David A. Seton, LLB, Chairman
David A. Seton has served variously as a director and managing director of a number of companies listed on the New Zealand and Australian Stock Exchanges. Mr. Seton is currently the Executive Chairman of Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc., a Toronto based TSX listed mining company. He has been a director and acted in various executive roles at Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc. over the past five years.
Mr. Seton holds a law degree, graduating from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand.
H. Stuart Bottomley, Director
H. Stuart Bottomley has broad knowledge and experience in international asset management, risk management and corporate funding. After working as a stockbroker for nine years, Mr. Bottomley worked as a portfolio manager for the Target Group of Unit Trusts first under the ownership of Dawnay Day and subsequently with J. Rothschild Investment Management. In 1984, he joined Fidelity International (a financial services firm) in London, working with the ERISA group, focused on UK and European markets. Since leaving Fidelity International, Mr. Bottomley has consulted for numerous private and public companies, advised many Australian companies on admissions to AIM and assisted in IPOs and other fundraisings.
Mr. Bottomley is currently a non-executive director of African Consolidated Resources plc (an AIM-listed mining company) and Verona Pharma Plc. (an AIM-listed life sciences company).
Al Kroontje, B.Sc. P.Eng., Director
Al Kroontje is a Professional Engineer with 30 years of diversified experience in corporate start-ups and finance which has also included various corporate re-organizations, going public transactions and merger/acquisition activities. These have mostly been in the resource sector, including oil and gas exploration and production companies as well as oil and gas service companies or trusts as well as in mining, technology and biotechnology ventures. Mr Kroontje is the Chairman and President of Kasten Energy Inc, a private oil and gas exploration and production company. Mr Kroontje also currently serves on the boards of Novus Energy Inc., PetroFrontier Corp., Border Petroleum Ltd. and Cobalt Coal Corp., each of which are publicly listed resource companies in various stages of development.
Mr. Kroontje holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Douglas Willock, BA MBA, President and CEO and Director
Douglas Willock spent 21 years as an investment banker with leading international and domestic banks. From May, 2001 onward he was active in restructuring and building junior resource companies. Since January 2007, Mr. Willock has devoted nearly all of his time and effort to his role as President and Chief Executive Officer of Polar Star which he formed as a private company in August 2003. Mr. Willock serves as a lead director of Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc., a Toronto based mining company, which he joined February 2006.
Mr. Willock holds a Master of Business Administration degree with a major in finance from the Richard Ivey School of Business, a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia and attended the Beijing Language Institute on a joint Government of Canada and China scholarship from 1976 to 1977.