Dave holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Honours). He has served as a Governor of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP). Dave represents Azimuth as a Director on the boards of Recover Energy Services, Altex Energy Ltd., Kaden Royalty Corp., Courser Energy, and Karve Energy. Dave also serves as an Independent Director on the boards of Baytex Energy Corp and Headwater Exploration Inc.

In his spare time, Dave enjoys golfing and spending time with his family.

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Prior to joining Azimuth in 2008, Francesco was a Managing Director of Global Investment Banking for a Canadian national bank dealer, where he negotiated, structured and priced both public and private equity financings in energy transition, technology, and oil and gas companies. Francesco also worked on numerous mergers & acquisitions transactions, which together with the equity financings aggregated in value in excess of $2.5 billion.

Prior to investment banking, Francesco practiced in the general area of corporate and commercial law, with emphasis in the areas of taxation and securities law for a Canadian national law firm.

Francesco holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (Biochemistry), a Master of Business Administration, as well as a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta. Francesco represents Azimuth as a Director on the boards of Altex Energy Ltd., Corex Resources Ltd., Entrada Resources Inc., and M-Flow Technologies Ltd.

Francesco spends most of his free time with his young family cycling or hiking in the summer and skiing or playing hockey in the winter.

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From 2001 to 2004, Dale was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Enerflex Systems Ltd., a TSX-listed oilfield services company. Prior to that position, Dale held senior financial positions with Numac Energy Inc., a public oil and gas exploration and production corporation, from 1990 to 2001. Before entering the energy sector, he worked in the audit and assurance practice of Deloitte & Touche in Edmonton, where he earned his Chartered Accountant designation in 1983. Dale graduated from the University of Alberta in 1980 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.

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Prior to jointly establishing the Firm, he was co-head of North American Energy with JP Morgan. Jeff has been active in the North American and international energy sector for 40+ years and has a wide range of experience in energy transition, technology, infrastructure development, and oil and gas as a private equity investor, investment banker, and in operations and major project development planning roles with ExxonMobil and in field operations with Schlumberger.

Jeff has been an investment professional for 30+ years and has broad experience building differentiated businesses and in private equity, venture capital, capital markets, mergers, restructurings and corporate finance. He also has 11 years of energy sector operating experience in North America, Asia and Western Europe, including eight years in frontier offshore drilling operations. While at ExxonMobil Jeff was part of a small group that had a first response role in respect of major oil & gas well control incidents around the world. Over his career, Jeff has worked across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa.His education includes a Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) in Civil Engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston and an MBA in International Business and Finance from Dalhousie University in Halifax. Jeff also attended six Executive Programs at Stanford, INSEAD and Harvard focused on strategy, corporate governance and corporate finance. He holds a US Coast Guard Master’s License (Captain) for Mobile Offshore Drilling Units and is a professional engineer registered in the Province of Nova Scotia.

Jeff currently represents Azimuth on the boards of Mountain View Clean Energy, H Cycle, Enoflex, Monolith, Steelhead LNG and ACM LNG. He is an experienced corporate director and over time has served on over 20 US, European and Canadian public and private company boards and five investment committees. Jeff has specific experience with complex corporate restructurings and working through a range of challenging corporate governance situations.

As well, Jeff is a member of the Board of Governors of the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. He and his wife Kim have been involved with and supported the Banff Centre for many years. Kim and Jeff also support two uniquely talented Canadian performing artists who have achieved wide international recognition. Kim and Jeff have three children and six grandchildren – all living in Calgary. Jeff’s interests include being close as possible to oceans and mountains. He is a dedicated expert ocean kayaker and also enjoys back country skiing and cycling.

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