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Meet our team.
We have 200+ years of combined experience in energy, commodities, and industrial technology, successfully scaling and commercializing projects, building
and exiting companies.
Executive Team
Kamelia (Kami) Giles, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Kami began her 30-year career working for a Canadian- and Swiss-based corporate and investment management firm, where she quickly rose to senior management and oversaw the firm's private and publicly listed energy investment companies with $100+ million AUM...
Michael (Mike) Hantzsch, PEng
President
Mike is a seasoned energy executive and professional engineer with nearly 50 years of experience in the Canadian energy industry. Throughout his career, he has held senior leadership positions with leading organizations, where he led initiatives spanning business development, mergers and acquisitions....
Janet Annesley, MBA
Chief Corporate Affairs and People Officer
Janet is a nationally recognized leader in advancing energy projects, sustainability, and community initiatives that create long-term value for all stakeholders. As a former senior executive at Shell Canada and Husky Energy, and a former Chief of Staff to Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources...
Matt Desroches, PEng
Chief Operating Officer
Matt began his career working in various trade positions in the energy sector, where he honed his skills in safety, heavy equipment operations, and project management. After a decade spent in field operations, he decided to advance his career by furthering his education. Matt earned his BSc (Honours)...
Darren Tong, CA, CPA, CFA
Chief Financial Officer
Darren is a senior finance and corporate development executive with over 25 years of experience spanning diverse industries including upstream oil and gas, energy infrastructure, eLearning and cleantech, with expertise in M&A, financial modeling, valuations and capital market financings...
Dr. Ehsan Abbasi, PhD, PEng
Chief Technology Officer
Ehsan brings over 14 years of experience in methane pyrolysis, combustion, reaction kinetics, catalysis, carbon material production and analysis, and clean energy systems. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering with a perfect GPA of 4.0/4.0 from top Canadian university, McGill, where he...
Dr. Elham (Ellie) Kamali, PhD, EIT
Chief Materials Science Officer
Ellie is an accomplished materials scientist with over a decade of experience in application-driven materials synthesis, characterization, and processing. She has led projects across high-impact applications, spanning the design and fabrication of electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage...
Board of Directors
Douglas Beach, BSc
Independent Board Member
Doug is an early-stage investor in dozens of technology ventures, primarily deep climate, health, and AI-augmented industrial technology striving for global reach and "change the world" impact. He has nearly four decades of operating and investing experience that include global operation of...
Roger Tang, MSc
Independent Board Member
Roger has over 35 years of experience in the upstream energy business where he founded four exploration and production companies and mentored young, gender and age diversified professionals and managers during the process. His last startup, Deltastream Energy Corporation was backed...
Rick Pawluk, LLB, ICD.D
Independent Board Member
Rick is a partner in the Dentons Canada LLP corporate group. He has extensive experience in corporate and securities law including initial public offerings, equity and debt financings, public and private mergers, takeover bids, acquisitions, and disposition transactions and business combinations...
Kamelia (Kami) Giles, MBA
Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Kami began her 30-year career working for a Canadian- and Swiss-based corporate and investment management firm, where she quickly rose to senior management and oversaw the firm's private and publicly listed energy investment companies with $100+ million AUM...
We are scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs, passionate about applying our industry expertise and academic knowledge towards an economic climate solution.