John Zahary is a Professional Engineer with extensive senior management experience. He graduated with a M.Phil in Management Studies degree from the University of Oxford and a B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Calgary. His experience includes upstream oil and gas companies involved in heavy oil, oilsands, light and medium oil and natural gas production as well as companies with downstream, refining, marketing and midstream assets.
He has worked in technical, financial and corporate leadership roles including serving as President & CEO of Viking Energy, Harvest Energy, Petrovera Resources and Sunshine Oilsands. Corporate experience includes publicly traded companies listed in Canada, USA and Hong Kong as well as private companies and international companies with an interest in the Canadian oil and gas upstream industry, infrastructure development and purchasing commodities for export to markets with growing demand like Asia.
Outside involvements include Board of Director positions with a number of private and public companies & volunteer organizations including Frog Lake Energy, an oil company owned by Frog Lake First Nation with significant working interest production of heavy oil.
President & CEO
John Zahary
Colleen Johansen is a Chartered Accountant who brings a broad range of financial reporting and corporate development experience to Altex. A “Big-4” accounting firm alumni with public accounting and industry experience, Colleen has also been involved in performance management, corporate finance, and business development for more than a decade, and brings this background to her role leading Altex’s accounting group.
Colleen graduated “summa cum laude” from Saint Mary’s University in Nova Scotia, where she earned a B.Comm with a double major in accounting and finance. She began her career in KPMG Calgary’s Corporate Audit group, where she led engagements for a wide range of clients and industries, including infrastructure and energy. After obtaining her CA designation, taking a short secondment to KPMG Cairns in Australia, and earning a promotion to manager, she transitioned into industry where she worked for a publicly listed independent power producer in both the accounting and corporate development groups prior to joining Altex in 2014.
During her initial years at Altex, Colleen was a key member of the business development group, with the majority of her time focused on project work, commercial negotiations, contracting, and financial modelling and analysis. After assisting with Altex’s more complex accounting issues, Colleen was promoted to Director, Finance and Accounting in early 2017.
Colleen was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in mid 2018.
Chief Financial Officer
Colleen Johansen
Richard Morgan is a professional engineer with over 20 years of experience in the oil & gas industry. He joined Altex in August 2017 as a consultant, supporting the business development and operations teams, which evolved into a fulltime role in 2018 as the Manager of Safety Operations and Engineering. Richard graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering from Queens University and prior to joining Altex, he held various operational and managerial roles with Schlumberger, Encana, Bellatrix Exploration and Renegade Petroleum.
