Board of Directors Biographies
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Peter Dey, Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Corporate Governance, Nominating and Compensation Committee
Mr. Dey is the Chairman of Addax Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Dey is also the Chairman of Paradigm Capital Inc. and a former partner of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, a law firm specializing in corporate and securities law. From 1994 to 2001, he was Chairman of Morgan Stanley Canada Limited where he was responsible for the overall strategic direction of Morgan Stanley in Canada. Mr. Dey previously chaired The Toronto Stock Exchange Committee on Corporate Governance in Canada which released a report entitled ‘‘Where Were the Directors?’’ in December 1994. From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Dey was the Chairman of the Ontario Securities Commission. Mr. Dey is the chairman of the Private Sector Advisory Group of the Global Corporate Governance Forum established by the World Bank and the OECD. Mr. Dey is the vice-chairman of the Boardroom Advisory Panel established by the OECD. Mr. Dey has a Bachelor of Science from Queen’s University, a Bachelor of Laws degree from Dalhousie University and a Master of Laws degree from Harvard University. Mr. Dey is also a director of Workbrain Corporation.
Jean Claude Gandur, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. Gandur is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Addax Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Gandur has worked with major commodity traders including Philipp Brothers from 1976 to 1983, where he was Manager of the African/Latin American division; Sigmoil Resources N.V. from 1984 to 1986, where he was the Managing Director; and Kaines SA from 1986 to 1988, where he was the Managing Director. For ten years Mr. Gandur was honorary consul for the Republic of Congo in Geneva. Mr. Gandur was also awarded a diplomatic passport by Senegal. In addition, he has received the decorations of Grand Officer of the Lion Order of Senegal and Commander of the National Order of Benin. Mr. Gandur is one of the founders of AOG, of which he is Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Mr. Gandur is also the Non-Executive Chairman of AXMIN Inc. Mr. Gandur is a Swiss citizen and studied law at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Brian Anderson, Director and Chairman of the Technical and Reserves Committee
Mr. Anderson is a Director of Addax Petroleum Corporation. Before retiring in 2000, Mr Anderson had a 34-year professional career, largely in the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies. Mr. Anderson was appointed Managing Director of the Shell Petroleum Development Company and Chairman of Shell Nigeria in January 1994. His last assignment before retirement was three years based in Beijing as Chairman of the Shell Companies in North East Asia, principally involved in China and Hong Kong, but he also had overall responsibility for Shell’s interests in Korea and Taiwan. Mr. Anderson is currently Chairman and Managing Director of Anderson Energy (Hong Kong) Limited, a consulting company which he set up in 2000 to specialize in assisting companies mostly in Africa and China in the energy sector. Mr. Anderson was born in Nigeria and is a citizen of the United Kingdom and studied Metaliferous Mining Engineering at Cambourne in the United Kingdom followed by an MSc in Petroleum Reservoir Engineering at London University.
James Davie, Director
Mr. Davie is a Director of Addax Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Davie has over 29 years of investment banking experience with RBC Dominion Securities Inc. before retiring in 2002. Mr. Davie held a number of senior positions at RBC Dominion Securities Inc. including Managing Director of Investment Banking and Head of Equity Capital Markets from 1987 to 1999. Mr. Davie has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration from Queen’s University. Mr. Davie is also a director of Profico Energy Management Ltd., Range Royalty Management Ltd., Navigo Energy Inc., Taylor Gas Management Ltd. and the Brompton Group of Funds.
Stephen Paul de Heinrich, Director
Mr. de Heinrich is a Director of Addax Petroleum Corporation. He has more than 30 years experience in trading and investment in Africa. He has been instrumental in organizing counter trading export pre-financing and syndicated financial transactions in several African countries. Mr. de Heinrich is now an independent consultant as well as an associate in Beldi & Cie S.A., a Geneva based corporate finance house. He was a non-executive director of AOG from 1988 to 1991 and since then has been the Vice Chairman of its supervisory board. He has been chairman and a director of SAMAX Resources Limited and Carpathian Gold Limited, among other companies. Mr. de Heinrich is a citizen of both Canada and Hungary and has a degree in economics from McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Gerry Macey, Director
Mr. Macey is a Director of Addax Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Macey has over 31 years of oil and gas industry experience. In particular, from 2002 to March 2004, he served as Executive Vice President and President, International New Ventures Exploration Division, of EnCana Corporation, and from 1999 to 2002, he served as Executive Vice President, Exploration, of PanCanadian Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Macey holds a Bachelor of Science degree in geotechnical science from Loyola College in Montreal and a Master of Science degree in geology from Ottawa Carleton University. Mr. Macey is also a director of Verenex Energy Inc. and PanOrient Energy Corp.
Afolabi Oladele, Director
Mr. Oladele is a Director of Addax Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Oladele has over 25 years experience in the oil and gas industry. He worked from 1977 to 1988 for NNPC in the marketing department and from 1988 to 1999 for National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) latterly as Group Executive Director, Refining and Petrochemical. Since 1999, he has been Vice President, Oil & Gas for Capital Alliance Nigeria. Mr. Oladele is also Chairman, Subsurface Assets Management Co, Chairman, Formwork Ltd, Director, Freezone Fabrication International Oil & Gas Facilities Fabrication Co, Director, Dorman Long Engineering Co, Director, Sudelletra Nigeria Ltd, and Director, AOG. Mr. Oladele is a citizen of Nigeria and studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Ife followed by Petroleum Economics at the French Petroleum Institute (IFP) in Paris and a post Graduate Diploma in Energy Modelling and Large Scale Planning Systems at the University of Southern California. Mr. Oladele also has a Certificate in Applied International Management IFL from Sigtuna, Sweden.
Wesley Twiss, Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee
Mr. Twiss is a Director of Addax Petroleum and Audit Committee Chair. Mr. Twiss is a corporate director with 35 years of energy industry experience, including 13 years as the senior financial officer of two major Canadian companies. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PanCanadian Energy Corporation from October 2000 until April 2002 and was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Petro-Canada from 1998 through 2000. In those roles, Mr. Twiss was responsible for directing all aspects of corporate financial affairs, as well as strategic management and corporate development. He is a Director and Audit Committee Chair of Canadian Oil Sands Trust, Keyera Facilities Income Fund and EPCOR. Mr. Twiss holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario. Mr. Twiss is a graduate of the Directors Education Program, Corporate Governance College of the Institute of Corporate Directors and holds the ICD.D designation.