Business Development for the Information Store. At Niko Resources he was the South America Business Unit Manager. Mr. Wittstrom is the current Chairman of the Oil Group, a Houston-based holding company for investments in Latin America in the E&P operations and services sectors.
About Peter Putnam – Lead Director.
Mr. Putnam is a geologist with over 40 years of varied global experience at both technical and executive levels. Over his career he has been at various times, an employee, an advisor to technical and management teams as well as boards of directors, a board member, and a founder of new companies. Early-stage companies started by Peter have raised substantial funds from investors inclusive of large private equity firms, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and family offices. With experience on six continents, he is currently the President of Hay Valley Resources Ltd. Mr. Putnam holds a Ph.D. from the University of Calgary and is a past-President of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, a former adjunct professor at the University of Calgary, and a former Councillor of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta. He has published widely as an author of scientific articles dealing with various facets of petroleum geology and is a regular guest lecturer at Canadian universities.
About Monica Rovers.
Ms. Rovers operates an international business advisory firm where she assists organizations to grow through her global business experience and relationships and as a Global Partner at Rainmaker Global Business Development, specializing in Africa and Latin America. Ms. Rovers has been supporting the Canadian Energy sector for several years. She was previously Head, Global Energy at Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange where she helped Energy companies to finance their projects through various sources of financing such as Private Equity, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, IFC, Export Development Canada, Alberta-based Innovation funds, and organizations and various capital markets. She was Business Development Manager of Energy at Calgary Economic Development where she helped companies to expand their operations and connect with potential partners. She is also helping Alberta-based companies to scale up and expand their operations with Alberta IoT. Ms. Rovers developed and implemented business strategies at Toronto Stock Exchange, Calgary Economic Development, and Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and led the diversification strategy for the TSX Venture Exchange in Alberta. Ms. Rovers holds an MBA in Global Management and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management.
About Stephen Burleton.
Stephen Burleton, CFA, MBA, ICD.D is an experienced mining executive with significant experience in capital raising, corporate development, and strategy. Most recently he was the President & CEO of GT Gold where he brought in Newmont Corporation as a strategic investor. Before that, he was Vice President, Business Development, at Richmont Mines Inc. before Richmont being acquired by Alamos Gold Inc. for US$770 million in November 2017. Mr. Burleton was responsible for the financing at Richmont and worked closely with its executive team in determining the Company’s strategic direction. He has over 18 years of experience in the Canadian investment banking industry as Managing Director of Investment Banking at Wellington West Capital Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., and BMO Capital Markets advising on strategic transactions and executing debt and equity financing for companies in the mining, fertilizer and industrial products sectors. Mr. Burleton is a CFA Charterholder, has an MBA from York University, and received his ICD.D from the Rotman School of Management.
About Imperial
Imperial is focused on the exploration and development of helium production assets in North America. Driven by Canadian geoscience and engineering expertise, in combination with their proprietary helium well database, Imperial Helium is securing helium assets to meet the growing global helium demand and supply shortfalls in the market.
For more information: https://imperialhelium.ca/
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