CALGARY, July 16, 2018 /CNW/ - Surge Energy Inc. ("Surge"
or the "Company") (TSX: SGY) is pleased to announce the
appointments of Ms. Marion Burnyeat
and Ms. Allison Maher to the Board
of Directors effective July 16,
2018.
Ms. Burnyeat is an experienced businesswoman having spent nearly
thirty years in the energy sector primarily with Spectra Energy
Corporation and its predecessor companies. She held
increasingly responsible executive roles in leading Midstream
business units, Strategic Development, Stakeholder Relations and
Business Development. In these roles she had responsibility
for risk management, value creation as well as capital expansion
projects and was involved in commercial mergers and acquisitions.
She consistently met goals of high standards of safety, operational
and financial performance, as well as strategic stakeholder
management.
Ms. Burnyeat is currently an Associate Member of the Institute
of Corporate Directors and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from
the University of Alberta and a Masters
of Business Administration degree from Edinburgh University.
She serves on the board of Calgary Academy and Headwater Learning,
has held positions on not for profit boards and is an active
volunteer for several charitable organizations.
Ms. Maher is an independent businesswoman with a background in
finance, tax and wealth management. In running her own
advisory firm, she is highly involved in matters related to
succession planning as well as family governance, estate and risk
management. Ms. Maher began her career with KPMG in the areas
of Tax and Corporate Audit.
Presently a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of
Alberta, Ms. Maher is also an
active member of the Institute of Corporate Directors, Chair of
TIGER21 Calgary and currently
holds Board positions on several not for profit boards. Ms.
Maher holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, with Distinction, from
the University of Calgary. A former "Top 40 under 40", she is
regularly invited to speak and has coauthored articles all focused
on wealth management
Surge welcomes these highly accomplished professionals to our
Board of Directors.
Surge Energy Inc. is an oil-weighted production and development
company with high quality, large oil in place, crude oil
reservoirs. Management is focused on delivering to its
shareholders solid per share organic growth, sustainable monthly
dividends, and further growth through accretive acquisitions of
additional elite oil reservoirs.
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term is defined in the policies of the TSX) accepts responsibility
for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
SOURCE Surge Energy Inc.