Board of Directors

 

RICHARD F. MCHARDY
Chairman

Richard F. McHardy is a Director and co-founder of Spartan Delta Corp. since its inception in December 2019, and is the President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Logan Energy Corp. since its inception in March 2023.  Mr. McHardy has been a founder of several public oil and gas companies and has extensive experience in leadership roles. Mr. McHardy was President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Spartan Energy, Spartan Oil and Spartan Exploration. Previously, Mr. McHardy was the President and a Director of Titan Exploration Ltd. (“Titan”). In addition, Mr. McHardy has served as a board member of, and as corporate secretary to, a number of other public and private companies. Prior to founding Titan, Mr. McHardy was a partner at one of Canada’s largest national law firms, where he practiced securities and corporate law. Mr. McHardy has over 24 years of experience in all aspects of securities and mergers and acquisitions. He has a B.Comm (Finance) and LLB from the University of Saskatchewan.

FOTIS KALANTZIS
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Dr. Fotis Kalantzis is the President & CEO, Director and co-founder of Spartan Delta. He is also Director and co-founder of Logan Energy. He has been a co-founder of several public companies and has over 25 years of experience in oil and gas exploration and development in senior technical and leadership positions. Dr. Kalantzis was co-founder and Senior Vice President, Exploration of Spartan Energy, and co-founder and Vice President, Exploration of Spartan Oil and of Spartan Exploration. Prior thereto, Dr. Kalantzis was the Exploration Manager at Innova Exploration. He also held technical positions at Petro-Canada, Saudi Aramco, Suncor Energy, Wascana Energy, Home Oil and Mobil Oil in connection with oil and gas exploration and development in Canada and internationally. Dr. Kalantzis holds a B.Sc. in Physics and a Diploma in Environmental Physics from Aristotle University, an M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Saskatchewan, and a Ph.D. in Geophysics.

DON ARCHIBALD
Director, Independent

Independent businessman; President of Cypress Energy Corp., a private investment company; and a Director of Logan Energy Corp.  Mr. Archibald has been a founder, director and officer of a number of energy companies and is a former Director and Audit Committee Chair of Spartan Delta, Spartan Energy, Spartan Oil, and Spartan Exploration. Mr. Archibald has held executive and board positions with a number of public and private issuers, including roles as a Director, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.   He has a B.Comm. from the University of Alberta and an MBA from the Ivey Business School.

 

REGINALD GREENSLADE
Director, Independent

Reginald (Reg) Greenslade is an independent businessman and a Director of Logan Energy Corp. Prior thereto, he was a director and committee member of numerous public issuers, including Spartan Energy, Spartan Oil and Spartan Exploration. Mr. Greenslade has held senior executive positions with a number of public and private issuers, including roles as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Big Horn Resources Ltd., Enterra Energy Corp., Enterra Energy Trust, and JED Oil Inc., and as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Tuscany International Drilling Inc. Mr. Greenslade holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering with a Minor in Industrial and Management Engineering from Montana State University.

KEVIN OVERSTROM
Director, Independent

Kevin Overstrom is an independent businessman and the founder and a principal of KO Capital Advisors Ltd. Mr. Overstrom's experience in capital markets and the energy sector spans more than 25 years. Mr. Overstrom was most recently Vice Chairman, Co-Head of Energy Investment Banking at GMP FirstEnergy, and a member of the GMP Securities Executive Committee. During his 22-year career at GMP Securities, a leading independent global investment bank, Mr. Overstrom held key leadership roles in investment banking, capital markets and institutional sales. Mr. Overstrom holds a B.A. in Management and Economics from the University of Guelph and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

TAMARA MACDONALD
Director, Independent

Tamara MacDonald has over 28 years of oil and gas industry experience and has been involved in over 530 transactions totaling over $14.5 billion. Most recently, Ms. MacDonald was the Senior Vice President, Corporate and Business Development, of Crescent Point Energy Corp. ("Crescent Point"), a position she held from October 2004 to July 2018. Prior to Crescent Point, Ms. MacDonald worked with NCE Petrofund Corp., Merit Energy Ltd., Tarragon Oil & Gas Ltd. and Northstar Energy Corp. Ms. MacDonald currently sits on the boards of Southern Energy Corp., and Rubellite Energy, and was previously a Director of Equinor Canada from Oct 2019 to December 2022.  Ms. MacDonald holds a B.Comm. in Petroleum Land Management from the University of Calgary, and the Institute of Corporate Directors designation.