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| Christopher J. Wensley, Dip. Tech. Position: President and Director Mr. Wensley holds a Diploma of Technology in Administrative Management from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Following graduation in 1981, Mr. Wensley began an 18 year career in commercial and investment real estate. During this period, he was actively involved in: the acquisition and disposition of income properties including office buildings, industrial facilities, and development sites; office portfolio leasing for a major Canadian pension fund group; and managing sales and project marketing of high-end recreational real estate property in British Columbia. In the late nineties, Mr. Wensley left the real estate business to become an independent business management and venture capital consultant. In 1999, he began providing investor relations, corporate communications, and corporate finance services to numerous public companies. Mr. Wensley became involved with the Company in the fall of 2003 since which time he has made significant investment in Horizon and has given valuable assistance in the ongoing funding of the Company and its prospects. Mr. Wensley also owns and oversees several private interests in a number of North American oil and gas properties. | |
| Patrick Forseille P.Geo. Position: Director & Corporate Secretary Mr. Forseille has worked in the oil and gas and mining industry for over ten years. Most recently he has been Chief Financial Officer of Olympic Resources Ltd., an oil and gas producing company since 1997 and has also concurrently served as a director for various other public companies in differing capacities including comptroller and exploration manager. Mr. Forseille is a Professional Geoscientist with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in accounting. Previously, he was employed as an accountant and geologist with Cameco Corp and Imperial Oil Resources Ltd. | |
| J. Paul Sorbara - M.Sc., P.Geo Position: Director Mr. Sorbara holds a Master of Science Degree from the University of Toronto and is also a Professional Geologist. Following graduation, he conducted Caldera Reconnaissance Programs for Cominco Ltd. in both British Columbia and the Sierra Madre Occidental range in Northern Mexico, spending a number of years in Cominco's Guadalajara office. In the mid nineteen-eighties, Mr. Sorbara left Cominco to establish a successful geological consultant practice. In 1992, Mr. Sorbara started his own private Mexican exploration company, Minera Delta S.A. de C.V. which has now grown to become a substantial operation. Mr. Sorbara is presently the President of Golden Goliath Resources Ltd. (TSXV:GNG), a junior mining exploration company exploring for gold in Mexico. | |
| Ron Bourgeois Position: Director and Corporate Secretary A Chartered Accountant, Ron Bourgeois brings over 25 years of executive and management experience to the Company. He has held numerous and varying management and public company positions with extensive experience in the development and financing of major oil and gas resource and infrastructure assets internationally. Mr. Bourgeois has been deeply involved in the acquisition, administration and development of oil and gas projects in Texas and Louisiana where these activities have showcased his rigorous due diligence and negotiation abilities. As the founding Chief Financial Officer, Mr Bourgeois managed and coordinated the merger of two public corporations; Optima Petroleum Corporation and American Explorer LLC to create PetroQuest Energy Inc. which currently trades on the NYSE with a market valuation exceeding US$ 500 million. His long term experience in the U.S. oil patch has given Mr. Bourgeois a keen understanding of local issues relating to tax and corporate structure as well as state and federal policy. He has played a hands-on role overseeing the exploration, financing and administration of numerous exploration and development oil and gas properties and transactions. |
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