Company Info

RICHARD A. (Dick) GUSELLA
President & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Gusella has been the President, CEO and a director of Connacher since May 2001. Prior thereto, he was the President of Gusella Oil Investments Limited, a private oil and gas corporation, as well as the Chairman & CEO of Carmanah Resources Limited, a public oil and gas company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Mr. Gusella was President and Chief Executive Officer of Sceptre Resources Limited from 1979 to 1991 during which time the company grew from approximately 500 boe/d to 50,000 boe/d. He is a past chairman of IPAC prior to its combination with CPA to form CAPP.

PETER D. SAMETZ
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Sametz has approximately 25 years of experience in the oil industry. He graduated with high distinction as an Engineer from Carleton University in 1979 and has worked with large, intermediate and junior companies, managing up to 40,000 boe/d of production. His industry expertise has been further drawn upon for technical papers, lectures, and domestic and international consulting services, primarily focused on the heavy oil industry.

RICHARD R. (Rick) KINES
Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Kines holds a C.A. designation and has been with Connacher since 2002. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer in June, 2003. He has over 25 years experience, in public practice and with various oil and gas and oil service companies.

STEVE MARSTON
Vice President, Exploration
Mr. Marston holds a B.Sc. in Geological Engineering from the University of New Brunswick. He has close to 20 years of industry experience with both major and independent oil companies. Most recently he was employed for four years by a successful independent oil company in the position of Chief Geophysicist. Mr. Marston is responsible for the company's overall exploration activity, with a near term emphasis on Connacher's geological and geophysical evaluation program at its Great Divide oil sands property.

RUSSELL LONGLEY
Vice President, Operations
Mr. Longley is a graduate of Montana Tech of the University of Montana and of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. He has been with the company since January 2007 and in his previous position he was responsible for management of operations and exploitation of Connacher's conventional properties. Prior to his employment with Connacher, Mr. Longley progressed in roles of increasing responsibility in engineering and operations management with an oil and gas royalty trust, a large independent Canadian oil and gas company and prior thereto was instrumental in the startup, growth and divestment of a private gas exploration company.

CAMERON TODD
Vice President, Refining and Marketing
Mr. Todd has over 25 years of experience in all areas of the oil and gas industry. He received his B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calgary in 1980. He has been involved in many of the managerial facets of production operations and marketing both in Western Canada and internationally. Mr. Todd has extensive experience in South American oil and gas production, primarily in Argentina. Mr. Todd uses his experience in overseeing all facets of the company's refining and marketing activity, including direction of the business affairs of Montana Refining Company, Inc. Connacher's wholly-owned refining and marketing subsidiary.

STEVE DE MAIO
Vice President, Project Development
Mr. De Maio holds an MBA, a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and is a P.Eng. He has most recently been consulting to Connacher as Deputy Project Manager, Great Divide. Prior to joining Connacher, Steve was Oil Sands Project Consultant to another independent oil sands company, which was recently sold to a major international oil company.

GRANT UKRAINETZ
Vice President, Corporate Development
Mr. Ukrainetz holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan, which he received with distinction in 1987.  He received the C. A. designation in 1990 and completed the Canadian Securities Course (Honours) in 1992.  Following a three-year period of employment from 1991-1994 with a Canadian chartered bank, Grant held various accounting and financial positions for seven years with the Canadian subsidiary of a major integrated oil company.  Since 2001 he was a treasury and risk management analyst and then Supervisor, Treasury with one of Canada's largest international exploration and production companies and was Treasurer of Connacher since 2006.

SCOTT CARROTHERS
Treasurer
Mr. Carrothers has been employed in the energy industry for over 20 years with private as well as senior and medium sized public companies. He has worked in the oil sands, conventional upstream, midstream and refining sectors. He has extensive experience in the areas of treasury management, capital markets financings, bank financings, structured finance, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Scott holds a Masters of Business Administration in Finance from the Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of New Brunswick. He is also a Certified Financial Analyst and a Professional Engineer.