Leadership

Leadership
Executive Officers
Andrew Phillips
Mr. Phillips is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and has more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry in the areas of exploration, geology, business development, asset evaluation and executive management. Prior to his appointment as President & Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Phillips was the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Home Quarter Resources Ltd. (“Home Quarter”), a private oil and gas company founded by Mr. Phillips in 2010 with producing properties and royalty interests in southwest Saskatchewan and Alberta. Home Quarter was successfully divested to a public oil and gas company in 2014. Prior thereto, Mr. Phillips was the Vice President, Exploration at Evolve Exploration Ltd., a private junior oil and gas company with assets in western Canada, and an Exploration Geologist at Profico Energy Management Ltd. and at Renaissance Energy Ltd., both of which were Canadian oil and gas exploration companies. Mr. Phillips holds a Bachelor of Science, Geology degree from the University of Calgary and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta and the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. Mr. Phillips is a member of the Board of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation.
Pamela P. Kazeil
Ms. Kazeil is the Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer of PrairieSky Royalty, and has significant experience in the oil and gas industry managing finance, accounting, treasury and tax. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Kazeil held the Chief Financial Officer position at Sinopec Canada. Ms. Kazeil’s experience includes serving as Vice President, Finance of Daylight Energy Ltd. from 2008 to 2011, and prior thereto Ms. Kazeil held increasingly senior finance roles with Sword Energy Ltd. and its predecessor Thunder Energy Trust from 2004 to 2008, including as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Kazeil started her accounting career at KPMG LLP in 2001. Ms. Kazeil is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Saskatchewan. Ms. Kazeil is a Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential Holder. Ms. Kazeil is a member of the Board of Directors for the United Way Calgary and Area and the Wood’s Homes Society, a multi-service children’s mental health centre.
Daniel J. Bertram
Mr. Bertram is the Vice-President, Business Development and Chief Commercial Officer and brings extensive leadership experience to the Company in business development, strategy and planning and finance. Mr. Bertram was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Superior Plus Corp, a leading North American energy distributor. From 2019 to 2023, Mr. Bertram was the Vice President, Business Development at Certarus Ltd. and prior to, spent over five years at Alaris Royalty Corp. as Vice President, Business Development, leading their origination and deployment efforts. Earlier in his career, he worked for Deans Knight Capital Management as an Investment Analyst and spent time in the investment banking industry. Mr. Bertram graduated in finance from Boston College and holds a CFA designation.
Michael Murphy
Mr. Murphy is the Vice-President, Geosciences and Capital Markets of the Company and has 19 years of experience across the oil and gas industry and related capital markets. Prior to joining the Company in January 2024, Mr. Murphy spent 10 years in sell side equity research focused on the energy sector. Most recently, he was an Analyst as part of a top-ranked equity research team at BMO Capital Markets, covering Canadian small/mid-cap exploration and production and royalty companies. Prior thereto, Mr. Murphy was a Senior Research Associate at Macquarie Capital Markets Canada. Mr. Murphy started his career as a geologist at multiple junior public oil and gas companies in roles of increasing responsibility, focused on both the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and international exploration and production. Mr. Murphy holds a Bachelor of Science, Geology degree from the University of Calgary and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.
Board of Directors
Margaret A. McKenzie
Ms. McKenzie’s principal occupation is as an Independent Businesswoman. Ms. McKenzie was formerly the Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Range Royalty and prior thereto was Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Profico Energy Management Ltd. (a private oil and gas company). Ms. McKenzie holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree (with distinction) from the University of Saskatchewan and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta since 1985. She obtained her ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors in 2013. Ms. McKenzie is an experienced director and currently sits as a director of Canadian National Railway Company, a NYSE and TSX-listed North American rail company.
Andrew Phillips
Mr. Phillips is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and has more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry in the areas of exploration, geology, business development, asset evaluation and executive management. Prior to his appointment as President & Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Phillips was the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Home Quarter Resources Ltd. (“Home Quarter”), a private oil and gas company founded by Mr. Phillips in 2010 with producing properties and royalty interests in southwest Saskatchewan and Alberta. Home Quarter was successfully divested to a public oil and gas company in 2014. Prior thereto, Mr. Phillips was the Vice President, Exploration at Evolve Exploration Ltd., a private junior oil and gas company with assets in western Canada, and an Exploration Geologist at Profico Energy Management Ltd. and at Renaissance Energy Ltd., both of which were Canadian oil and gas exploration companies. Mr. Phillips holds a Bachelor of Science, Geology degree from the University of Calgary and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta and the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. Mr. Phillips is a member of the Board of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation.
Anna Alderson
Ms. Alderson is a corporate director based in Calgary with over 35 years of experience in the energy industry. Ms Alderson retired in 2019 after a distinguished career as an audit partner with KPMG in Calgary, Toronto and Hong Kong. While with KPMG, Ms. Alderson provided audit and other advisory services to public and private entities in all sectors of the energy industry, including upstream, midstream, royalty, marketing and power and utilities. She also led the Financial Services practice in Calgary for several years. Ms. Alderson holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree (with great distinction) from the University of Saskatchewan, is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and holds the ICD.D designation. She has been involved with several not-for-profit organizations and is presently on the audit committees of the Calgary Foundation and Calgary Stampede. Ms. Alderson is also on the board of Tenaz Energy Corp (TNZ) and chairs its Audit Committee.
Anuroop Duggal
Mr. Duggal is a private investor since 2018 with significant institutional investing experience with the global energy sector. He was a partner at 3G Capital, a global multi-billion dollar asset manager, where he helped launch, manage and grow a natural resource focused equity and credit fund. Prior to that he was an investor with Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, which was the Asset Management division’s flagship hedge fund. Mr. Duggal is also an Adjunct Professor for the MBA program at Columbia Business School where he teaches value investing courses through the Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing. Mr. Duggal graduated from the University of Western Ontario with an Honors Business Administration degree (Richard Ivey School of Business, gold medalist) and an Electrical Engineering degree. Mr. Duggal currently sits on the board of directors of Calfrac Well Services Ltd., a provider of specialized oilfield services, and Optiva Inc., a provider of software to the telecommunications industry, both of which are listed on the TSX.
P. Jane Gavan
Ms. Gavan is President, Asset Management of Dream Unlimited Corp., having held increasingly senior positions since joining Dream’s predecessor organization in 1998. Ms. Gavan also served as Chief Executive Officer of Dream Global Real Estate Investment Trust (Dream Global), a TSX listed real estate investment income trust (REIT) prior to its acquisition by The Blackstone Group Inc. in December 2019, and previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Dream Office REIT and Dream Residential REIT. Ms. Gavan has more than 30 years of executive business and leadership experience across a number of industries, including acting as a senior legal advisor prior to joining Dream Global. Ms. Gavan earned an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree from Carleton University and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall, York University. Ms. Gavan currently sits on the board of directors of Dream Unlimited Corp., Dream Office REIT, Dream Residential REIT, Colliers International and is on the Patron’s Council for Community Living Toronto.
Glenn McNamara
Mr. McNamara is a Professional Engineer with more than forty years of oil and gas exploration and production experience in progressively more senior roles in Canada and across a variety of international regions, including South America, the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. His extensive commercial and operational experience spans both large organizations and smaller entrepreneurial environments, most recently serving as President & Chief Executive Officer and a director of Heritage Royalty. Prior to, Mr. McNamara’s experience included serving as President of BG Canada, responsible for all aspects of BG Canada’s business and holding several senior executive positions with ExxonMobil, ExxonMobil Canada, and Mobil Oil Canada, including President of ExxonMobil Canada West.
Sheldon B. Steeves
Mr. Steeves’ principal occupation is as a Corporate Director. Mr. Steeves is a director of Enerplus Corporation which is an oil and gas company listed on the TSX. From January 2001 until April 2012, Mr. Steeves was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Echoex Ltd., a private junior oil and gas company, and spent more than 15 years at Renaissance Energy Ltd., a Canadian oil and gas exploration company, where he was appointed Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President in 1997. Mr. Steeves holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Calgary and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta, the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.