Boyd Payne has assumed the position of president and chief executive officer of the Elk Valley Coal Partnership.
Payne is also expected to become president of the Fording Canadian Coal Trust (TSX:FDG.UN, NYSE: FDG) following a period of transition. Jim Popowich will continue to serve as president of the trust during this transition.
Payne was most recently vice-president of marketing for BHP Billiton in Singapore. Prior to joining BHP Billiton, he was VP of marketing for Fording Coal Ltd.
Elk Valley Coal is the world's second-largest exporter of metallurgical coal. It is jointly owned by Fording Canadian Coal Trust, an open-ended mutual fund trust with its head office in Calgary, and Teck Cominco (TSX:TCK.A, TCK.B, NYSE:TCK), a diversified mining company headquartered in Vancouver.
Bankers Petroleum Ltd. (TSX:BNK, AIM:BNK) has made some changes to its senior management team.
Wolf Regener has been promoted to president of Bankers US and will also hold the title of executive VP with Bankers Petroleum. He replaces Ford Grant Nicholson, who has been appointed a director of Bankers Petroleum.
Suneel Gupta has been promoted to president of Bankers International, responsible for the company's Albanian operations. He will also hold the title of VP for Bankers Petroleum.
Bankers Petroleum Ltd. is a Calgary-based oil and gas exploration and production company focused on unconventional petroleum assets.
Canadian Superior Energy Inc. (TSX:SNG; AMEX:SNG) of Calgary has made two promotions.
Neil Dore becomes VP of Western Canada operations, while Roger Harman becomes chief financial officer.
Dore, a professional engineer, has spent the past five years with Canadian Superior, most recently as general manager of Western Canada operations. Harman, a CMA, joined Canadian Superior in June 2003 as manager of revenues and marketing. He replaces Ross Jones, who is no longer with the company.
Canadian Superior is an oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in Western Canada, offshore Trinidad and Tobago, and offshore Nova Scotia.
Liquor Barn Income Fund (TSX: LBN.UN) has named Leslie Wright the CFO of Liquor Barn GP Inc. He replaces Amardeep Gill, who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Gill will remain with Liquor Barn until October to ensure a smooth transition.
Prior to joining Liquor Barn, Wright, a CA, was VP of finance and CFO at Lilydale Inc.
Edmonton-based Liquor Barn is the second-largest operator of private liquor stores in Western Canada by number of stores.
Lyle Michaluk, CA, has joined Open Range Energy Corp. (TSX:ONR) as the VP of finance and CFO. The company says Michaluk has more than 10 years of experience with corporations in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
Open Range is involved in the exploration, development and production of natural gas and crude oil in Western Canada. Its head office is in Calgary.
Kirk Morgan has resigned as CFO of Genoil Inc. (TSXV:GNO). David Kippen, who has acted as a financial consultant to Genoil since June, will be stepping in as interim CFO for the remainder of 2006 while the company searches for a permanent replacement.
Meanwhile, Hendrik Lombard, CA and CFA, has been appointed as controller and director of corporate finance. Before joining Genoil, Lombard was a consultant providing financial reporting, taxation, accounting and auditing services.
Calgary-based Genoil is a technology development and engineering company providing services to the oil and gas industry.
Bruce Cottingham has been appointed CEO and interim CFO of Oromonte Resources Inc. effective in September.
Cottingham was appointed a director in June and brings a range of private- and public-sector management experience.
Oromonte is a junior exploration company focused on gold exploration and development in southern Ecuador. Its head office is in Calgary.
Mises Capital Corp. (TSXV:MPP.P) has appointed Bruce Warkentin, CA and CBV, as VP of finance and CFO.
Mises is a Calgary-based junior international oil and gas exploration and development company focused on Colombia.
Badger Income Fund (TSX:BAD.UN) has added a VP of operations to its corporate management team.
Derek Dillon will work out of the company's Calgary head office.
Badger provides excavating services in the utility and petroleum industries.
Eveready Income Fund (TSX:EIS.UN) has made a number of VP appointments.
Terry Tyler becomes a VP of operations. He was previously president of the Cat Tech group of companies, acquired by Eveready in July.
Lyle Jeffries also becomes a VP of operations. Jeffries was previously the owner and president of Red Deer Directional Boring Ltd., acquired by Eveready in May.
Dwayne Bedwell becomes the third newest VP of operations. Bedwell joined Eveready with its acquisition of Canada Wide Industries Ltd. in November 2005.
Jason Vandenberg becomes VP of finance. Vandenberg has been Eveready's corporate financial reporting manager since it became a public income fund in March 2005. John Stevens has been promoted to senior VP.
Stevens served as Eveready's CFO since 2002.
Eveready provides industrial and oilfield services; health, safety and environmental services; and equipment rental services to the energy, resource and manufacturing sectors. Its head office is in Edmonton.
Destiny Resource Services Corp. (TSX:DSC) has promoted Jim Holt to COO. Holt has spent 20 years with Destiny, including the last four as VP of drilling.
Steve Matthews, VP of the company's Kodiak Nav Solutions division, has left Destiny to pursue other business ventures.
Calgary-based Destiny provides seismic front-end services to energy explorers and producers, as well as navigation, positioning and asset-management technology.
Dale Tremblay has been appointed the CEO of Saxon Energy Services Inc. (TSX: SES). He replaces Walter Dawson, who will remain as chairman of the board.
In another C-suite change, Mark Helmer has been appointed Saxon's COO.
Tremblay joined Saxon last September as president and COO. He will retain the office of president. Helmer joined Saxon last October as the senior VP of operations.
Saxon is an emerging international oilfield services company operating a drilling and well-servicing business. It is based in Calgary.
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