Profiles
Executive Management
The following sit on the Board of Directors of Sproule —- if you wish to see a more extensive biography, just click on their photo. You will be linked to a PDF file. If you have any questions or comments for our professionals, please do not hesitate to contact them. They would be pleased to hear from you. If you have not already done so, you may download the Adobe Reader by clicking on the PDF icon below.

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R. Keith MacLeod, P.Eng. (keith.macleod@sproule.com)
President
B.S. (Honours) Engineering (1984)
- Property and corporate evaluations
- Reserves assessments
- Acquisitions and divestitures
- Technical and economic assessment of oil and gas drilling opportunities
- Investment advice
- Reservoir engineering
- Natural gas supply and deliverability studies
- Coalbed methane studies
- Expert technical witness
- Lecturer and author to industry
- Worldwide experience in Africa, Argentina, Australia, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, India, Iran, Iraq, Peru, Russia, United Kingdom, United States
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Harry J. Helwerda, P.Eng. (harry.helwerda@sproule.com)
Executive Vice-President
B.Sc. Civil Engineering (1978)
- Project management
- Reserves estimations and evaluations
- Fair Market Value assessments
- Acquisitions and divestitures
- Reserves audits
- Reservoir engineering
- Production engineering
- Property management and optimization
- Languages: Dutch
- Worldwide experience in Australia, Canada, China, Slovakia, United States
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John L. Chipperfield, P.Geol. (john.chipperfield@sproule.com)
Senior Vice-President
B.Sc. (Honours) Geology (1972)
- Reservoir evaluation
- Geological evaluation of oil sands deposits
- Prospect generation
- Evaluation of exploratory prospects
- Regional geological studies
- Resource assessment
- Lecturer to industry
- Expert witness testimony
- Worldwide experience in Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Canada (including Northwest Territories and East Coast), China, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Italy, Mali, Mongolia, Mozambique, New Zealand, Peru, Russia, Sudan, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States, Yemen
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Douglas J. Carsted, B.Sc., P.Geol. (carstedd@sproule.com)
Vice-President, Geoscience - International
B.Sc. (Honours) Geology (1982); B.Sc. Chemistry (1979)
- Geological and petrophysical evaluation of properties and prospects
- Reservoir mapping and modelling
- Regional geological studies
- Exploration geology
- Prospect generation
- Expert technical witness
- Lecturer to industry
- Languages: German
- Worldwide experience in Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Canada, China, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Libya, Myanmar, New Zealand, Oman, Russia, and Ukraine
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Doug Ho, P.Eng. (doug.ho@sproule.com)
Vice-President, Engineering
B.A.Sc. Chemical Engineering (1980)
- Reserves estimates and economic projections
- Cold production of heavy oil and thermal recovery of oil sands
- Expert technical witness
- Oil and gas field development studies
- Investment advice to clients on purchase and sale of assets
- Worldwide experience in Australia, Canada, China, Southeast Asia
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Bob Johnson, P.Eng. (bob.johnson@sproule.com)
Vice-President, Engineering
B.Sc. Civil Engineering (1980)
- Reserves estimations and evaluations
- Economic projections for primary, secondary, and tertiary recoveries
- Gas reserve and deliverability reports
- Oil and gas property marketing
- Reservoir engineering
- Recommendations to clients on purchase and sale of assets
- Sales reports for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
- Reviewing drilling prospects
- Auditing and evaluating P&NG software
- Unitization negotiation
- Asset management
- Developing economic reports from evaluation software
- Worldwide experience in Canada, India, Mongolia, Russia, United States
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Greg Robinson, B.Sc., P.Eng. (greg.robinson@sproule.com)
Vice-President, Engineering - International
B.Sc. Civil Engineering (1978)
- Property and corporate evaluations
- Reserves estimations and evaluations
- Acquisitions and divestitures
- Reservoir analysis
- Expert technical witness
- Studies for First Nations
- Investment and lending studies
- Reserves audits
- Estate evaluations
- Worldwide experience in Albania, Algeria, Australia, Canada, Ecuador, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Libya, New Zealand, Oman, Qatar, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Ukraine, Russia (Western Siberia), Turkey, United States and and Yemen
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Kevin McDonald, C.A. (kevin.mcdonald@sproule.com)
Controller, Associate & Corporate Secretary
- Manage financial aspects of the company including budgeting, forecasting of revenues and expenditures, cash management, strategic planning, and related areas
- Contribute to strategic planning efforts to achieve company goals
- Work closely with company leadership in understanding business process considerations and develop solutions which deliver necessary functionality for each accounting process
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