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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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Marcia Manarin

Financial Controller

Ms. Manarin joined Tristone Capital in October 2005 as Business Manager, providing administrative and financial support to the UK operation. Prior to joining Tristone, Ms. Manarin worked for Waterous & Co in London as Manager Human Resources and Administration for over 4 years. Before joining Waterous she worked for Enron in Sao Paulo for 3 years, reporting directly to the Co-Chairman and CEO for the Latin American operation. Ms. Manarin gained 18 years of administrative experience with blue-chip companies such as British Gas, Lloyds Bank and Motorola in Latin America. Ms. Manarin holds a Master of Communication and Public Relations degree from FIAM (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and is a part-qualified accountant (CIMA - Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, London). She is also a full member of the AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians - MAAT).

Sueli Sandell

Office Manager

Mrs. Sandell joined Tristone Capital as administrative assistant supporting Capital Markets in November 2006, and in December 2007 took over the responsibility of office manager for the London office. Before joining Tristone she worked as a paralegal assistant in the intellectual property field.  Prior to that, she worked as an IT Support Team Coordinator for Ericsson Telecommunications and Enron South America in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Mrs. Sandell holds a Bachelor degree in Computer Science from Mackenzie University in Sao Paulo.