Board of Directors
C. Kent Jespersen - Chairman
- Over 30 years of extensive and diverse executive and board level experience with energy and natural resource companies operating in N & S America
- Chairman, Seven Generations (Cdn. resource play company) and former Chairman of North American Oil Sands
- Director, CanElson Drilling Co & Chairman of its Mexican JV
- Director, TransAlta Corp, Canada’s largest power generation company listed on TSX and NYSE
- Director of other private companies involved in energy
- MSc (education) from University of Oregon
Michael J. Hibberd - Director / Chair, Audit Committee
- Corporate financial advisory services to major international oil and gas companies with ScotiaMcLeod and subsequently via MJH Services Inc.
- Chairman and director positions with listed and private companies in Canada and England
- Founded and is Co-Chairman of Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. which listed in March 2012 in Hong Kong and raised over $550 million
- MBA from University of Toronto; LLB from University of Western Ontario; member of The Law Society of Upper Canada
David Berry - Director / Chair, Compensation & Corporate Governance
- Was Canada’s number one trader when managing ScotiaBank’s proprietary book; generated over 40% of Scotia’s entire institutional equity income
- Active participant in own investments
- BSc (mathematics) from Queens University; MBA from University of Toronto; holds CA and CFA designations
Luis Vazquez – Director
- Chairman, Group Diavaz since 1982
- Chairman of Mexico Chapter of the World Energy Council, and Chairman, Mexican Natural Gas Association
- Adviser to several national and international companies, all of them connected with the energy industry
- BSc (chemical engineer) from the Polytechnic Institute of Ryerson in Toronto
Michael Florence - Director
- Semi-retired investor with extensive experience in real estate and other successful ventures in Canada
- From 1989 to 2013, President of Sherfam Inc., parent company of Apotex Inc., the largest generic drug company in Canada
- Partner in Wm Eisenberg & Company, chartered accountancy firm, from 1964 to 1989
- Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of Toronto
Simon Yakubowicz – Director
- Investor and owner in a variety of commercial and residential real estate development, property management and construction projects in the Greater Toronto Area and in southern Ontario
- President of the International Automotive Group and owner of seven automobile dealerships in Greater Toronto Area
- Active investor in mining and oil & gas companies, including founding officer, director and investor in TSX listed Dalradian Resources Inc.
- Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from University of Toronto.
Roger McMechan - Chief Executive Officer
- 20+ years diverse experience in managing domestic and international operations for Petro Canada, Canada’s major vertically integrated energy company listed on TSX and NYSE
- Prior to Iskander, 6+ years as Executive Vice President and Director of Winstar Resources Ltd., TSX listed oil and gas company with operations in Tunisia, Hungary and Romania
- BSc in Mechanical Engineering from University of Waterloo
