Trican’s corporate headquarters are located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada where strategic and organisational leadership is provided by the corporation’s executive management team. International operations are supported at the local business unit level by in-country leaders.
Murray L. Cobbe Executive Chairman
Murray Cobbe is the Executive Chairman of Trican Well Service Ltd. and has been with the company since its successful IPO in December 1996. Mr. Cobbe has been in the well services business since 1974 and has overseen operations in Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. Mr. Cobbe graduated from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in 1970 with a Diploma in Petroleum Engineering (Reservoir). In addition, Mr. Cobbe is past Director of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (“PSAC”) (the national association of Canadian oilfield service, supply and manufacturing companies). Mr. Cobbe currently serves as a director of Pason Systems Inc. (a vertically integrated specialist providing data solutions to the oil and gas drilling industry) and as a director of Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. (an exploration and production trust).
Dale M. Dusterhoft Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Dusterhoft joined Trican at its inception in 1996 and is Chief Executive Officer. Prior to becoming CEO, Mr. Dusterhoft was the Senior Vice President of Technical Services. Before joining Trican, Mr. Dusterhoft worked for 12 years with a major Canadian pressure pumping company where he held management positions in Operations, Sales and Engineering. Mr. Dusterhoft graduated from the University of Calgary in 1984 with a degree in Chemical Engineering.
Donald R. Luft President and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Luft is President and Chief Operating Officer and a director of Trican, and has been with the company since August 1996. Mr. Luft’s previous position with Trican was as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and a director of the company. Prior to that Mr. Luft was a consultant with the company during the transition from a private company to the present public company from August 1996 to December 1996. Mr. Luft was previously employed by Nowsco for approximately 23 years. He went on to work in all of its specialized service areas both locally and internationally. Management experience included at various times, Base Management, Manager of the coil tubing business line for Canada, Assistant Operations Manager for Canada, and the Corporate Manager for the global development of Nowsco's coil tubing drilling.
David L. Charlton Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Mr. Charlton has been with Trican from just prior to the company’s IPO, joining as Manager of Sales in September 1996. Mr. Charlton was appointed Vice President, Sales and Marketing in April 1998 and has been instrumental in setting the direction for the Trican brand at home and abroad. Prior to joining Trican, Mr. Charlton held various management, sales and operational positions with Nowsco from 1978 until 1996.
Michael G. Kelly, C.A. Senior Vice President, Russia and the Middle East
Mr. Kelly joined Trican in May 1997 and is currently Senior VP, Russia and the Middle East, as well as the General Director of our Russian operations. Mr. Kelly was appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer shortly after joining the Company and then of Vice President, Finance and Administration in April 1998, a position he held until his appointment to Senior Vice President, Corporate Development in 2009. Prior thereto, Mr. Kelly was employed by another major pressure pumping company since 1992 as Finance Director of one of its Russian joint ventures. In this role, he was a senior member of a Russian investment management team responsible for the operations of a successful well service joint venture. He is a Chartered Accountant as well as a past President and founding member of the Petroleum Service Association of Canada Standing Committee on Finance.
Michael A. Baldwin Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Baldwin initially joined Trican in October 1997 as Controller, and subsequently held the positions of Manager, Finance and Treasurer. Mr. Baldwin re-joined Trican in November 2008 as Vice President Finance and CFO. Prior to re-joining Trican, Mr. Baldwin was employed as the Chief Financial Officer of Pure Energy Services Ltd. from June 2005 until October 2008. Before joining Trican initially, Mr. Baldwin had been employed by a major accounting firm since 1994. Mr. Baldwin has a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta.
Bonita M. Croft Vice President, Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Ms. Croft joined Trican in 2005 as General Counsel. She was appointed Corporate Secretary in 2007 and Vice President, Legal in 2008. Prior to joining Trican, Ms. Croft served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary with Tesco Corporation, as Legal Counsel with Talisman Energy Inc., and in private practice with McCarthy Tétrault both in Toronto and Calgary. Ms. Croft received her LL.B from Dalhousie Law School in 1990 and a Bachelor of Arts (First Class with Distinction) in Economics from Mount Allison University in 1987. Ms. Croft is a founding director of the Inhouse Counsel Network and is a member of the Alberta General Counsel Association, the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association.
Steve J. Redmond Vice President, Human Resources/Health, Safety and Environment
Mr. Redmond is Vice President, Human Resources and Health, Safety and Environment and has been with the company since July 1999. Mr. Redmond brings more than 30 years of experience in operations, HS&E and HR in Canada, USA, Russia, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Previous roles within Trican include Manager, HS&E and General Manager, Human Resources and HS&E. For 20 years prior to joining Trican, Mr. Redmond held several operational and management positions in various service lines as well as Health, Safety, Environment and Training with Fracmaster and Nowsco.
