Our leadership.

Mr. Osmond is a seasoned executive, with over 20 years of experience building innovative energy companies. Prior to founding Fiddlehead, Brent has held executive and officer positions with energy companies operating throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, North Dakota, Montana and Texas. Mr. Osmond has a deep knowledge of the North American energy market and has focused the last decade of his career on identifying strategic opportunities within the energy sector. Mr. Osmond has worked for Husky Energy Inc., Questerre Energy Inc., Perpetual Energy Corp., and Mountainview Energy Inc. in the public domain, and private entities including Nytis Exploration Company Inc., and Clover Oil and Gas, Inc. He graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Commerce and is a Chartered Professional Accountant.

Mr. Hornseth is a professional engineer with over 25 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas industry. Prior to joining Fiddlehead, Ron held the role of GM Canada for TransGlobe Energy (now VAALCO Energy Inc.) where he ran their Canadian Business Unit. Ron has extensive expertise in asset development, business development, capital planning, reservoir engineering and reserves management both in Canada and internationally. Prior to TransGlobe Ron held roles of increasing responsibility with Perpetual Energy and Baytex Energy focusing on asset management and business development. Ron is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). He graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering) degree.

Mr. Shepherd has been a member of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Land & Energy Professionals since retiring from a professional hockey career in the United States and Europe. He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Calgary and has worked as a mineral land negotiator and consultant for both public and private companies since 2008.

R.W. (Ron) Shepherd has been involved in the Canadian petroleum and mining industries for more than 40 years, serving as a founder, officer, and director of several private and publicly traded companies. Prior to Fiddlehead, Ron founded Grand Prix Energy Ltd., a private oil and natural gas royalty company based in Calgary, Alberta. He is a graduate of Queens University in Kingston, Ontario with an undergraduate degree in geology and a master's degree in business administration.

Mr. Miller is a professional engineer with over 40 years of experience in the Oil and Gas industry, primarily in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. He is currently President of Dark Horse Energy Consultants Ltd., and serves on the Board of Directors of Yangarra Resources Ltd. and Prairie Provident Resources Ltd. Prior thereto, Mr. Miller was President, COO & Director of Long Run Exploration Ltd., which at the time was producing ~30,000 boe/d, and was sold to Calgary Sinoenergy Investment in 2016 for ~$770 million. Dale has an extensive senior management resume with exploration and production companies, including Pace Oil & Gas, Gibraltar Exploration and Penn West Petroleum. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree, Petroleum Engineering, from the University of Tulsa, and is a member of APEGA.

Mr. Turnbull has previously served as an officer or director of many public and private companies, including as a director of Crescent Point Energy, Heritage Oil, Storm Resources, and Sunshine Oilsands, and as the Chair of Alberta Health Services and Chair of the Calgary Zoo. Greg is currently a director of SNDL and is also a strategic advisor for Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. Prior to joining Fasken, Greg was a long-time partner and managing partner at McCarthy Tétrault LLP. Greg has extensive experience in corporate governance matters providing advice to boards of directors and special committees, also in finance and securities transactions, including public and private share and debt financings, takeover bids, initial public offerings, business combinations and international stock exchange listings. Greg holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (with honours) from Queen's University and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto.

Mr. Ritter is currently the President of The Haymarket Group, LLC, a boutique management consulting firm based in The Woodlands, Texas, USA. He is also an External Advisor for McKinsey and Company. Dave is an accomplished senior operations and strategic executive with over 45 years of experience in the energy industry. Most recently he was the Chief Operating Officer of Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) which was the largest refining complex on the US Eastern seaboard. Prior to that Dave was Senior Vice President in Saudi Refining, Inc. ARAMCO's US affiliate. Dave retired from Royal Dutch Shell at the end of 2010, as group Vice President of Global Competitive Intelligence and Strategy. Dave began his career with Mobil/ExxonMobil and held senior leadership positions in refining, marketing, supply, trading, M&A and corporate strategy and spent more than a third of his career outside the U.S. He also served as a leader in the Downstream oil & gas consulting practice of CG Ernst & Young, LLC. David received his MBA in Finance as well as his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Lehigh University. He also did post graduate work in Operations Management at the University of Southern California.

Mr. Smith has over 35 years of technical, financial and international capital markets experience. Most recently, Mr. Smith was the Chief Operating Officer at Crescent Point Energy Corp. (Veren Inc.) where he was responsible for all aspects of the company's capital budget, safe operations, reserves management and acquisition evaluations as well as corporate operations risk management analysis and social responsibility reporting. He has a proven track record of creating shareholder value through the innovative development of assets in a safe and capital-efficient manner. Mr. Smith also sits on the Board of Southern Energy Corp. a Toronto and London exchange listed company. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Geological Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration in Finance (Dean's List).

Ms. Bunch is a Chartered Professional Accountant with over 30 years of experience in oil & gas, retail, technology and consulting. Ms. Bunch has previously served as an officer of many public and private companies, including as a senior officer of Acclaim Energy Trust, Canetic Energy Trust, Seaview Energy Inc., CQ Energy Partnership (a subsidiary of Direct Energy), YSS Corp., and Denvr Dataworks. Ms. Bunch further provided VP Finance & CFO consulting services via Stephanie Bunch Consulting to small/medium oil & gas producers and retail clients for a number of years. Ms. Bunch has a long history of demonstrated advancement of strategic goals in executive positions while striving for operational efficiency and maintaining strong governance controls. Ms. Bunch holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Alberta. Additionally, Ms. Bunch became a Chartered Professional Accountant after graduating from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1994.