About us
With a proven track record of operational excellence and value creation via the drill-bit, CanCambria's work philosophy is one of
DATA DRIVEN - NO HYPE - JUST THE FACTS
Chris Cornelius PhD, C.Geol
CEO
"Leveraging the latest technology, our CanCambria team reflects the true spirit of responsible entrepreneurship and technical leadership combining seasoned explorers with proven resource development professionals, backed by industry leading financial partners"
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Leadership Team
Chris Cornelius PhD, C.Geol
Chairman, CEO & President
A ‘hands on’ prospect generator and resource developer, Chris has held multi dimensional positions in exploration, land, engineering, operations, M&A, and project finance. Founding CanCambria with long time financial partners he has been directly involved in the safe drilling and completion of several thousand wells in many of the world’s major hydrocarbon provinces. He has been a director of both private and public resource sector companies, and was directly responsible for forming Delcuadra Kft in 2010; a private Hungarian exploration JV between RAG, Delta Hydrocarbons, and Cuadrilla Resources.
Piet Van Assche C.Eng, FIMechE
Managing Director - Hungary
Piet is a registered professional engineer. He has an in depth understanding of the technical and commercial aspects of both up stream and downstream activities. He has managed numerous large multicultural and multidisciplinary teams throughout the world for both Shell International, MOL (Hungarian Oil Company) and other independent oil and gas companies. Piet is resident in Hungary, has extensive Hungarian oil and gas experience and the former MD of Delcuadra Kft.​
Paul Clarke PhD
VP Exploration
Paul is one of industry's leading geologists for unconventional plays. He has been at the forefront of exploration and development of major US resource plays over the past 20 years. A “blue-ribbon” oil and gas finder he has held roles of increasing responsibility, including Geoscience Director for all Permian Basin and Eagle Ford operations at Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD.NYSE) and Subsurface Director of Pure West Energy, one of North America’s largest tight gas players with a focus on the prolific giant Jonah/Pinedale field of Wyoming.
Konstantin Lichtenwald CPA, CGA
CFO
Konstantin has over 15 years of corporate finance and accounting experience including compliance, accounting, financial management and initial public offerings. He specializes in valuation, taxation and reporting. He has lived and worked in multiple jurisdictions including Germany, Australia and Canada. He is a director of a number of private and publicly listed companies in Canada.
Bernhard Krainer, PhD
Exploration Advisor - Central Europe
Bernhard has over 30 years of experience in exploration and upstream business development. With a background from Central and Eastern Europe he worked globally with postings in Western Canada, U.K., Norway, North Africa, Middle East and Pakistan. He held Managing Director positions for OMV AG in Norway and Abu Dhabi and was Director for Exploration and Appraisal with OMV Petrom, which included Romania, Bulgaria and Georgia.
Anthony (Tony) Kelly JD, LLB, MBA
Non-Executive Director
​Tony has over 40 years investment banking, corporate strategy, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance experience in Australia, Europe and North America. Tony began his investment banking career at Morgan Stanley in New York and subsequently held senior roles at MAST Global, Credit Suisse First Boston and BZW where he was head of Global M&A. He is currently a member of the investment committee of one of Australia’s largest infrastructure funds.
Peter Turner PhD, DSc
Non-Executive Director
A founding director of Cuadrilla Resources Ltd, Peter has worked extensively in the petroleum industry for over 40 years. A former reader in sedimentology at the University of Birmingham, UK, he is a leading authority on clastic reservoirs of the Rotliegend and the Permo-Trias, and more recently working on tight-gas petroleum system throughout Europe and North Africa. He is a director of several private companies.
Simon Cheng
Non-Executive Director
Simon specializes in capital markets and corporate development and has previously held positions with professional investment firms providing advisory services to institutional investors. He is currently the CEO and director of Patterson Metals Corp. (PAT.V), a mineral exploration company focused on uranium projects throughout Canada.
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