Roger McMechan, of Calgary, Canada, has over 40 years of diverse experience in managing domestic and international oil and gas operations. He is currently the President and COO of Horizon Petroleum Ltd with assets in Poland and has held executive positions and directorships with Block Energy Plc., Iskander Energy Corp and Winstar Resources as well as senior management positions for Petro Canada and Burlington Resources in North Africa and Canada. Roger has operated in most countries in East and Central Europe as well as North Africa and has been a director with CGEF since 2016. Roger received a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from University of Waterloo.

Peter brings over 25 years of experience as a geologist in the energy (oil and gas, geothermal and CCUS) industry. He has a proven track record in various technical and managerial roles across North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Western Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. Peter holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Calgary.

Currently, Peter works as an independent consultant, leveraging his expertise within the international energy sector.

Highly engaged in the professional community, as member of the CEGA (Canadian Energy Geoscience Association, The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), the Association of Professional Geoscientists and Engineers of Alberta (APEGA). Throughout his career, Peter has co-authored numerous technical presentations delivered at international industry conferences.

Kevin is a veteran oil and gas explorationist with over 30 years of technical and managerial experience in the oil and gas industry. He is a geoscientist with both geological and geophysical interpretive backgrounds, and extensive international experience, primarily in the offshore South Atlantic Margin basins.

He has previously held the positions of CEO, HRT Canada and CEO of Chariot Oil and Gas; two companies with large offshore concessions in Namibia. Prior to that he was Head of Brazilian New Ventures for EnCana.

Kevin is an active member in the following organizations: AAPG, SEG, CSPG, CSEG and APEGA. He graduated from the University of Waterloo co-op program with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology. He has published and presented multiple technical pieces focused on petroleum exploration and development in Canada and Internationally.

He is currently president of his own consulting company, "Out Front of the Curve", providing business development advisory services and country specific GIS project databases to companies with international assets. He also currently sits on the Board of Directors at CGEF.

Curtis Evert was born and raised on a 1905 Century Family Farm in Southeast Saskatchewan, Canada. He graduated with a B.Sc. Advanced in Geological Sciences from the University of Saskatchewan in 1984 and began his career in the oil and gas industry in 1985. He has worked for several companies during the past 30 years, focusing his efforts on petroleum and natural gas exploration and production. His early career was spent working on projects in Canada, including Alberta, BC, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland. During the past 16 years, Curtis has focused on international ventures including projects in Cuba, Spain, Argentina, West and North Africa, Turkey, Pakistan, Brazil, United Kingdom and the South China Sea.
Curtis is also the co-founder and Vice President of the Canadian Global Exploration Forum

Marty is the Vice President of CGEF and professional geoscientist with over 35 years of E&P experience. He has held numerous technical and management leadership positions responsible for significant exploration and field development projects involving North American and international assets and has written extensively on exploration plays, reservoir management, business optimization, and technology applications. He has been a thought leader in exploration and reservoir management, and has developed Centers of Excellence for reservoir characterization, exploration portfolio analysis and G&G training.
He has previously held positions as South America Business Unit Manager for Niko Resources, VP of International Exploration for Reliance Industries, VP of North America Business Development for the Information Store, and also enjoyed a 26-year career with Chevron that covered all US onshore basins.
At Chevron Marty also served on key corporate and industry committees, including Chevron’s Corporation Reserves Advisory Committee, Strategic Staffing and Strategic R&D Committees, and the CAPP East Coast Advisory Committee. Other significant industry and non-profit organization roles include: AAPG National Convention Poster Session Chairman; SPE Permian Basin Chapter Enhanced Recovery Conference Technical Committee; Board of Directors for the Permian Basin Graduate Center; and conference session chairmanships for AAPG, SPE, and the CIPC.
He is currently president of his own consulting company, "International Petroleum Consultants", and is President of the Oil & Gas Investments Group, a Houston-based holding company for Latin America investments in the E&P operating and services sectors.
Marty earned a bachelor’s degree in geology from Western State College of Colorado, and his master’s degree in geology from the Colorado School of Mines. He is a registered professional geologist and an AAPG Certified Petroleum Geologist. He holds memberships in the AAPG and CSPG.

Lona has over 10 years seismic processing experience, specializing in highly structured, challenging, domestic, international 2D and 3D data sets. After graduating from the University of Calgary in 2003 with a B.Sc. in Astrophysics, she delayed entering the workforce to have a family. When she joined the Signature Seismic Processing team in 2012, she quickly discovered a love for geophysics and decided to pursue a M.Sc. in Geology and Geophysics, graduating May 2017. Her other interests include gymnastics, acro, dance, coaching, choreography, performing, karaoke, golfing, travelling, skiing, hiking, biking, curling, reading, and spending time with her husband, four children and two dogs.

Regan has been a Director with CGEF since 2024. She is a native Calgarian, second-generation geologist. She has 34 years of experience in the petroleum industry in technical and management roles and is currently retired. Her most recent role was Director of Exploration for Frontera Energy, where she managed projects in Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Guyana; including leading a team that made two discoveries in offshore Guyana. Regan also has significant experience in domestic Canadian exploration and development with past roles at Petrus Resources, Talisman Energy, Petromet Resources, Crestar Energy and Chevron Canada. Regan holds a B.Sc. (Geology) from the University of Calgary, and an M.Sc. from the University of British Colombia (Geology).

Duncan Mackay has spent fifteen years as a geologist with wide-ranging experiences, including work with small and large-cap E&P companies, both domestically and internationally. Duncan has a strong academic background with an Honours BSc. from the University of Waterloo and a Ph.D. from Queen’s University. As a coop undergraduate student, Duncan worked for Mobil Oil, ExxonMobil and Shell Canada, where he began full time work in 2001. His doctorate work focused on the sedimentology of a Western Canadian heavy-oil deposit, which has led to an on- going interest in both industry-related and academic aspects of heavy-oil reservoirs and tidal deposits in general. Duncan’s work at Shell Canada spanned 10 years and focused on frontier basins including the Sable Sub-Basin, the Orphan Basin, the Mackenzie Delta and the Beaufort Sea. In 2011, he turned his attention to South America, where he worked for Verano Energy, a Colombian-focused E&P company and, in 2014, joined Serinus Energy, where he presently works, pursuing exploration opportunities in Eastern Europe and North Africa.

Olha has served on multiple boards and is an award-winning business leader with extensive international experience across the energy, infrastructure, and industrial sectors. She brings deep expertise in growth strategy, capital raising, investor relations, international partnerships, and government engagement. Her work operates at the intersection of energy markets, investment mobilization, and cross-border cooperation, advancing resilient and sustainable energy systems in complex geopolitical environments.

Anne Came to Canada from Norway in 1987 to go to the University of Calgary, over 30 years later she is still here. After getting a degree in Economics Anne went on to do a certificate in Journalism and completed several courses on Managing Public Companies through the TMX Learning Academy. Her career has spanned from being a fashion manager for K-mart to setting up accounting systems for an oil and gas company in Vietnam. Anne Currently does accounting, bookkeeping and compliance for several public and private companies in the oil and gas industry as a consultant. Anne has provided bookkeeping services for CGEF since 2017.

Mr. William Sattlegger, P. Geo., is based in Calgary, Alberta and holds a B.Sc. In Geology from Carleton University, Ottawa. Sattlegger has over forty years of experience including domestic and international oil & operations, optimization, financings, A & D complimented with Independent Advisory NI compliant reporting.

Mr. Sattlegger has served as senior Technical Advisor & Management of integrated energy organizations including Petro Canada, Canadian Occidental, Del Roca Energy, Range Energy, Consolidated Trans Canada Resources, SOQUIP Alberta, OMV Gruppe & Fore Shore Petroleum Inc.

The past ten years Mr. Sattlegger has focused on the Mineral Sector involved with project management, exploration, processing, technical advisory, Indigenous Relations, ESG & financings.

Mr. Sattlegger is a Co-Founder of i2iVestcom Advisors Corporation, an advisory practice, Executive Director of the Critical Minerals Conference Series, serves as the Chair of ASET/APEGA, Senior Committee Member, Investigations APEGA & Director, Treasurer of MEGS Calgary (Mineral Exploration Group Society) and holds advanced certificates towards the Sommelier designation.

Angus Fairgrieve, P.Eng., is the Principal Engineer and founder of ANG Consultants Inc., a Calgary-based engineering and advisory firm focused on energy and infrastructure development. He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer with APEGS, APEGA, and EGBC.

Mr. Fairgrieve has over 17 years of experience across the oil and gas and broader energy sectors, with expertise in process engineering, facilities design, and project development. His work spans upstream, midstream, and downstream applications, including pipelines, gas processing, and refining.

Internationally, Angus has been actively involved in advancing energy and infrastructure opportunities across Africa, including Libya and Nigeria, with additional exposure and ongoing interest in Ghana, Burundi, and Algeria. His work in these regions focuses on project development, technical advisory, and aligning engineering scope with commercial and financing structures.

In Canada, he is leading a partnership with a First Nation focused on advancing infrastructure and energy development projects, supporting both technical execution and capital structuring initiatives.

Through ANG Consultants Inc., he leads multidisciplinary teams delivering engineering, project management, and advisory services, often in collaboration with global EPCM partners. His work includes both conventional energy and emerging opportunities, with a focus on practical, execution-driven project delivery.

Angus Fairgrieve brings a commercially grounded engineering perspective, with an emphasis on technical feasibility, capital efficiency, and scalable project development.

Diana is strategic thought leader in driving business growth and collaboration with over 35 years of experience in the Resource sector. Diana, loves creating, connecting and building local and global partnerships and long term relationships with BtoB and Consumer media solutions . As a business Strategist, she has worked with top businesses in the Resource sectors including Energy, Alternative Energy, agriculture plus, IOT, real estate, telecommunications and financial

Diana has volunteered for many organizations including the Canadian Heavy Oil Association - CHOA, The Future of Energy Global Summit. Energy New Venture- ENV, Women in Leadership, W&W for and continues to be an Ambassador for many organizations. She has mentored for many of the years in this role and has creatively worked with boards to make positive growth changes. She also received the WIL – Women in Leadership President’s Volunteer award for the dedication and support for this organization.

Hillar is a Professional Geoscientist and a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and ‎Geoscientists of Alberta. He has been involved in a broad spectrum of resource projects spanning ‎North and South America, including countries such as Canada, The United States, Mexico, Colombia, ‎Peru, Ecuador, and Guyana.‎

Mr. Lilles has 28 years of experience working in the extractive resource industry, with the majority of his ‎career focused on ventures related to the exploration and development of oil and gas. Mr. Lilles has been ‎involved as a founder in several start-up ventures including Redsky Energy Inc., Black Bore Exploration ‎Ltd. (acquired) and Blackhawk Resource Corp. (CSE: BLR). He has acted in the past as President and ‎Director of both public and private entities. He is currently serving as CEO, CFO and director for Sparrowhawk Opportunity Corp. and Alterego Ventures 24 Corp. Mr. Lilles is currently self employed.‎

Mr. Lilles holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geological Engineering, and a BA in Economics, both ‎from Queen's University in Kingston, and he has completed Certificates in Professional Management and ‎Spanish Language and Culture at the University of Calgary.

Michelle is a geologist currently working for CGEF member company, Parex. Michelle has specific work experience in Yemen, Canada (East Coast and WCSB), US GoM and Colombia.

Phil Harms is a senior geoscientist with extensive international experience in energy resource project exploration and development. Mr. Harms completed his BSc from the University of Calgary in 2006 with a double major in Geology and Geophysics. He has over 17 years of international exploration, development, and gas storage experience.
Phil has been a consultant and geoscience lead for junior hydrocarbon explorers and gas storage operators and has worked numerous projects in South America and East Africa including leading or contributing to exploration programs in Guyana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda among others. He is experienced in geology, seismic, potential fields, Monte Carlo methods, and risk-resource assessment.
Phil is a registered Professional Geoscientist with APEGA and EGBC and currently serves as the Treasurer for Geothermal Canada.

Her day job as an energy lawyer, practicing at a boutique law firm in Calgary, coupled with her creative off-hours hobbies give her the perfect balance of left- and right-brain exercise! She has a LLB / MBA from the UBC, and concurrent with her role as an Advisor with CGEF, she assists a number of Calgary arts and community organizations volunteering on boards and providing legal services on a pro bono basis.