Michael J. Hudson

Mr. Hudson was elected a Director of our company on May 17, 2004. Mr. Hudson is a retired partner with the accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP.  Mr. Hudson was with Grant Thornton for 20 years and with his experience in the oil and gas industry, he was responsible for Assurance services and providing advice to private, not-for-profit and public company clients listed on Canadian and US exchanges.  Mr. Hudson spent 2 years in London, England assisting the Institure of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales with the start up of a consulting service to members on best practices for the management of their firms including ethics and governance issues.  Upon retiring to Canada, he went on secondment for 18 months with the Auditor General of Canada to learn and apply the disciplines of "value for money" auditing.  He was co-director of the comprehensive (value for money) audit of Statistics Canada reporting in the 1983 Auditor General's Report.