Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> March 4, 2002
MARTIN J. CHEYNE is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of
Devlan Exploration Inc. Mr. Cheyne has over 19 years of drilling and
completions experience in oil and gas operations. Mr. Cheyne has been
President and CEO of Devlan since February 1996. Prior to that, he was
Vice President, Project and Development, for Bredal Energy Corp., a
private oil and gas company. From 1988-1994, Mr. Cheyne worked at
International Colin Energy, rising from District Completions
Superintendent to Vice President of Projects, where he was responsible
for drilling, completions, environmental projects and facilities
construction. Profile
GERALD N. GILEWICZ joined Devlan as Controller in September 1999 and in
June 2001 he became Chief Financial Officer. From October 1997 to
September 1999 he was Senior Tax Manager with Deloitte & Touche LLP,
providing tax planning services to resource-based, owner/manager and
high technology clients. Before this, Mr. Gilewicz spent 16 years with
Revenue Canada in various capacities. Ten of those years were spent
auditing and managing auditors who conducted reviews of medium to large-
scale oil and gas companies. Mr. Gilewicz is a Certified Management
Accountant and has a Bachelor of Commerce degree form the University of
Saskatchewan. Profile
TWST: Can we begin with a brief overview of the history and evolution ofDevlan Exploration, Inc.?
Mr. Cheyne: Devlan Exploration was founded in 1996 by Brad Porter and
myself. We came in and