
Energy People Investing in Energy Companies
Profiles

Peter Williams co-founded Annapolis in 2006. For the 12 years prior to that time, Peter served in executive management positions in and as a director of numerous public and private oil & gas companies. Most recently, Peter was the CEO & Chairman of two successful private oil & gas companies, Krang Energy Inc. (which grew from a start-up to 5,000 boe/day between 2001 and 2005) and Passage Energy Inc. (which grew from a start-up to 7,000 boe/day between 1999 and 2001). Peter also had a term as a governor of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) between 2003 and 2005. Prior to that, as Senior Vice President & COO of Stampeder Exploration Ltd., Peter oversaw the growth of the company from 500 boe/day to 34,000 boe/day between 1993 and 1997. Stampeder was a public company listed on both the TSX and NYSE. Peter has been a director of a number of other oil & gas start-ups, namely Avalanche Energy Limited, Ice Energy Limited, Glacier Energy Limited, Berland Exploration Ltd., Greenbank Energy Ltd., Breton Energy Inc., Corinthian Energy Corp. and Caltex Energy Inc. Peter is currently a director of Evolve Exploration Ltd., HighRock Energy Ltd., Bulldog Oil & Gas Inc., Corinthian Exploration Corp. and Hawk Exploration Ltd., sitting as Chairman of Evolve and Corinthian. Prior to entering the oil & gas industry, Peter practiced law at Bennett Jones for 11 years. Peter earned a B.A. (economics) in 1974 and an LL.B. in 1981, both from Dalhousie University.

Jody Forsyth co-founded Annapolis in 2006. For the 11 years prior to that time, Jody served as an officer or director of and consulted to numerous public and private oil & gas companies. Having served as an officer of 11 private oil & gas companies from start-up through to corporate sale, Jody has a wealth of experience in the oil & gas business, structuring and managing equity financings, corporate sale transactions, and corporate governance matters. Jody was a Vice President of both Krang Energy Inc. and Berland Exploration Ltd. and served as Corporate Secretary of Avalanche Energy Limited, Passage Energy Inc., Ice Energy Limited, and Glacier Energy Limited. Jody is currently Corporate Secretary of Evolve Exploration Ltd. Jody earned a B.Sc. (mathematics) and Dip. Eng. in 1985 and an LL.B. and M.B.A. in 1989, all from Dalhousie University. Jody completed an LL.M. in 2008 at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto.

Mark Poelzer joined Annapolis in 2008. Mark brought with him 11 years of direct experience in the Canadian oil & gas industry. Having served as CFO of a number of private oil & gas companies, Mark has a wealth of experience in financial, accounting and taxation related matters. Mark was formerly Vice President, Finance & CFO of Vigilant Exploration Inc., Berland Exploration Ltd., Questor Technologies Inc., and Passage Energy Inc. and was formerly a director of Breton Energy Inc. Mark earned a B.Comm. (Accounting) in 1992 from the University of Saskatchewan and a Chartered Accountant designation in 1995.

Al Schink joined Annapolis in 2008. Al brought with him 31 years of direct experience in the Canadian oil & gas industry. As an experienced geologist, Al has served as a Vice President of a number of public and private Canadian oil & gas companies, including Canadian Hunter Exploration Ltd., Burlington Canada Resources Ltd. and Berens Energy Ltd. Al was also co-founder, President & CEO of Berland Exploration Ltd. (a successful private oil and gas company) and was formerly a director of both Berland Exploration Ltd. and the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. Al earned a B.Sc. Geological Sciences in 1974 from the University of British Columbia and a M.Sc. Geological Sciences in 1978 from Queen's University.

Brad Conrad joined Annapolis in 2010. Prior to joining Annapolis, Brad spent 3 years working in the Corporate Finance Department at Peters & Co. Limited, an investment dealer that specializes in the Canadian oil & natural gas, midstream and oilfield services industries. Brad has experience in mergers and acquisitions, public and private company financings and several facets of financial analysis and valuation related matters. Brad graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.Sc. in Business Administration (Finance) in 2007 from the University of Arizona and is a CFA Charterholder.

Jennifer Rende joined Annapolis in 2006. Jen is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario where she majored in administrative and commercial studies and has previous work experience in office and human resources administration.