John W. Harkins

President and Chief Executive Officer

Chief Operating Officer

President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 11 February 2010; prior thereto, Vice President, Business Development of the Company from July 2008 to February 2010.  He is currently a Director of Strategic Oil & Gas Ltd., PetroPhoenix Resources Corp.,  PetroPhoenix Oil Corp. and PetroPhoenix Capital Corp.   Mr. Harkins holds a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto.

Rasul Gafarov

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since November 1, 2020. He is also Chief Financial and Support Services Officer of Bahar Energy Operating Company Limited and Finance Manager of Bahar Energy Limited. Has over 20 years of experience as financial expert in oil and gas industry. He holds an IFRS diploma from an ACCA since 2009. 

Ahmadiyya Musayev

General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary

Michael J. Hibberd B.A., M.B.A., LL.B.

Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

Chairman and President of MJH Services Inc., a corporate finance advisory business established in 1995. Chairman of Canacol Energy Ltd., former Chairman of Heritage Oil Plc. and Heritage Oil Corporation, and Non-Executive Chairman of Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. He is also Director of Montana Exploration Corp., PetroFrontier Corp. and Pan Orient Energy Corp., all public oil and gas exploration companies. Mr. Hibberd holds a B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Toronto, and an L.L.B. from the University of Western Ontario.  Mr. Hibberd is also a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Geir Sagemo

Non-Executive Director

Mr. Sagemo is a member of the finance and investment group at Vitol Group. Prior to joining Vitol in 2007, Mr. Sagemo spent 13 years in the energy teams of various investment banks, including Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and JPMorgan. Mr. Sagemo is a board member of New Age (Africa Global Energy) Ltd. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the Wharton School.

John W. Harkins 

President and Chief Executive Officer

(bio above)

David B. Fransen

Non-Executive Director

 Mr. Fransen is Chairman of Vitol S.A. Geneva and a Director of various Vitol Group companies, and is also a Director of Watford AFC Limited. He has a wide range of experience within the Vitol Group, from gasoline trading and various management positions to the creation of Vitol’s central management information system. Prior to joining Vitol in 1986, Mr. Fransen was with British Petroleum. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics and Computer Science from Royal Holloway College, London.