Oil & Gas Management Team

The Calgary based Oil & Gas Management Team consists of Bill Bonner, Peter Bolton and Martin Davies of Brickburn Asset Management Inc. ("Brickburn"). Brickburn is a registered Portfolio Manager and Investment Counsel in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario.
William (Bill) D. Bonner
William (Bill) D. Bonner
B.Comm, Finance
Chairman of the Board, Director & Portfolio Manager
With over 20 years of capital markets experience, Bill as Co-Founder and President of Brickburn Asset Management Inc. (‘Brickburn”) & Chairman of the Board of the General Partner, brings a perspective to the Partnership that has been built on a solid foundation and in-depth knowledge of Canada’s energy sector.

Bill co-managed the Network Capital 1997 Limited Partnership that liquidated as scheduled in 2004, and whose energy investments achieved a 30% IRR over their 7 year life.

Prior to 1997, Bill’s career included 13 years with Peters & Co. Limited where he was a significant shareholder, member of the Executive Committee, and Managing Director of Institutional Sales and Trading. While at Peters & Co. Limited, he advised domestic and foreign institutional clients on their Canadian energy investments.

Peter M.K. Bolton
Peter M.K. Bolton
P.Geol.
President & Director
Based in Calgary, Alberta, Mr. Bolton is the President and also a director of the General Partner of WCSB. Along with these duties Mr. Bolton also shares the responsibility for sourcing, negotiating evaluating and managing the Subsidiary Companies’ Joint Ventures.

Mr. Bolton was most recently President, CEO and a Director and founder of Rolling Thunder Exploration Ltd. Rolling Thunder closed its IPO for $12MM in June of 2005 and in 2 years, the Company grew to over 1000 Boe/d. Rolling Thunder merged with Action Energy in September of 2007. From November 2002 until September 2004, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Energy Explorer Inc., which merged with Great Plains Exploration. Prior to that, Mr. Bolton was Vice President of Exploration and a founding partner of Integra Resources Ltd. from October 1998 to October 2002. Integra was sold to Burlington Resources. Mr. Bolton was Vice President of Exploration for Canrise Resources Ltd. from June 1996 to July 1998 when the company was sold to Poco Petroleums Ltd. Prior thereto he spent 17 years with Mobil Oil Canada in positions of increasing responsibility.>

Mr. Bolton received his Bachelor of Science with Honours in Geological Science from Queens University in 1979.He is currently a member of APEGGA (P. Geol.) and the CSPG.

T. Martin Davies
T. Martin Davies
B.A. Economics
Managing Director & Compliance Officer
Based in Calgary, Alberta Mr. Davies is a Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer of the General Partner of WCSB. With over two decades of experience, Martin is recognized for providing insightful financial advice on the energy sector. As the Partnership’s and Brickburn’s Managing Director, Martin acts as the compliance officer as well as the Co-Portfolio Manager for the Partnership.

Prior to joining Brickburn's team in September of 2004, Martin was a senior partner of Peters & Co. Limited for 22 years where he served as an institutional equity salesman and as the Designated Registered Options Principal of the firm. He is also a former chairman and member of the Alberta District Council of the Investment Dealers Association where he served from 1997 to 2004. He is active as a member of the IDA Regulatory Enforcement Committee and serves on various charitable committee boards.