John Zahary is an experienced oil and gas executive having played a leadership role with several companies with heavy oil and oilsands assets including PanCanadian Petroleum, Petrovera Resources, Viking Energy, Harvest Energy, Osum Oilsands and Sunshine Oilsands. John has experience in technical engineering and operations roles as well as in financial roles.

Mr. Zahary holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calgary and a M.Phil in Management Studies from the University of Oxford.

John is active in corporate and volunteer activities.

Dave Pearce is Deputy Managing Partner at Azimuth Capital Management, an energy-focused private equity fund since July 2014. Dave was an Operating Partner with the Azimuth predecessor KERN Partners from November 2008 to July 2014. Dave currently serves on the Board of Headwater Exploration and the Board of Baytex Energy. He represents Azimuth as a Director on the Boards of Altex, Entrada Resources, Karve Energy and Recover Inc. He was with Northrock Resources Ltd. from June 1999 to January 2008 where he held several senior officer positions, including President and CEO. Prior thereto, Mr. Pearce worked in various management roles at Fletcher Challenge Canada, Amoco Canada, and Dome Petroleum.

Mr. Pearce holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (Honors) from the University of Manitoba.

Chris McGinnis has over 20 years of oil and gas experience including Development and Production Engineering Manager roles at PennWest, and field-based production, operations, facility and exploitation engineering roles with Husky Energy, Acclaim Energy, and Canetic Resources, all focused on heavy oil.

Mr. McGinnis holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and an MBA from Royal Roads University.

Practicing member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA), and the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS).