Board of Directors

  • Hank B. Swartout - Calgary, Alberta

    Chairman of the Board

    Mr. Swartout is Chairman of Calmena Energy Services Inc. and an independent businessman with over thirty years of experience in the oil and gas business. Mr. Swartout is the former Executive Chairman and founder of Precision Drilling Corporation. For the period from 1985 through 2006 until his retirement, Mr. Swartout held the position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Precision Drilling Corporation, Canada’s largest independent drilling rig and service company. In 2010, Mr. Swartout was appointed as a Director of Saxon Oil Company Ltd.

    Mr. Swartout has also held positions as Manager of Bawden Western Oceanic Offshore, Vice President of Rig Design and construction for Dreco, and Manager of Construction for Nabors Drilling Canada. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Swartout was involved in many oil and gas start ups and was the Chairman of Highpine Oil and Gas.

  • M. Bruce Chernoff (1)(2) - Calgary, Alberta

    Director

    Mr. Chernoff is currently President of Caribou Capital Corp. and is also a Director of several other public companies including Chairman of Maxim Power Corp. In June 2002, Mr. Chernoff co-founded Harvest Energy Trust to pursue oil and natural gas development and acquisition opportunities. Mr. Chernoff resigned from his position as Chairman of the Board following the Korea National Oil Company’s acquisition of Harvest Energy Trust in December 2009. Mr. Chernoff co-founded Pacalta Resources Ltd., a public junior oil and natural gas company with operations in Canada and Latin America, where he held various senior positions including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Chernoff was a Director of Pacalta from 1992 until it was purchased by Alberta Energy Company in May 1999 for $1.0 billion.

  • John A. Brussa (1)(2) - Calgary, Alberta

    Director

    Mr. Brussa is a Senior Partner of Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP, a Calgary-based law firm, specializing in the area of taxation. Mr. Brussa attended the University of Windsor where he received his law degree in 1981. Mr. Brussa has been with Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP since 1982 and his current practice includes structured finance, taxation of international energy operations, corporate and income trust restructuring and reorganization, dispute resolution and acquisitions and divestitures.

    Mr. Brussa has lectured extensively to the Canadian Tax Foundation, the Canadian Institute, the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society and Insight. Mr. Brussa is also a Director of a number of energy and energy-related corporations and income funds. In addition, Mr. Brussa is a past Governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation and is a Director or trustee of a number of charitable or non-profit organizations.

  • Paul J. Hudson - Texas, USA

    Director

    Mr. Hudson is President of Premier Integrated Services, Mexico. Presently, Mr. Hudson also holds the position of Chairman and CEO of Apex Environmental Services LLC; President of KT Rock LLC; President and Owner of Service Oriented Strategies LLC; President of Asesores Petroleros Internacionales; Partner and Associate of Meyer & Associates, Inc.; Prior thereto, Mr. Hudson was President of Meyer & Associates, S.A. de C.V., México, D.F. from February 1993 to November 2008; Director and Partner of Cleanmex Oil and Gas, S.A. de C.V. from January 2006 to November 2008 and President and Owner of Integridad de México del Norte, S.A. de C.V., México, D.F. from January 2003 to November 2008; President and founder of Premier Drilling Services and Meyer & Associates of Reynosa, Mexico.

  • David J. Rain (1) - Calgary, Alberta

    Director

    Mr. Rain is CFO and a Director of Caribou Capital Corp., a private investment company in Calgary, Alberta. Prior thereto, Mr. Rain was Vice-President and CFO of Harvest Energy Trust from October 2001 to March 2004, and Vice President Finance and CFO of Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. and from April 2000 to September 2001. Mr. Rain is a Chartered Accountant with 22 years experience in the oil and gas industry, both in Canada and internationally.

  • Chris J. Bloomer (1) - Calgary, Alberta

    Director

    Mr. Bloomer was appointed to the Board of Directors of Calmena Energy Services Inc. on August 11, 2011.  Chris has been the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Heavy Oil Business Unit of Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd., a TSX listed company, since December 2002. Mr. Bloomer has over 25 years’ experience in the energy industry spanning both the upstream and downstream sectors with a career beginning in 1978 at Shell Canada Limited where he moved with increasing responsibility from exploration to economics and finance, oil sands development, planning and marketing, culminating in his role as Director, Liquids Business Centre. From 1993 until 1995 Mr. Bloomer was Senior Vice President of Castle Energy Corporation (NASDAQ), and Chief Operating Officer of its Canadian interests and natural gas production and pipeline operations in Texas. From 1996 until 1998 Chris was a founder and President and Chief Operating Officer of Canadian TALON Resources Ltd. (TSX), engaged in developing energy projects primarily in Latin America. Subsequently Mr. Bloomer was a Managing Director of Korn/Ferry International’s Calgary office from May 1998 until December 2002 focusing on the domestic and international energy industry. Mr. Bloomer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Toronto and is a member of the Association of Engineers Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA). .

  • John R. King - Calgary, Alberta

    President and Chief Executive Officer

    Mr. King has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Calmena Energy Services Inc. since June, 2009. Mr. King held the position of President of the Evaluation, Drilling & Intervention Division of Weatherford International Ltd from 2005 to 2007, an international oilfield services company. Prior to that, Mr. King served in an executive management position at Precision Drilling Ltd. as Senior Vice President in charge of Precision’s Energy Services division.

Notes:
(1) Member of Audit Committee.
(2) Member of Governance and Compensation Committee.