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Chris Bunka Mr. Bunka was appointed Chairman of the Board, CEO and President in October, 2006. Since 1988, Mr. Bunka has been CEO of two privately-held holding companies. He is a venture capitalist and corporate consultant and formerly, a business commentator and author. He brings to Lexaria extensive experience in the capital raising markets, corporate governance, project acquisition and finance. He has assisted in raising growth capital for many firms since 1998. Mr. Bunka is primarily focused on the development of growth companies. He is also the Chairman and CEO of Eenrtopia Corp, a clean energy company that is publicly traded in Canada and the United States. Bal Bhullar, cga, crm Ms. Bhullar brings 20 years of diversified financial and risk management experience in both private and public companies, in the industries of high-tech, film, mining, marine, oil & gas, energy, transport, and spa industries. Among some of the areas of experience, Ms. Bhullar brings expertise in financial and strategic planning, operational and risk management, regulatory compliance reporting, business expansion, startup operations, financial modeling, program development, corporate financing, and corporate governance/internal controls. Previously, Ms. Bhullar has held various positions as President of BC Risk Management Association of BC, and served as Director and CFO of private and public companies. Currently, Ms. Bhullar serves as a Director and CFO for Bare Elegance Medspa and a CFO for ISEE3D Inc. Ms. Bhullar is a Certified General Accountant and as well holds a CRM designation from Simon Fraser University and a diploma in Financial Management from British Columbia Institute of Technology. THOMAS IHRKE Prior to co-founding Commissum Capital Management in July 2001 where he was a General Partner until 2010, Tom joined Morgan Keegan & Co. in June 1993. Tom was a Senior Trader and Market Maker, overseeing the trading of approximately 50 NASDAQ bank and financial stocks and was also the market maker in oil service companies. In late 1999, Tom joined Morgan Keegan's corporate finance group as the senior member of the firm's Financial Institutions Group. After graduating from Texas Christian University in 1989, Tom spent three years trading US Treasury Bonds for his own account on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade as a member of the Mid America Commodities Exchange. He then attended the Graduate School of Business at the University of Tennessee. Tom has previously served as President of the Memphis Security Dealers Dr. David DeMartini Dr. DeMartini is a recognized expert in several geophysical fields including seismic "bright spot" data analysis. He held various senior positions at the Shell Bellaire Research Center in Houston Texas from 1980 through 1998. He was inducted to the Offshore Energy Center Hall of Fame as a Technology Pioneer last year and was for several years a member of the Dean's Advisory Council of the College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at The Ohio State University from which he received a PhD in Physics following his B.S. in Physics cum laude from the University of Notre Dame. Dr. DeMartini has prepared customized software on behalf of Lexaria Corp, and is applying it to existing seismic data, to help better differentiate certain structures to assist the Company as it continues to prioritize its many oil and gas targets. Mr. Nicholas Baxter Mr. Baxter has a 24 year career in international resource exploration and development. Originally trained as a geophysicist, Mr. Baxter received a Bachelor of Science (Honors) from the University of Liverpool in 1975. Mr. Baxter has worked on geophysical survey and exploration projects in the U.K., Europe, Africa and the Middle East. From 1981 to 1985, Mr. Baxter worked for Resource Technology plc, a geophysical equipment sales/services company. Resource Technology plc went public on the USM in London in 1983 and graduated to the London Stock Exchange in 1984. Mr. Baxter left Resource Technology plc and established his own company in 1985 as a co-founder of Addison & Baxter Limited. Addison & Baxter Limited was a private geophysical/geological sales and services company which was acquired by A&B Geoscience Corporation in 1992. Mr. Baxter was Chief Operating Officer and a director of A&B Geoscience Corporation from 1992 to 2002. Additionally, A&B Geoscience Corporation, under Mr. Baxter's guidance, secured the first onshore production sharing agreement in Azerbaijan in 1998. A&B Geoscience Corporation became controlled by a private Swiss oil trading firm in 2002. Mr. Baxter worked as an independent upstream oil and gas consultant from 2002 to 2004. In 2005, Mr. Baxter joined Eurasia Energy Limited, a company traded on the OTC Bulletin Board as its CEO, President and director. Mr. Baxter was appointed as one of our directors due to his experience in oil and gas exploration. Mr. Dustin Elford Mr. Elford has been in the oil & gas and mineral exploration businesses for 30 years. He has extensive experience in the development and financing of projects in many areas of North America, South America and Africa. Mr. Elford has served as the Chief Executive Officer of AMI Resources Inc. since June 3, 1993 to the present. Mr. Elford has also been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Midasco Capital Corp., since May 12, 1994. Both companies are listed on the TSX-V exchange in Canada. Mr. Elford was appointed as one of our directors due to his experience with publicly traded companies. Committees of the Board Our audit committee consists of Bal Bhullar and Chris Bunka. |
