Our Leadership
Fiddlehead Resources is an upstream energy company operating in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. We specialize in oil and gas exploration, development and production.
Our team has extensive experience in the industry, and we pride ourselves on our commitment to safety, innovation, and sustainability.
Board of Directors (recommended for election)
Dale Miller, Independent Director
Mr. Miller is a professional engineer with over 40 years of experience in the Oil and Gas industry, primarily in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. He is currently President of Dark Horse Energy Consultants Ltd., and serves on the Board of Directors of Yangarra Resources Ltd. and Prairie Provident Resources Ltd. Prior thereto, Mr. Miller was President, COO & Director of Long Run Exploration Ltd., which at the time was producing ~30,000 boe/d, and was sold to Calgary Sinoenergy Investment in 2016 for ~$770 million. Dale has an extensive senior management resume with exploration and production companies, including Pace Oil & Gas, Gibraltar Exploration and Penn West Petroleum. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree, Petroleum Engineering, from the University of Tulsa, and is a member of APEGA.
Gregory Turnbull, Independent Director
Mr. Turnbull has previously served as an officer or director of many public and private companies, including as a director of Crescent Point Energy, Heritage Oil, Storm Resources, and Sunshine Oilsands, and as the Chair of Alberta Health Services and Chair of the Calgary Zoo. Greg is currently a director of SNDL and is also a strategic advisor for Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. Prior to joining Fasken, Greg was a long-time partner and managing partner at McCarthy Tétrault LLP. Greg has extensive experience in corporate governance matters providing advice to boards of directors and special committees, also in finance and securities transactions, including public and private share and debt financings, takeover bids, initial public offerings, business combinations and international stock exchange listings. Greg holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (with honours) from Queen's University and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto.
David Ritter, Independent Director
Mr. Ritter is currently the President of The Haymarket Group, LLC, a boutique management consulting firm based in The Woodlands, Texas, USA. He is also an External Advisor for McKinsey and Company. Dave is an accomplished senior operations and strategic executive with over 45 years of experience in the energy industry. Most recently he was the Chief Operating Officer of Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) which was the largest refining complex on the US Eastern seaboard. Prior to that Dave was Senior Vice President in Saudi Refining, Inc. ARAMCO's US affiliate. Dave retired from Royal Dutch Shell at the end of 2010, as group Vice President of Global Competitive Intelligence and Strategy. Dave began his career with Mobil/ExxonMobil and held senior leadership positions in refining, marketing, supply, trading, M&A and corporate strategy and spent more than a third of his career outside the U.S. He also served as a leader in the Downstream oil & gas consulting practice of CG Ernst & Young, LLC. ​ David received his MBA in Finance as well as his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Lehigh University. He also did post graduate work in Operations Management at the University of Southern California.
C. Neil Smith, Independent Director
Mr. Smith has over 35 years of technical, financial and international capital markets experience. Most recently, Mr. Smith was the Chief Operating Officer at Crescent Point Energy Corp. (Veren Inc.) where he was responsible for all aspects of the company's capital budget, safe operations, reserves management and acquisition evaluations as well as corporate operations risk management analysis and social responsibility reporting. He has a proven track record of creating shareholder value through the innovative development of assets in a safe and capital-efficient manner. Mr. Smith also sits on the Board of Southern Energy Corp. a Toronto and London exchange listed company. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Geological Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration in Finance (Dean's List).
Leadership Team
Brent Osmond, Chairman, President & CEO
Mr. Osmond is a results-focused executive, leader, visionary and strategist with a track record of extraordinary results. Mr. Osmond has 18 years of oil & gas experience, eleven of which have been in senior executive level roles. As Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Osmond has experience building companies with assets in Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, North Dakota and Montana. He has guided private equity backed companies and publicly traded companies and has also taken private companies through liquidity events including IPO and RTO transactions. Mr. Osmond has worked for Husky Energy Inc., Questerre Energy Inc., Perpetual Energy Corp., and Mountainview Energy Inc. in the public domain, and private entities including Nytis Exploration Company Inc., Prosper Petroleum Ltd., and Clover Oil and Gas, Inc. Mr. Osmond is a strategic, creative, solutions-focused executive, having negotiated, structured and sourced over $500 million in debt and equity capital in his career. A Chartered Professional Accountant, Mr. Osmond is a graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Commerce, Co-op degree.
Ron Hornseth, COO
Mr. Hornseth is a professional engineer with over 25 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas industry. Prior to joining Fiddlehead Ron held the role of GM Canada for TransGlobe Energy (now VAALCO Energy Inc.) where he ran their Canadian Business Unit. Ron has extensive expertise in asset development, business development, capital planning, reservoir engineering and reserves management both in Canada and internationally. Prior to TransGlobe Ron held roles of increasing responsibility with Perpetual Energy and Baytex Energy focusing on asset management and business development. Ron is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). He graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering) degree.
Ying Yuen, CFO
Mr. Yuen is a chartered accountant with over 30 years of experience in private and public companies in the energy sector. He was a founding shareholder and chief financial officer of two successful start-up private oil and gas companies. He has extensive experience in debt and equity financings. Mr. Yuen also has extensive experience in financial reporting, accounting, and taxation. He graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
Jim Shepherd, VP, Land & Business Development
Mr. Shepherd played professional hockey in the United States and Europe for ten years. Upon retiring, he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Calgary and has worked as a mineral land negotiator and consultant for both public and private companies since 2008. Mr. Shepherd is an active member of Canadian Association of Petroleum Land & Energy Professionals.
R.W. (Ron) Shepherd, VP, Exploration
R.W. (Ron) Shepherd has been involved in the Canadian petroleum and mining industries for more than 40 years, serving as a founder, officer, and director of several private and publicly traded companies. He is currently the President of Grand Prix Energy Ltd., a private oil and natural gas company based in Calgary, Alberta. Mr. Shepherd is a graduate of Queens University in Kingston, Ontario with an undergraduate degree in geology and a master’s degree in business administration.