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Tristone Capital named Best Advisory Firm of the Year at World Junior Oil & Gas Awards Waqar Syed, Tristone Capital Vice President & Director, Institutional Research, Denver, named as a top 3 stock picker for Oilfield Services by the Financial Times/Starmine. John Tasdemir, Principal, Institutional Research, ranked #1 Canada Energy Services Industry Stock Picker by Financial Times/StarMine. énergie'08 brought together over 80 global energy companies and over 170 institutional investors in Paris, France. Mark the date for énergie'09, May 11-15, 2009, Tristone's 2nd annual global energy investment conference.

George F.J. Gosbee  —  Chairman, President and C.E.O.

Mr. Gosbee founded Tristone Capital Inc. in September, 2000. Prior to Tristone, Mr. Gosbee was a Managing Director at Newcrest Capital Inc., a Canadian national investment firm. Mr. Gosbee joined Newcrest after 5 years with the energy investment firm of Peters & Co. Limited, where he was a Managing Director and served on the Executive Committee.

Mr. Gosbee holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary. In 2004 Mr. Gosbee was named by the Globe and Mail's Report on Business as one of Canada's 40 Under 40. As well, for the past three years Alberta Venture Magazine has chosen him as one of Alberta's 50 Most Influential People. In 2005 Ernst and Young named him the Prairie Region Entrepreneur of the Year.

Mr. Gosbee is Vice Chairman of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), the $70B Government of Alberta fund. Mr. Gosbee is also Chairman of the Board for the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD), a board member of the Alberta Economic Development Authority, Edge School and The Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta. He is a past board member of the Banff National Mountain Centre, the Sandy Cross Conservation Foundation and the Art Gallery of Calgary.

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Brian Williams

Managing Director, Investment Banking

Mr. Williams joined Tristone as a Managing Director in Investment Banking in October 2007. Prior to joining Tristone Mr. Williams spent over eight years with Simmons & Company International. His transaction experience has been focused on advising oil and gas services companies having executed numerous merger and acquisition assignments and financings for clients in the United States and Canada.

Mr. Williams holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Masters of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.

Jon Goddard

Vice President & Director, Investment Banking

Mr. Goddard joined Tristone Capital Houston office in March 2007. Prior to Tristone, he was an Senior Vice President in Friedman Billings Ramsey's Energy Investment Banking Group. At FBR Mr. Goddard was involved in originating and executing over $2 billion in public and private capital markets and advisory transactions for E&P, midstream, and alternative energy clients. Prior to FBR, he was VP Finance at a small pipeline development company. Prior to that, he worked in the energy investment banking group at CIBC World Markets where he was involved in multiple equity, debt, and advisory assignments for the E&P, oilfield service, and midstream sectors. Mr. Goddard received his B.B.A. in Finance from Southern Methodist University.

Reid Strand

Analyst, Investment Banking

Mr. Strand joined Tristone's Houston Investment Banking Group in May 2007. Prior to Tristone, he was an analyst with GulfStar Group, a boutique investment bank focused on sell-side mergers and acquisitions. Prior to GulfStar, Mr. Strand was an analyst in the corporate development group at Oil States International, a diversified oil services company. Mr. Strand attended Indiana University, where he received a Bachelor degree in Finance and was a member of the men's tennis team.

Vaibhav (Vebs) Vaishnav

Associate, Investment Banking

Vebs Vaishnav joined Tristone Capital as an Associate in Investment Banking in April 2008. Prior to Tristone Capital, he worked at RBC Capital Markets as an Oil Services Equity Research Associate. Before that, Mr. Vaishnav worked at JPMorgan in their Oil Services Corporate Banking group.

Mr. Vaishnav holds a Masters in Business Administration degree with concentration in Finance from University of Houston.