OUR TEAM
First Helium boasts a seasoned management team and board with successful track records and experience in energy exploration and production, capital markets and finance, construction and project management, and mining exploration and development.
Management
Ed Bereznicki
P.Eng., MBA – President & CEO, Director
15+ years of Corporate Finance, Capital Markets, and Financial Advisory
Expertise as Senior Energy Investment Banker with Raymond James and GMP, 10+ Years of Energy Sector Experience
- Over $20 Billion of equity and convertible debt raised for Energy Sector, including successful start-up’s and IPO’s.
- Over 30 successful M&A transactions totaling more than $4.5 Billion in value.
Seasoned Energy Executive with E&P, risk management, operations, and pipeline experience, domestic and international.
Robert J. Scott
CPA, CA, CFA – CFO & DIRECTOR
20+ Years Professional Experience In Accounting And Corporate Compliance, Corporate Finance, and Merchant and Commercial Banking.
- Senior Management and Board Positions with a number of TSX-V & CSE Listed Issuers.
- Raised Over $200mm in equity capital for growth companies.
- Hands-on background in IPO's, RTO's, Corporate Re-Structuring, M&A, and Cost-Effective Operations.
Marc Junghans
P.GEOL. – GEOLOGY & ASSET DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR
40+ years Geology experience in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and U.S. in Senior and Executive level roles at both Public and Private Companies.
- Co-founded and sold two successful, private equity funded junior Oil & Gas companies, holding VP Exploration role in each.
- As VP Exploration, Compton Petroleum, grew production from 2,500 boed to 34,000 boed. Senior Level Geologist at Husky Oil, Anderson Exploration, Canterra Energy and Tundra Oil & Gas.
- Drilled over 170 Horizontal Wells across Alberta, Saskatchewan, & Manitoba.
INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Todd Holmstrom
B.Sc.
33+ years in leadership roles in Oil & Gas, Mining, Wireless Communications, and Medical Devices
- Held the position of President within a $200MM+ company (Lockerbie & Hole, a division of AECON) and Vice President in two $1 Billion+ operating companies (Flint Energy Services & Stuart Olson).
- Extensive experience developing business strategy & leading the successful execution of $1 Billion+ EPC projects worldwide.
- B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering and Executive Leadership Programs at Ivey School of Business and University of North Carolina-Kenan Flagler School of Business.
Cal Watson
P. Eng.
35 years Oil and Gas experience
- Multiple roles across Operations, Production, and Reservoir Engineering, Gas Marketing, and Business Development.
- Devon Canada- Foothills Region Business Development Manager.
- General Manager, Technical Engineering, reservoir, business development, and operations for Jackfish, Thermal SAGD.
- VP Thermal Ops and VP Production Ops for all Devon Production Ops and Production Support, 105,000 bbls/d with an annual opex budget of $1.2 Billion.
- Anderson Exploration- Central & Southern Plains Exploration Manager.
- Husky Oil and Ulster Petroleum- Production and Reservoir Engineering; Gas Marketing, responsible for up to 650 wells.