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Board of Directors
Candax's board of directors bring a wealth of experience to the Company for corporate governance and responsibility. The board of directors, of which five of its members are independant, sees its principal role as stewardship of the Company and its progress towards creating shareholder value.
Mr. Loader has over 35 years experience in the international oil industry with the Royal Dutch Shell Group (Shell) where he held numerous senior executive positions before retiring on December 31, 2007. His most recent role with Shell was as President of Shell Canada. Prior to his posting in Calgary in 2007, Mr. Loader held various positions including: Director, Strategy & Business Development; Director Strategic Planning, Sustainable Development & External Affairs, President of Shell Europe Oil Products, Director of East Zone Oil Products (Middle East and Far East), Director of South Zone Oil Products (Africa & South America), and Division Head for the Former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe. Mr. Loader also serves as a Non-Executive Director of Holcim (Schweiz) AG, one of the world's leading suppliers of cement and aggregates, and is a Member of the European Advisory Board of Air Products as well as a Member of the International Advisory Board of Garda World.
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 Mr. Wood is an experienced energy professional with a track record covering over 20 years in the UK and international oil and gas industries. His particular expertise of senior executive and financial/commercial management has been gained with both large multi-national and small independent companies. Mr. Wood worked with Conoco Inc. ("Conoco") for ten years in Europe and North Africa and was part of its successful senior UK management team that achieved the fast track development of a significant number of major exploration and production capital projects and the development and implementation of Conoco's integrated gas strategy. Mr. Wood has also worked in senior positions as a director, chief executive officer and a president of several independent, publicly quoted exploration and production companies. He was also President and Chief Executive of Heritage Oil Corporation ("Heritage"), a TSX-listed company, from 1999 to 2003, a period during which the underlying value of Heritage grew significantly.
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Mr. Cullen has over 24 years experience in public company financing, corporate/capital structuring and management. Following 15 years of Canadian investment brokerage experience, Mr. Cullen founded a number of public international resource companies, including CGX Energy Inc., and Candax Energy Inc. He is also a founder/board member of a number of private oil/gas and mining enterprises.
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Murray Grant is a Partner of Actis LLP, a significant shareholder of Candax. Murray is responsible for managing various Actis investments in emerging markets and has been part of the Africa team since he joined Actis in 2001. He chairs the African screening committee and continues to be involved across Africa through a range of investments and associations, covering telecoms, financial services, mining and oil and gas. Murray joined Actis after a 13-year investment career with 3i Group plc where he worked on a diverse range of investments in over 300 businesses across a range of industry sectors. Prior to working at 3i, Murray spent four years in the construction industry working on large infrastructure projects in the mining and power sectors in Africa, Australia and Papua New Guinea.
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Mr. Irwin practices securities and corporate/commercial law and has been the President of Irwin Professional Corporation since August 2006. Prior to forming Irwin Professional Corporation, Mr. Irwin was an associate of Wildeboer Dellelce LLP (January 2004 to August 2006), Power Budd LLP, Barristers and Solicitors (January 2001 to December 2004) and Boyle & Company, Barristers and Solicitors (December 1998 to December 2000). He received his Bachelor of Arts from Bishop’s University in Lennoxville, Quebec in 1990 and his Bachelor of Laws from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1994. Chris has been a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1996. Mr. Irwin is a director and/or officer of several public mining companies. His experience in corporate governance will be a great asset to Candax.
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Mr. Jackson has over 22 years experience in corporate finance, investment banking and petroleum engineering. He has held senior finance positions in the UK petroleum industry, including Royal Dutch Shell. Mr. Jackson holds a Masters in Physics from Oxford University, an M.B.A from Henley Management College, Oxfordshire, England, and was short-listed for the UK space program. Mr. Jackson is currently an energy sector equity analyst with Investec Asset Management based in London, UK, and is a director of CGX. Mr. Jackson was Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic Energy Services Ltd. from 2001 to 2004 and was a Vice President, Corporate Finance with JP Morgan Chase from 1995 to 2001.
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