ABOUT

Mr. Rooney is a Calgary-based entrepreneurial executive with a technical background in finance and is Chairman of Kara Technologies Inc, an organization dedicated to the development of next generation technology for the economic production of low emissions fuels. Prior thereto, Mr. Rooney founded and ran a number of public oil and gas companies including: Northern Blizzard Resources Inc. (Chairman & CEO); Tusk Energy Corporation (CEO); Zenas Energy Inc. (President & CEO); Blizzard Energy Inc. (President & CEO); and Equatorial Energy Inc. (multiple executive roles). In addition to his strong working knowledge of the oil and gas industry, Mr. Rooney brings exceptional value to the Tamarack Board of Directors through his more than 20 years of public, private and not-for-profit directorships. He also brings a unique stakeholder and sustainability perspective from his five years as director with Export Development Canada and his current role with Kara Technologies. Mr. Rooney is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Business Valuator.

- Member of Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Compensation & Governance Committee of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Environment, Safety & Sustainability Committee

Ms. Bennett is President of the Canadian Heavy Oil Association and currently serves as a Director of a publicly traded cleantech company, Acceleware Ltd., along with a private oil and gas producer based in Western Canada and not-for-profit International CCS Knowledge Centre. She previously held the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of GLJ Ltd. Caralyn brings strong advisory experience in reserves and resource governance and contributes strategic expertise to business transformation including sustainability, decarbonization and energy diversification. She has a Professional Engineer designation (Honours) B.A.Sc. in Geological Engineering from the University of Waterloo and actively volunteers her strategic and advisory expertise to a variety of energy development and educational organizations in Alberta and Ontario.

- Member of the Reserves Committee of the Board of Directors

- Member of the Environment, Safety & Sustainability Committee

Ms. Joseph is an accomplished sustainable development and public affairs professional, currently serving as Chair of Energy for a Secure Future — a nonpartisan initiative of business, labour and Indigenous leaders, as well as organizations across various sectors, focused on building a secure energy future for Canada and its international allies. Shannon has over 15 years of progressive experience in environmental engineering, municipal sustainability, oil and gas, federal and provincial government relations, and Indigenous relations, including partnership development between Indigenous groups and industry. Previously, Ms. Joseph served as Vice-President, Government Relations and Indigenous Affairs with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) and as the founding Director of the Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. She is a professional engineer with the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec and holds a Bachelor of Engineering from McGill University and a Master of Applied Science – Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto.

Mr. Amirault is an accomplished and experience energy executive based out of Calgary. He was previously the President and Chief Executive Officer of SECURE Energy Services Inc. (“SECURE”) in March 2007, having served as President until November 2, 2022. Mr. Amirault was elected a director and appointed as Chairman of the Board of SECURE on June 1, 2007 and served as Chairman until July 2, 2021. In May 2024, Rene retired from his role of CEO and accepted a role on the Board of Directors as Vice Chair. From January 2006 to March 2007, he was an independent business person. Mr. Amirault held various roles at Canadian Crude Separators Inc. and CCS Income Trust from August 1994 to January 2006, including Vice President roles in Sales and Marketing, Business Development and Corporate Development. Mr. Amirault held various positions with Imperial Oil Ltd. from 1981 to 1994. Mr. Amirault received a Certified General Accountant designation in 1984.

Mr. Leach is a Chartered Professional Accountant with over 30 years of oil and gas experience and is the Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Crew Energy Inc., a role he has held since Crew’s spin out from Baytex Energy Ltd. in 2003. Previously, he was a founding member of Baytex Energy Ltd. since 1993, serving in their finance department in increasing roles of responsibility culminating as its Vice President, Finance from 1998 to 2003. Mr. Leach has been a CPA since 1991 and is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan.

- Member of Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Reserves Committee of the Board of Directors

Mr. Schmidt is President and Chief Executive Officer (“President & CEO” or “CEO”) of the Corporation. He is Chair of Tamarack Clearwater GP Inc. which provides oversight to the Clearwater Infrastructure Limited Partnership operations. Mr. Schmidt is an Honorary Chief of the Blood Tribe and is currently a Board of Governors member of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (“CAPP”) where he is the Indigenous Affairs Task Group Chair, and previously held the position of Chair of CAPP. He is an industry advisor to the Indian Oil & Gas Co-Management Board, assisting First Nations with policy development, and is a Board of Governors member of the Explorers and Producers Association of Canada. Mr. Schmidt held various leadership positions at Apache Canada from 1999 to 2007, during which time the company grew from 14,700 to 110,000 BOE/D. Mr. Schmidt held the position of President of Apache Canada from 2003 to 2007.

Ms. Smith is a Managing Director at Russell Reynolds Associates, a global organizational consulting firm, where she leads the Western Canadian team and Canadian energy platform and is part of the firm’s global Board and CEO Advisory Practice. Prior thereto, she served as a Senior Client Partner with Korn Ferry and as Managing Director & Head of Canadian Energy at Macquarie Group.

- Member of Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Compensation & Governance Committee of the Board of Directors

Mr. Spitzer is an experienced professional in the upstream oil and gas field with over 34 years of industry tenure. Mr. Spitzer is currently an independent businessman. He was previously the Executive Vice President of Apache Kitimat Upstream from 2013-2015 and the Vice President New Ventures of Apache Canada Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Apache Corporation, from 2005-2012. Prior thereto, Mr. Spitzer held a variety of exploration and development-based positions with Apache Canada Ltd. and Shell Canada Ltd. He has a Master of Science in Remote Sensing (Geologic Application) degree and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Geology and Geography, both from McMaster University.

- Member of the Reserves Committee of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Compensation & Governance Committee of the Board of Directors