Highpine Oil & Gas has appointed Jonathan Lexier as its new president and CEO. Gordon Stollery, interim president and CEO, will remain as a director of the company.

Mr Lexier currently holds the position of COO for NAL Resources and manager of the NAL Oil and Gas Trust. Mr Lexier holds an MBA from the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Prior to joining NAL in 1999, Mr Lexier worked at Mobil Oil Canada for 17 years in various technical, business and leadership roles. Mr Lexier is currently chair of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) Stewardship Committee as well as a long serving member of CAPP’s environmental, health and safety executive policy group.

Hank Swartout, chairman of Highpine, said: We are very pleased that Mr Lexier will be joining Highpine and we look forward to benefiting from the wealth of his experience in the oil and gas industry.