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Mr. Jewitt seeks advice on specific projects from senior parties with particularly strong and relevant skills.  Mr. Hansen and Mr. Iverach have been particularly generous with their advice to Tadanac.

Judd Hansen

Senior Resources Advisor

Judd is an oil industry executive who specialized in management of operations and engineering for growing companies. As Sr. VP of Shelf/Onshore for Mariner Energy he developed a focus on shelf Gulf of Mexico and Permian basin regions.
He initiated redevelopment of the Aldwell-Sprayberry Field in the Permian Basin and increased reserves from 47 BCFE to 592 BCFE in 8 years.  He Initiated numerous drilling programs both in West Texas and offshore shelf; significantly reduced LOE costs both onshore and offshore; initiated field studies resulting in redevelopment of the Forest Oil assets; supervised the repair resulting from Hurricane Katrina/Rita/Ike damage; discovered Deadwood Field in the Permian Basin, which is currently being developed by Apache; increased West Texas well count from 81 to over 1000, with several thousand development locations.

David Iverach

Senior Investments Advisor

David has held various executive roles with Transfield Holdings since 1989, including CEO of Transfield Investments where he is now a Senior Advisor. Previously he was Director-General of Transport for the NSW Government and Principal Engineer of the Environmental Protection Authority. He was a Harkness Fellow and has worked in Laos and the United States.

Mr. Iverach is Chairman of BioPower Systems, a Director of AirTrain City Link, and Chairman of the Management Investment Committee for Campus Living Villages. He has a PhD in high temperature combustion and a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical), both from the University of New South Wales.