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May 1, 2025 • 1h 26min

#224: James Pasieka (Fmr. McCarthy Tétrault) - 50 Years of Law: From Texaco Beginnings to Libyan Oil Deals & Chinese Ventures

Greetings & welcome back to the podcast. James Pasieka is a former partner with the Calgary office of McCarthy Tétrault LLP and has extensive experience in structuring and negotiating transactions for capital projects, joint ventures, corporate financings, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. He has negotiated or closed deals on six continents. Mr. Pasieka practiced in all segments of the energy sector, in corporate/commercial law generally, and in corporate finance, including early-stage and venture capital financing, mergers, acquisitions and take-overs. Mr. Pasieka has served as an officer or director or chairman of scores of public energy companies over the years. Mr. Pasieka earned an undergraduate degree (distinction) & bachelor of laws degree from University of Manitoba. Among other things we discussed 50 Years of Law: From Texaco Beginnings to Libyan Oil Deals & Chinese Ventures.Enjoy.Thank you to our sponsors.Without their support this episode would not be possible:Connate Water SolutionsATB Capital MarketsBroadbill EnergyJSGEPACAstro Rentals Support the show
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Apr 24, 2025 • 50min

#223: John Jeffrey (Saturn Oil & Gas) - Bootstrapping to 40,000 boe/d, Mid-Life Cycle Assets & Perspectives of Junior E&P

Greetings & welcome back to the podcast. This episode we are joined by Mr. John Jeffrey - CEO of Saturn Oil & Gas - a TSX listed energy company with a market cap of ~$300M.Prior to assuming leadership of Saturn in 2016, Mr. Jeffrey was the area finance manager for a Fortune 500 engineering consulting firm in Canada. Mr. Jeffrey was a founder and CFO for Axiom Group, a geological and engineering consulting company that has drilled over 800 wells within western Canada. Mr. Jeffrey also is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan with a MBA degree majoring in Finance.Among other things we discussed Bootstrapping to 40,000 boe/d, Mid-Life Cycle Assets & Perspectives of Junior E&P in 2025.Enjoy.Thank you to our sponsors.Without their support this episode would not be possible:Connate Water SolutionsATB Capital MarketsBroadbill EnergyJSGEPACAstro Rentals Support the show
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Apr 17, 2025 • 38min

#222: Jordan McNamee (Optimist Fund) - Finding Growth Companies, Capitalizing on Market Volatility & Building an Investment Fund

Greetings & welcome back to the podcast. This episode we are joined by Mr. Jordan McNamee – Founder and Chief Investment Officer of the Optimist Fund - an investment fund with ~$40 million under management. Prior to founding the Optimist Fund, Mr. McNamee worked at CI Global Asset Management as lead Portfolio Manager, and Cambridge Global Asset Management as an analyst covering the global technology, media and communications services sectors. Mr. McNamee earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, and has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.Among other things we discussed Finding Growth Companies, Capitalizing on Market Volatility & Building an Investment Fund.Enjoy.Thank you to our sponsors.Without their support this episode would not be possible:Connate Water SolutionsATB Capital MarketsBroadbill EnergyJSGEPACAstro Rentals Support the show
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Apr 10, 2025 • 1h 2min

#221: Mac Van Wielingen (Viewpoint Group) - Family Wisdom, the Origins of ARC Financial & Navigating Investment Risk

Greetings & welcome back to the podcast. This episode we are joined by Mr. Mac Van Wielingen – founder and chair of Viewpoint Group and co-founder of Viewpoint Investment Partners - a global, investment management company offering strategies to high net-worth families and institutional investors. Mr. Van Wielingen is also a founder, and partner of ARC Financial Corporation, the largest energy focused private equity fund in Canada with approximately $6 billion under management - and a founder and former chair (1996-2016) of ARC Resources Ltd., a leading Canadian energy company. Mr. Van Wielingen has served as chair of the Board of Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), the board of Institute for Corporate Directors (ICD), and is a founding partner of the Creative Destruction Lab, Business Council of Alberta & Canadian Centre for Advanced Leadership. Among his many awards, Mr. Van Wielingen has been appointed to the Order of Canada, the Calgary Business Hall of Fame, has received The Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal (Alberta), the Ivey School of Business Alumni Award, and the Fraser Institute Founders' Award.Mr. Van Wielingen is also an honours graduate of the Ivey School of Business in finance and has studied post-graduate economics at Harvard University. Among other things we discussed Family Wisdom, the Origins of ARC Financial & Navigating Investment Risk. Enjoy.Thank you to our sponsors.Without their support this episode would not be possible:Connate Water SolutionsATB Capital MarketsBroadbill EnergyJSGEPACAstro Rentals Support the show
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Apr 3, 2025 • 52min

#220: Amber Kanwar (In the Money Podcast) - Building a New Media Company, the Art of Conversation & 15 Years at BNN

Greetings & welcome back to the podcast. This episode we are joined by Mrs. Amber Kanwar – host of the In the Money Podcast - a video podcast where Amber sits down with a top portfolio managers to deliver insights & advice on investing to everyday investors. New episodes are out every Tuesday and Thursday, and are available on YouTube, Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Prior to launching the In the Money Podcast, Mrs. Kanwar spent ~15 years at BNN Bloomberg where she interviewed hundreds of portfolio managers, CEOs, political leaders and newsmakers - working her way up from intern, to segment producer and anchor.Mrs. Kanwar also earned a masters of journalism degree at Ryerson University, and a Bachelor of Management & Organizational Studies at Western University. Among other things we discussed Building a New Media Company, the Art of Conversation & 15 Years at BNN.Enjoy.Thank you to our sponsors.Without their support this episode would not be possible:Connate Water SolutionsATB Capital MarketsBroadbill EnergyJSGEPACAstro Rentals Support the show
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Mar 27, 2025 • 54min

#219: Herb Pinder Jr. (Goal Group of Companies) - Olympic Medals, Private Equity, Western Alienation & 50 Years of Saskatoon Business

Greetings & welcome back to the podcast. This episode we are joined by Mr. Herb Pinder Jr. – owner of the Goal Group of companies which includes G Energy - a private equity firm investing in oil and gas companies & Goal Sports Corp - which managed the contractual and financial affairs of professional hockey players for 35 years.Mr. Pinder has served on the boards of more than 50 public and private businesses, crown corporations and non-profit organizations (ARC Resources, Canadian Airlines, Wascana Energy, Sunshine Ski Resort and Viterra).Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Pinder won a bronze medal playing hockey for Team Canada in the 1968 Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble, France.Mr. Pinder served a term as an Honorary Colonel of the 38th Service Battalion; received an Honorary Doctor of Laws at the U of Saskatchewan; is an Honored Member of the Saskatchewan and Saskatoon Sports Halls of Fame; and in 2022 became a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors.Mr. Pinder has served many non-profits organizations including Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, CD Howe, Manning Awards, Banff Center for Management, YPO International, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and The Fraser Institute.Mr. Pinder graduated from the U of Saskatchewan in 1967 with a B.A. in Economics, attended the U of Manitoba Faculty of Law, MBA from Harvard Business School, and also is an editorial contributor to the the Western Standard.Among other things we discussed the Olympic Medals, Private Equity, Western Alienation & 50 Years of Saskatoon Business.Enjoy.Thank you to our sponsors.Without their support this episode would not be possible:Connate Water SolutionsATB Capital Markets360 Engineering & Environmental ConsultingEVA SoftwareBroadbill EnergySupport the show
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Mar 20, 2025 • 1h 2min

#218: Tom MacInnis (Spark Capital) - Private Energy Markets, the Tristone Capital Days & Canadian M&A in 2025

Greetings & welcome back to the podcast. This episode we are joined by Mr. Tom MacInnis – CEO of Spark Capital Corp. & Southern Pacific Resources.Mr. MacInnis is also Board Chair of PointBreak Resources, board member of Rok Resources, and sits on the advisory committees for the private equity funds managed by Lex Energy Partners in Regina.Previously, Mr. MacInnis was a Founder & Managing Director of Investment Banking at Tristone Capital, Head of Energy Financial Markets and Energy Investment Banking for National Bank of Canada - working on over 1200 M&A & capital raising transactions representing over $125 Billion in transaction value. Among other things we discussed the Private Energy Markets, the Tristone Capital Days & Canadian M&A in 2025.Enjoy.Thank you to our sponsors.Without their support this episode would not be possible:Connate Water SolutionsATB Capital MarketsEnergy United 360 Engineering & Environmental ConsultingEVA SoftwareBroadbill EnergySupport the show
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Mar 13, 2025 • 59min

#217: Arjun Murti (Veriten) - The End of the Energy Transition Era & What it Means for Investors

Greetings, and welcome back to the podcast.This episode we are joined by Mr. Arjun Murti - Partner at Veriten LLC and a Senior Advisor at Warburg Pincus. Mr. Murti has spent over 30 years on Wall Street as a sell-side equity research analyst, buy-side investor, advisor and board member covering the global energy sector. Mr. Murti previously served as a Partner at Goldman Sachs from 2006 to 2014. Prior to becoming Partner, he served as Managing Director from 2003 to 2006 and as Vice President from 1999 to 2003. During his time at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Murti worked as a sell-side equity research analyst covering the energy sector. He was co-director of equity research for the Americas from 2011 to 2014. Previously, Mr. Murti held equity analyst positions at JP Morgan Investment Management from 1995 to 1999 and at Petrie Parkman from 1992 to 1995. Mr. Murti serves on the board of directors of ConocoPhillips & Liberty Energy Inc. He also serves on the advisory boards of ClearPath and Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy and as a board observer to Welligence Energy Analytics. Mr. Murti graduated with a business degree specializing in finance from the University of Denver.Since November 2021, Mr. Murti has published Super-Spiked, a Substack newsletter and podcast about the energy transition.Among other things, we discussed The End of the Energy Transition Era & What it Means for Investors.Enjoy.Thank you to our sponsors.Without their support this episode would not be possible:Connate Water SolutionsATB Capital MarketsEnergy United 360 Engineering & Environmental ConsultingEVA SoftwareBroadbill EnergySupport the show
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Mar 6, 2025 • 42min

#216: Jamie Murray (Murray Wealth Group) - Out of Favor Stocks, Protecting Capital, Energy Tariffs & Market Opportunities in 2025

Greetings, and welcome back to the podcast.This episode we are joined by Mr. Jamie Murray - portfolio manager at the Murray Wealth Group - a Toronto based investment firm with ~$360M under management. Mr. Jamie Murray has approximately 20 years of experience in the investment sector with previous roles at Investors Group, Desjardins Capital Markets & Dundee Capital Markets.Mr. Murray graduated from The Richard Ivey School of Business, and has also received his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2011.Among other things, we discussed Out of Favor Stocks, Protecting Capital, Energy Tariffs & Market Opportunities in 2025.Enjoy.Thank you to our sponsors.Without their support this episode would not be possible:Connate Water SolutionsATB Capital MarketsEnergy United 360 Engineering & Environmental ConsultingEVA SoftwareSupport the show
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Feb 27, 2025 • 1h 11min

#215: Jim Gray (Canadian Hunter Exploration) - The Can Hunter Days, Pioneering the Deep Basin & 90 Years of Staying Active

Greetings, and welcome back to the podcast.This episode we are joined by Mr. Jim Gray, O.C. - co-founder of Canadian Hunter Exploration - one of Canada's largest natural gas producers before its sale in 2001 for ~$3.4 billion.Among his many awards, Mr. Gray has been inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence, the Order of Canada, the Calgary Business Hall of Fame, and the Canadian Business Hall of Fame.Mr. Gray was awarded an Honourary Doctor of Laws degree in 1991 by the University of Calgary, and the Energy Person of the Year Award from the Energy Council of Canada.Mr. Gray is also a founder and former Chairman of Calgary Academy, Honourary Chair of the Canada West Foundation and Honorary Life Director of the Calgary YMCA. Mr. Gray is Chairman of the Energy Group of Brookfield Asset Management Inc.Mr. Gray’s previous directorships include Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Cequence Energy Inc., Phoenix Technology Services, Emera Inc., Hudson’s Bay Company, and Canadian National Railway, of which he is Director Emeritus. Among other things, we discussed The Can Hunter Days, Pioneering the Deep Basin & 90 Years of Staying Active.Enjoy.Thank you to our sponsors.Without their support this episode would not be possible:Connate Water SolutionsATB Capital MarketsEnergy United Upgrade Labs360 Engineering & Environmental ConsultingCanadian Gas AssociationSupport the show

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