MANAGEMENT AND BOARD

Junex Board of Directors



Jacques Aubert was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Junex from foundation of the company in 1999 to June 2006. He is now Junex Chairman of the Board. In the two years preceding the creation of Junex, he was a member of the senior management team and President of SOQUIP, a corporation wholly-owned by the Government of Quebec primarily active in natural gas storage. From 1976 to 1994, Mr. Aubert was a member of the senior management team for Cascades Inc., including as Vice-President and Corporate Secretary thereof. During such time, he was actively involved with the listing of the shares of the company on the stock exchange and with the growth of this company in the pulp and paper industry.

Dr. Roberto Aguilera is Professor and ConocoPhillips Chair in Tight Gas Engineering at the University of Calgary and President and Chief Executive Officer of Servipetrol Ltd., an international oil and gas consulting company. Dr. Aguilera’s reputation is recognized worldwide. As a consultant since 1978, he has been involved in petroleum engineering studies in more than 40 countries and he has presented short industry courses dealing with "Naturally Fractured Reservoirs", "Reservoir Engineering", "Horizontal Wells", and/or "Well Testing" for many major oil and gas companies active on all the continents of the planet. Dr. Aguilera is a petroleum engineering graduate from the Universidad de America at Bogota, Colombia, and holds Masters and Ph.D. degrees in petroleum engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He is a member of the Petroleum Society of CIM, SPE, CSPG, AAPG, SPWLA, CWLS, APEGGA and ACIPET.

Mr. André Caillé was Chairman of the World Energy Council from September 2004 to November 2007. He held the position of Chairman of the Board of Hydro-Québec from April to September 2005. Prior to this appointment, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for a period of 9 years starting in October 1996. Moreover, for more than 14 years he has occupied several other strategic management positions within Gaz Métropolitain such as president and CEO between 1987 and 1996. He was also appointed Quebec’s Deputy Minister of the Environment from 1978 to 1981. Mr. Caillé received the Order of Canada and the National Order of Quebec in recognition for his career in the Energy sector.

Daniel Courteau is a partner with the law firm DeGranpré Chait and holds a masters degree in taxation from the University of Sherbrooke as well as a postgraduate degree in international taxation from the Universite de Nice in France. He has extensive business experience, which includes having counselled several companies during the time that he was a taxation specialist at the accounting firm of Raymond Chabot 1980 to 1987 and as a partner specialized in taxation at the law firm of DeGrandpré Chait in Montreal where he has been for more than 13 years.

Jean-Yves Lavoie,P. Eng. is CEO of Junex since June 2006. He had previously been serving as President and Chief of Operations since the creation of the Company in March 1999. He was employed by SOQUIP as a petroleum engineer from 1974 to 1980 after which he remained active as a technical consultant and drilling engineer on several oil and gas projects in Quebec and overseas. All these different experiences either prior of following the production process have permitted him to refine his entrepreneurship qualities. As president of Les Ressources Naturelles Jaltin Inc. he has, among other things, initiated the realisation of the natural gas underground storage of Pointe-du-Lac. This was a first in Quebec and also a first worldwide to ever be perform in non-consolidated sediments. Mister Lavoie is a member of l’Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec as well as the Association of Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta.

Laurent Lemaire is currently the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cascades Inc. Before that, from 1992 to 2003, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the same company, the annual revenues of which exceed CDN$3.5 billion. Mr. Lemaire holds a masters degree in commerce from the University of Sherbrooke. He also sits on the Board of Directors of the Scotiabank and has been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards in recognition of his skill as a manager over the course of his career.

Dr. Gérald Riverin is President and Chief Executive Officer of Cogitore Ressurces Inc., a public company active in the exploration for base metals in Québec. Mr. Riverin has vast experience in the management of mining projects, notably with the Inmet Mining Corporation where he has worked for more than ten years as General Manager, Exploration for North America. Mr. Riverin and the exploration team he was in charge of have been credited for the gold discovery of the Troilus mine in northern Québec. He is a member of the Ordre des Géologues du Québec.

Management



Jean-Yves Lavoie, P. Eng. is CEO of Junex. Please see his bio in the section "Board members".

Peter K. Dorrins, COO, is a petroleum geologist with 28 years of experience in domestic and international oil and gas exploration, having worked on projects in Quebec, Western Canada, Ontario, USA, Australia, Trinidad, Cuba, South America, and Egypt. He has held a number of technical and management positions with major, intermediate and junior oil companies, including Amoco Canada from 1979 to1981, Amoco International Oil Company from 1981 to 1985, BP Canada from 1985 to 1987, Westcoast Petroleum from 1987 to1992, and Shell Canada from 1997 to 1999. More recently, he was Hydro-Québec’s Oil & Gas Exploration Manager from 2003 to 2006, Special Advisor to Junex Inc.’s management from 2006 to 2007, and Chief Operating Officer and a director of Onco Petroleum Inc. from 2007 to 2008. He also has extensive consulting experience. His expertise includes defining & establishing corporate business strategy, planning, implementing & managing exploration programs, negotiating oil & gas agreements, mergers & acquisitions, and the generation & drilling of oil & gas prospects. Mr. Dorrins is a Professional Geologist registered with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta. Having graduated at the top of his class, he holds a Bachelor of Science de Honours-First Class Honours degree in Geology obtained from the University of Manitoba in 1980.

Mathieu Lavoie,Eng. is vice-president of operations. Within this function, he is responsible, among other things, for the production, drilling operations as well as Junex’s division Foragaz which has been offering oil and gas drilling services. Mr. Lavoie is a graduate from the Université Laval in Geological Engineering and has been with Junex since 2002. He is a member of the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec and has acquired a solid experience in the oil and gas industry mainly focused on the field work. .

Dave Pépin,, MBA, is vice-president of corporate affairs and CFO. As such, he is responsible for all financing activities of the company and relations with investors and the press representatives. Mr. Pépin has joined Junex in 2001 after having worked as a marketing consultant for SSQ Financing Group and as a development consultant for SOQUIP. He graduated in journalism from the CEGEP of Jonquière and obtained his MBA from the Université du Québec à Montréal and also has a Masters degree in literature from the Université Laval. Mr. Pépin has successfully passed the Canadian Securities Course from the Canadian Securities Institute (CSI).

Peter Dorrins has been appointed by the Board of Directors as Chief Operating Officer of Junex. Cumulating 28 years of experience in domestic and international oil and gaz exploration, Mr. Dorrins has held a number of technical and management positions with different oil companies over the years. He was Hydro Québec's Oil & Gas Exploration Manager from 2003 to 2006. Mr. Dorrins' expertise includes defining and establishing corporate business strategy, implementing exploration programs and negotiating oil and gas agreements, among others. Mr. Dorrins is a Professional Geologist registered with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicts of Alberta. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology, with First Class Honours, from the University of Manitoba.

André Caillé is a Senior strategic advisor for the company since April 2008. Please see his bio in the "Board members" section.
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