About Saturn
As Canada’s fastest growing oil and gas company, Saturn has established a diversified portfolio of oil-weighted, free-cash flowing, low-decline, operated assets across Alberta and Saskatchewan. Through organic growth and an accretive acquisition strategy, our goal is to continue increasing reserves, production and cash flow, on a debt adjusted share basis, with an attractive return on invested capital, supported by our commitment to full-cycle sustainability and an ESG focused culture.
Saturn’s shares are listed for trading on:
SOIL
SMKA
OILSF
The Saturn Strategy
Capital Efficient Drilling
Balance Sheet Strength
Quality Asset Acquisition
Creating Value for Shareholders
Leadership
Saturn’s executive team brings extensive operational expertise, combined with innovative, out-of-the-box thinking and a commitment to responsibly developing our assets.
With more than a 20-year career with A&D experience, negotiating and Oil & Gas land strategy, Mr. Cheetham leads Saturn’s efforts to facilitate successful land opportunities and advancements.
Mr. Cheetham is a graduate from The University of Lethbridge and a member of the Canadian Association of Land and Energy Professionals (CALEP).
Board of Directors
Bringing a wealth of experience, Saturn’s Board of Directors plays a pivotal role in shaping the company’s future. All Directors are nominated by shareholders at each annual meeting.
John Jeffrey - B.A., MBA
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Director
Mr. Jeffrey assumed leadership of Saturn in 2016 and previously was the area finance manager for a Fortune 500 engineering consulting firm in Canada. He has a strong background in operations and finance that has allowed him to successfully execute large engineering and environmental projects. Mr. Jeffrey was also a founder and CFO for Axiom Group, a geological and engineering consulting company that has drilled over 800 wells within western Canada. He is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan with a MBA majoring in Finance.
Andrew Claugus, PE
Director
Mr. Claugus is an entrepreneur and independent businessman, with extensive experience in petroleum engineering. From 2014 to 2022, Mr. Claugus was the Engineering Manager for MECO IV, LLC, which, prior to its acquisition, was a private oil & gas exploration and production company based in Denver, Colorado. Following the sale, Mr. Claugus founded Cerrito Energy, a privately backed oil and gas company investing in non-operated interests in core areas of established basins. Mr. Claugus holds a Master of Engineering in Petroleum Engineering from Colorado School of Mines, and a BsC in Chemical Engineering, from Case Western Reserve University.
Jim Payne
Director
Mr. Payne is currently chief executive officer of dynaCERT Inc., a Canadian company that specializes in delivering Carbon Emission Reduction Technologies to the global marketplace. He brings more than 38 years of experience in strategic leadership roles within both public and private companies, corporate governance, finance and accounting, capital markets, executive leadership and business performance improvements. Mr. Payne also serves as Chief Executive Officer of a privately-held consulting, project management and real estate development company operating in the Greater Toronto Area. Mr. Payne graduated from St. Clair College in Construction Engineering, Project Management and Estimating.
Ivan Bergerman - J.D.
Director
Mr. Bergerman started his career in 2002 practicing primarily general Corporate Commercial, Securities, M&A and Oil & Gas Law with a major Calgary law firm. In 2006, he relocated back to his home town of Saskatoon and continued practicing high-end business law with a major Saskatoon law firm. In 2010, Mr. Bergerman made the decision to strike out on his own and founded what is now Bergerman Smith LLP with principal practice areas including Public Company Advising (having worked with companies listed on the TSXV, TSX, CSE, NASDAQ, NYSE and NYSE MKT LLC), Initial Public Offerings, Exempt Market Distributions, Corporate Governance, M&A, Corporate Structuring & Restructuring, Financing, Natural Resources, Intellectual Property and General Corporate and Commercial. He is a graduate from the University of Saskatchewan, College of Law.
Christopher Ryan
Director
Mr. Ryan is the CEO of Broadbill Energy Inc, an oil and gas technology infrastructure company. Prior to that, he was the Director of Midstream and Director of Operation Services for Kingston Midstream (formally Tundra Energy Marketing Ltd) and Exploitation Engineer with Tundra Oil and Gas. He has published 25 scientific publications, many of which were published during his time as a Research Scientist at the Canadian Light Source Inc. Chris currently sits on the Board for the Canadian Crude Quality Technical Association (CCQTA) as the Director of Midstream, and he is the Co-Chair of the Sampling and Frequency Working Group for the Crude Oil Quality Association (COQA). Chris is also an honorary founding member of the Global Institute of Water Security and is on various Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) Committees, specifically the CAPP Equalization Steering Committee and is a voted Working Group member of the Canadian Transportation of Dangerous Goods General Policy Advisory Council for Classification.
Dr. Thomas Gutschlag
Director
Dr. Gutschlag – currently the Chairman of Deutsche Rohstoff AG (“DRAG”), a public company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange which identifies, and develops resource projects globally, with a focus on oil and gas development in the United States. Dr. Gutschlag cofounded DRAG in 2006, was its Chief Financial Officer from 2007 to 2015 and was its Chief Executive Officer from 2015 to 2022. Dr. Gutschlag is a qualified economist with a degree in economics from the University of Heidelberg and a doctorate from the University of Mannheim.
Grant MacKenzie - BA, LLB
Chief Legal Officer (CLO), Director
Mr. MacKenzie joined Saturn from Dentons Canada LLP, where he was closely involved with the Company during its transformational growth that started in 2021. Mr. MacKenzie was a partner and Corporate co-lead of Dentons’ Calgary office since 2018, and brings the experience of a legal career spanning over two decades. He has extensive experience advising private and public companies in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, start-ups, public offerings and stock exchange compliance. He has advised numerous boards and management teams on matters concerning shareholder activism, corporate governance and TSX and TSX Venture Exchange listing matters. Mr. MacKenzie was Corporate Secretary for Saturn from February until September 2022 and has been a member of the Board of Directors since September 2022.
S. Janet Yang MBA, BA
Director
Ms. Yang currently serves as Chief Financial Officer for Reveam, Inc., a developer and operator of electronic cold-pasteurization treatment systems. Prior to joining Reveam, Ms. Yang held the role of Research Director, Energy and Mining at GMT Capital Corp., and from 2018 to 2023, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of W&T Offshore, Inc., a Texas-based oil and gas exploration and production company traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Ms. Yang has over twenty years of varied experience in financial management, business leadership, corporate strategy, capital markets and M&A, and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Rice University.