Board of Directors

Mr. Blackwood has over 40 years of experience in the energy sector. From September 2015 until his retirement in June 2018, Mr. Blackwood was the Chief Executive Officer of Vepica Group, a private engineering, procurement, and construction contractor which serves the global oil and gas, petrochemical and other industries. Prior to September 2015, Mr. Blackwood performed a number of executive roles over a 19-year period with John Wood Group Plc, a leading multinational energy services company. Mr. Blackwood is a Mechanical Engineer and in 2001 was appointed by the First Minister of Scotland as a GlobalScot to promote Scotland and its people. In 2007 he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire, (OBE) by HM Queen Elizabeth II.

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Ms. Cillis has over 25 years of financial leadership experience within the North American energy industry, most recently as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Calfrac Well Services Ltd from 2008 until her retirement in 2013. She currently serves as a director of Crescent Point Energy Corp. and Western Forest Products Inc. Ms. Cillis is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA).

Mr. Hibben has more than 45 years’ experience in investment, advisory, capital markets, financing and operational roles in a wide range of industries, with a concentration in financial services, including RBC Financial Group. Since December 2014, he has been the principal of Shakerhill Partners Ltd., an advisory and investment company which provides financial and strategic advice. He currently serves as a Director of Extendicare Inc and has significant experience as a Chair and Chair of Committees for a wide range of public and private companies. Mr. Hibben is a Chartered Professional Accountant, a Chartered Financial Analyst and has an ICD.D designation.

Mr. Nugent is an independent businessperson who has over 30 years’ experience in the oil and natural gas industry. Since 2007, he has held a variety of corporate director roles in a variety of other public and private companies, non-profit organizations and a government organization. He currently serves as a director of Hifi Engineering Inc., Variperm Energy Services Ltd., 8Sigma Energy Services Incorporated, Banff Sport Medicine Foundation, and the Pacific Salmon Foundation. Mr. Nugent is also a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA).

Ms. Hall is an accomplished operating executive with more than 35 years’ experience in global business leadership and value creation in industrial markets. She currently serves as a director of industrial portfolio companies of Altamont Capital Partners. She was the Chief Operating Officer for FARO Technologies, where she led a comprehensive corporate transformation and executed an aggressive growth strategy from 2013 until her retirement in 2019. Prior to FARO, Ms. Hall was a Corporate Officer and VP/GM of several business segments at Avery Dennison Corporation. She began her career at E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Company where she held leadership positions spanning over 26 years. Ms. Hall holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University.

Dr. Ramachandran is currently CEO of MEGVIN Advisors LLC. He has over 33 years’ experience in the chemical industry. He was the CEO of EQUATE Petrochemical Company from 2018-2022, a US$6 billion company based in Kuwait. Prior to that, he was CEO of MEGLOBAL and also served as President of Dow India and Dow Canada. While serving as President of Dow Canada, he was awarded the Alberta Centennial Medal in 2005. He has a PhD in Chemistry from Columbia University, NY and an MBA from Rutgers University.

Ms. Rethy has extensive experience in the industrial sector, specifically in shared services, procurement, logistics and operational matters, and was previously Senior Vice President, Global Services at Falconbridge Ltd. Prior to joining Falconbridge, she was an executive with Dupont Canada Inc. Ms. Rethy is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Toromont Industries Ltd. where she serves on the ESG, and Human Resources and Compensation Committees (past Audit Committee member) and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund where she serves on the Responsible Care, Audit, and Compensation and Corporate Governance (past Chair) Committees. Ms. Rethy previously served as a director of SBM Offshore NV (Netherlands), Equitable Bank, TransForce Inc., as well as the Muskoka Airport and several not-for-profit and private organizations. Ms. Rethy is a lawyer, MBA, MA (Leadership for Sustainability) and a graduate of the Institute of Corporation Directors (“ICD”) and Rotman School of Management Directors Education Program (“DEP”).