Mr Irish has over 28 years of professional negotiation and general land and contract expertise. He obtained a BA degree in geography from the University of Calgary in 1978. He began his career in 1978 as a district landman with Dome Petroleum and went on to hold positions of increasing responsibility with Rupertsland Resources, Westburne Petroleum, and Anderson Exploration.
From 1989 to 2002 he was land manager of deep basin exploration and production at Canadian Hunter Exploration, and from 2002 to 2004 he was land manager at Lightning Energy.
Mr Irish co-founded Greenbank Energy in 2004 where he was vice president of land until the company was sold to Rock Energy in 2007.
