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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.

Tristone Capital Corporate Directory

Ian van Staalduinen

Principal, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Mr. van Staalduinen has over seventeen years of technical experience in the oil and gas industry. Most recently, Mr. van Staalduinen headed up his own engineering consulting firm focusing primarily on acquisitions. Prior thereto, he was Vice President of a engineering consulting group and Chief Operating Officer of a Canadian oil and gas service company. He previously spent 10 years with a senior Canadian producer in a variety of roles including reservoir engineering, economic evaluations, exploration engineering, as well as acquisitions and dispositions.

Mr. van Staalduinen holds a Bachelor Applied Science degree in Chemical Engineering.

Daniel P. Gatto

Principal, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Mr. Gatto joined Tristone in 2001. Prior to Tristone, Mr. Gatto was a senior geologist at a mid-sized Canadian producer in the Business Development group. Mr. Gatto was responsible for generating and evaluating corporate and asset acquisition opportunities as well as divestiture and rationalization programs. Mr. Gatto has 29 years of experience as a Petroleum Geologist both as an independent consultant and with several Canadian E&P companies. In addition to the diverse Western Canadian exploration and business development background, is project experience in South America, Southern Europe, North Africa, Canadian Beaufort Sea / Mackenzie Valley as well as Unconventional reservoirs.

Mr. Gatto holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Calgary.

Wendy Smith Low

Principal, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Ms. Smith Low joined Tristone in 2002, from a Canadian oil and gas service company where she served as a Vice President and an Officer. Prior thereto Ms. Smith Low spent 7 years with a senior Canadian E&P company in a number of exploration engineering and research capacities. Ms. Smith Low holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Calgary.

Sean Sodero

Principal, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Mr. Sodero has recently joined Tristone Capital and brings 13 years of work experience. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Sodero was Manager of Reservoir Engineering at a mid-sized, gas-focused Canadian producer. He has also worked as a senior reservoir simulation engineer on international and western Canadian oil projects for a major independent producer. Mr. Sodero holds a Master of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Calgary.

Naomi Kerr

Principal, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Ms. Kerr joined Tristone in 2002. Prior to joining Tristone, Ms. Kerr was president of a successful consulting company for 12 years, providing support to the oil and gas industry. Prior thereto, she worked as a geologist for several majors. Ms. Kerr holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geography from the University of Alberta and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology from University of Calgary.

Louie A. Marchesin

Principal, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Mr. Marchesin joined Tristone in July 2004. With over 25 years of upstream oil and gas experience in Western Canada, Mr. Marchesin has held technical, consulting and management positions with intermediate to major producers. His diverse engineering experience and knowledge covers the areas of production engineering, operations, completions, exploitation, development, evaluations, and acquisitions and divestitures. Mr. Marchesin holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Alberta, is a registered professional engineer, a member of the CIM and is involved with the Calgary-Chinook Scout Foundation.

Steve Woima

Principal, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Steve Woima joined Tristone in June 2006. Most recently Mr. Woima was VP Exploration of a private exploration company. Mr. Woima has over 14 years of oil and gas exploration experience with primarily junior to major independent exploration and production companies. Mr. Woima has been a successful prospect generator and evaluator with a strong track record of finding oil and gas in Western Canada. Mr. Woima holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Calgary.

Todd Keenan

Junior Engineer, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Mr. Keenan joined Tristone's acquisitions and divestitures department in 2007. Prior to joining Tristone, he worked as a simulation engineer for a reservoir engineering consulting company. Mr. Keenan graduated with distinction from Queen's University with a degree in Engineering Physics and is currently finishing his Masters of Engineering degree at the University of Calgary specializing in Multidisciplinary Reservoir Characterization.

Cliff A. Johnson

Associate, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Mr. Johnson joined Tristone in September 2003 as an analyst in Investment Banking. In June 2006 he transferred to Tristone's Acquisitions and Divestitures group. Mr. Johnson holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from the University of Calgary where he specialized in Finance.

Joyce L. Kennedy

Associate, A&D (Geology)

Ms. Kennedy has 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry including several senior Canadian and US exploration and production companies. Prior to joining Tristone in 2004, Ms. Kennedy was a Principal Consultant with Landmark Graphics Canada. Ms. Kennedy holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Geology and Computer Science from the University of Saskatchewan.

Emma O'Marr

Associate, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Emma O'Marr joined Tristone's Acquisitions and Divestitures group in October 2007 from a private exploration company. Ms. O'Marr has 18 years of exploration experience in the oil and gas industry working primarily as a Geological Technologist for small to intermediate Canadian companies. Ms. O'Marr holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from the University of Calgary.

Darlene J Ward

Associate A & D (Engineering)

Ms Ward joined Tristone in 2004 as an Associate, Acquisition and Divestitures. Ms Ward has 15 years experience as an Operations Technologist with Junior E & P companies and holds a Petroleum Technology Diploma from Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.

Shelly Hopp

Associate, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Shelly Hopp joined Tristone in 2002. Prior to Tristone she spent eight years with a publicly traded oil and gas service company. Ms. Hopp has developed skills in data management and technical document development. Ms. Hopp is an active volunteer with The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Andrea Vogel

Associate, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Ms. Vogel joined the Tristone A&D Group in March 2005. She gained experience in the oil and gas industry as an assistant in an oil and gas research firm and in corporate finance. Ms. Vogel has completed both the Geology and Engineering Technician programs at SAIT.

Kelly Wylie

Associate, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Ms. Wylie joined Tristone's A&D team in 2004. Ms. Wylie brings with her over 13 years of executive assistant experience, 9 years at an advertising agency and has now worked in the oil and gas industry for over 4 years. Ms. Wylie is a Senior Associate on the International Agriculture Committee for the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. She has served over 8 years on the committee and continues to be actively involved with the Calgary Stampede.

Chase Edgelow

Associate, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Mr. Edgelow joined Tristone in September 2008.  Prior thereto, Mr. Edgelow worked in the upstream segment of a major Canadian integrated oil and gas company.  In his previous experience he worked in the areas of facilities project engineering and production engineering for a Canadian junior oil company with exploration operations in Russia.

Mr. Edgelow holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics with distinction from Queen's University.