Management

Mike Belenkie

Mike Belenkie
President & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Belenkie joined Advantage in October 2018 as Chief Operating Officer, and was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer in October 2019 and then to President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2022. He has approximately 30 years of diverse experience in the oil and gas industry. Between 2012 and 2018, Mr. Belenkie founded and helped lead Modern Resources to become a highly efficient Deep Basin producer which included oversight on all aspects of the Corporation. Mr. Belenkie received his BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Calgary in 1997 and is a registered professional engineer with APEGA.

Craig Blackwood
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Blackwood joined Advantage in November 2004 progressing through positions of increasing responsibility from Director of Finance, Vice President, Finance to Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Blackwood has over 25 years of experience in the energy industry. Mr. Blackwood is a graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada), the Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta (CPA Alberta), and previously served on the Board of Governors of The Explorers and Producers Association of Canada (EPAC) from March 2016 to January 2018.

Neil Bokenfohr
Senior Vice President

Mr. Bokenfohr has over 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry while working across the spectrum of small private to intermediate public companies. Mr. Bokenfohr’s experience includes all facets of the upstream Canadian oil and gas industry and joined Advantage in 2006 progressing from Vice President Exploitation to Senior Vice President. He was Vice President Exploitation and Operations of Ketch Resources Ltd. from 2005 to 2006; Vice President, Engineering of Bear Creek Energy Ltd. from 2002 to 2005; Director of Exploitation for Calpine Canada Natural Gas Company from 2000 to 2002. Prior thereto, Mr. Bokenfohr held various roles at Talisman Energy including experience with international projects. Mr. Bokenfohr received his BSc. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Alberta in 1989, is a member of the Board of Governors for The Explorers and Producers Association of Canada (EPAC) and is a registered professional engineer with APEGA.

John Quaife
Vice President, Finance

Mr. Quaife is Vice President of Finance of Advantage since 2019 and oversees the corporate finance, planning, enterprise risk management, treasury, accounting and tax functions. Mr. Quaife has over 25 years of energy industry experience with upstream and integrated energy producers, midstream companies and an accounting and audit firm. Mr. Quaife joined Advantage in 2008 as Manager of Taxation progressing through positions of increasing responsibility from Manager of Finance and Taxation, Controller and Director of Finance. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary and is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada and the Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta.

Darren Tisdale
Vice President, Geosciences

Mr. Tisdale joined Advantage in August 2019 as Chief Geologist and was promoted to Vice President, Geosciences in January 2022. Prior to this he was a founding member and Vice President Geosciences of Modern Resources, a Deep Basin produce. Mr. Tisdale has over 25 years of experience as a geologist including an extensive knowledge of the Montney. Mr. Tisdale led the initial development of Painted Pony’s Montney Assets in NEBC leading to the corporate shift to a Montney focused company. Earlier experiences included a range of unconventional resource exploration and development and international base metal exploration. He received his BSc. in Geology from the University of Saskatchewan and is a registered professional Geologist with APEGA.

Geoff Keyser
Vice President, Development

Mr. Keyser is the Vice President, Development at Advantage and the Director of Development Engineering at Entropy Inc. Mr. Keyser hasover 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry through a variety of engineering roles – most recently Vice President Engineering at Modern Resources. Prior to this, he has held business development, reservoir, exploitation, completions and facility engineering roles at Painted Pony Energy, Cenovus, and EnCana. He is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University and a licensed member of APEGA.

Brian Bagnell
Vice President, Commodities and Capital Markets

Mr. Bagnell has over 15 years of experience in energy and financial markets. Mr. Bagnell joined Advantage in October 2023 as Director, Commodities and Capital Markets and was promoted to Vice President in June 2024. Prior thereto, he was a Senior Vice President at Macquarie Group, spanning roles in equity research and commodities. Mr. Bagnell has a Bachelor of Business Administration from University of New Brunswick. He is also a CFA Charterholder and an FRM Certified Professional.