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Morgan Creek Energy Corp. is guided by a group of experienced senior managers with practical, hands-on knowledge gained from many years of working directly at building value in junior exploration and production operations to major integrated energy companies.
Peter G. Wilson
President, CEO and Director
During the past fifteen years, Mr. Wilson has been involved in the senior level management of public companies. His experience spans a wide range of project development and contract negotiations within the mining, energy and real estate industries. Mr. Wilson has focused on the creation and implementation of market strategies, contract negotiations and financing options for maximum return on investments. His business experience includes diverse international assignments in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Switzerland and Norway. Mr. Wilson has worked extensively with overseas investor groups and within the E&P market in Louisiana and Texas.
From approximately 2007 through the present, Mr. Wilson is the president of Hana
Mining Ltd., a publicly listed exploration company
seeking to develop a copper-silver project in Botswana,
Africa. During approximately 2005 to 2006, He served as
the president and chief executive officer of Sun Oil and
Gas Corp. During approximately 1997 to 2005, Mr. Wilson
was a director and the vice president of Petroreal Oil Corp., a small oil producer engaged in energy asset purchases aggregating more than $130,000,000.
During approximately 1993 to 1999, Mr. Wilson was the vice president of Samoth Equity Corporation (now Sterling Center Corp.), where he began his involvement with capital markets and finance. Samoth Equity Corporation gained prominence through the 1990s and grew to a $150,000,000 TSX-listed real estate merchant banking organization involved in lending throughout the southwestern United States and Canada.
William (Bill) Thomas
Chief Financial Officer, Director
Mr. Thomas has thirty years of experience in the finance and accounting areas for the natural resource sector. Currently, Mr. Thomas is also the chief financial officer and a member of the board of directors of Mainland Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation that trades on the OTC Bulletin Board, and the chief financial officer and a director of Uranium International Corp., a Nevada corporation that trades on the OTC Bulletin Board, chief financial officer of Hana Mining and Mira Resources both of which are Canadian public companies.
Mr. Thomas has held various successive management positions with Kerr McGee Corporation's China operations based in Beijing, China, ending in 2004 with his final position as director of business services. For a brief period after leaving Kerr McGee, Mr. Thomas acted as a self-practitioner in the accounting and finance field. In July 2007 he took on the role of chief financial officer for two public resource companies; Hana Mining Inc. and NWT Uranium Corp.
Recently, Mr. Thomas resigned from NWT Uranium Corp. but continues to serve as chief financial officer for Hana Mining. Mr. Thomas was previously general manager (1999-2002), and finance and administration manager (1996-1999) of Kerr McGee's China operations. While in China, Mr. Thomas was responsible for finance including Sarbanes Oxley reporting, budgeting, treasury, procurement, taxation, marketing, insurance and business development, including commercial negotiations with the Chinese partner, China National Offshore Oil Co (CNOOC) and other Chinese and joint venture partners. Mr. Thomas focused heavily on supporting exploration and development operations for three operated blocks in Bohai Bay, as well as evaluation and negotiation of new venture blocks in East China Sea and the South China Sea. He was also responsible for the liaison with CNOOC and other Chinese oil companies, Kerr McGee US management and joint venture partners, where his main focus was to ensure cost effective and timely achievement of various approved work programs and budgets. He was also Chief Representative for Kerr McGee on the Joint Management Committee (JMC).
Mr. Thomas previously worked as manager of fixed asset accounting for Kerr McGee Corporation's US operations (1996), as finance director of Kerr McGee's UK operations based in London/Aberdeen (1992-1996), and Kerr McGee's Canadian operations in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (1984-1992), including the predecessor company, Maxus Canada Ltd, which was acquired by Kerr McGee Ltd. Over the course of his career, he has been involved in all aspects of managing accounting, budgeting, human resources, administration, insurance, taxation and other business support aspects surrounding oil and gas properties for Kerr McGee. Mr. Thomas was responsible to ensure compliance with COPAS, SEC, FASB and international accounting regulations. He participated on a team that developed the Oracle accounting system application to the Kerr McGee's worldwide operations. He was most notably involved in the company's initial entry into both China and the UK North Sea - start ups of local and expatriate personnel that eventually developed into core areas (over $1 Billion) for Kerr McGee, including the company's first operated offshore oil fields in China (CFD 1-1) and the UK (Gryphon).
In his early career Mr. Thomas also held senior management positions in the finance divisions of Norcen Energy Ltd of Calgary, Alberta (1981-1984), Dennison Mines Ltd of Ontario Canada (1978-1981) and Algoma Steel Corporation of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada (1977). He was also a Senior Auditor for the accounting firm, Coopers & Lybrand in Toronto, Canada (1975-1977).
Mr. Thomas attained his Chartered Accountant (CA) designation from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1977. He holds an Honors Bachelor of Commerce and Finance degree from the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Peter R. Carpenter, P. Eng.
CFA - Director
Peter R. Carpenter is a trusted professional in the North American energy industry having spent over thirty years building, restructuring and providing financial advisory to leading oil and gas companies at the senior management level.
Mr. Carpenter began his career as an engineer working for DuPont Canada (1962-1963) and then Exxon (1965-1971). After a period with Pan Canadian Petroleum as the Manager of special projects (1971-1976), he joined Texaco Canada (1976-1981) as the Company’s Chief Economist. At Texaco, he oversaw the economic and business analysis of major capital expenditures for the company and maintained liaison with the worldwide economics group in Harrison, New York.
His experience at Texaco provided a strong basis for his move to Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Canada (1981-1993) where he served as the Senior Oil and Gas Analyst. Working in Toronto, Canada, Mr. Carpenter spent the next decade with four separate investment bank and equity capital companies, principally in oil and gas sector analysis and financial advisory. His next move was as President and CEO of Claridge House Partners, Inc. (2004-Present), a private corporate restructuring and financial advisory services firm serving the Canadian Oil & gas sector. He is the Chairman of Enterra Energy Trust and the Chairman of Canamericas Energy.
Angelo Viard
Director
During the past ten years, Mr. Viard has been involved in providing companies with advisory services including, but not limited to, managerial, investment strategy, finance, information technology, compliance, accounting, business development, mergers and acquisitions, and capital fund raising in a wide range of industry sectors across the United States, South America and Europe. Mr. Viard has been (June 2007-present) the president/chief executive officer of Viard Consulting Services. From approximately August 2006 through June 2007, Mr. Viard was the IT operations manager for Bare Escentuals where he was responsible for developing, coordinating multiple related projects in alignment with strategic and tactical company goals Mr. Viard was also a senior IT audit consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
From approximately December 2004 through August 2005, Mr. Viard was the chief executive officer and founder of Technology Mondial Inc., in Costa Rica. He was previously employed with OpenTV Inc, as IT manager; Thomas Weisel Partners LLC where he was an IT brokerage services manager; BancBoston Robertson Stephens & Co. where he was a senior system engineer, and Environmental Chemical Corporation where he was a technical analyst.
Mr. Viard holds a master in computer science, a BS in business management and administration, and an A/A in computer business administration and networks.
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