LEADERSHIP
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.
Paul Clarke PhD
President & CEO
"CanCambria’s cornerstone asset in Europe provides access to profitable markets and a strategic growth timeline. By combining advanced technology with unconventional expertise, we gain a competitive edge in the evolving energy sector. Our deep technical understanding of the basins we operate in defines our philosophy."
Paul Clarke
Leadership Team
Paul Clarke PhD
President & CEO
Dr. Clarke joined CanCambria in mid, 2022 as VP Exploration and has 25 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. One of the E&P industry’s leading unconventional experts, a “blue-ribbon” oil and gas finder and developer. Dr. Clarke has deep technical and broad operational proficiency - leading complex teams having held roles of increasing responsibility with large cap. US independents. At the forefront of several major onshore exploration, appraisal, and development programs. Operated assets include the Eagle Ford and Spraberry/Wolfcamp trends, executing over 1,000 horizontal wells (with NYSE: PXD) and the giant Pinedale Field with Ultra Petroleum. Dr. Clarke has a passion for identifying opportunities and value-creation via the drill-bit. A practical technical leader – his strengths include creativity and problem solving. His track record is defined by practical, analytical, and strategic-decision making; working with a sense of urgency.
Piet Van Assche C.Eng, FIMechE
COO & Managing Director - Hungary
Piet is a registered professional engineer with an in- depth understanding of the technical and commercial aspects of both upstream and downstream activities. He has managed numerous large multicultural and multidisciplinary teams throughout the world for Shell International, MOL (Hungarian Oil Company), and other independent oil and gas companies. Piet resides in Hungary, has extensive Hungarian oil and gas experience, and is the former MD of Delcuadra Kft.
Konstantin Lichtenwald CPA, CGA
CFO & Director
Konstantin has over 15 years of corporate finance and accounting experience, including compliance, accounting, financial management, and initial public offerings. He has lived and worked in multiple jurisdictions, including Germany, Australia, the US, and Canada. He is a director of several private and publicly listed companies in Canada.
Chris Beltgens MBA
VP Corporate Development.
Since March 2021, Mr. Beltgens has been President and Director of Somerset Energy Partners, a private South Texas-focused oil production company. From April 2016 to January 2023, he was the Vice President of Corporate Development for TAG Oil Ltd., a TSX-listed international production oil and gas company. Mr. Beltgens previously spent six years in London working in investment banking, covering international oil and gas exploration and production companies, where he assisted in raising capital for the sector. Mr. Beltgens is currently an independent director for Kingfisher Metals Corp. (TSXV: KFR), Orex Minerals Inc. (TSXV: REX), and Intertidal Capital Corp. (TSXV: TIDE).
Bernhard Krainer PhD
Exploration Advisor - Central Europe
Bernhard has over 30 years of experience in exploration and upstream business development. With a background in Central and Eastern Europe, he has worked globally, with postings in Western Canada, the UK, Norway, North Africa, the 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.
Board of Directors
Chris Cornelius PhD, C.Geol, Eur.Geol
Executive Chairman
A proven prospect generator and resource developer, Chris has held multidimensional 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.
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.
Toby Pierce MBA
Non-Executive Director
Toby Pierce is currently CEO and Director of Somerset Energy Partners, an oil and gas producer in South Texas. From 2015 to 2024, Mr. Pierce was CEO and Director of TAG Oil Ltd., a TSX-listed oil and gas producer in Australasia and Egypt. Mr. Pierce has over 28 years of geological and financial experience within the resource sector. He has been a founder, CEO, or director of numerous private and public oil and gas, mining, and natural resource companies. Mr. Pierce holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth Sciences from the University of Victoria.
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. More recently, he has been working on tight-gas petroleum systems throughout Europe and North Africa. He is a director of several private companies.