Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> March 4, 2002

Martin Cheyne – Devlan Exploration Inc (dxi:tse)

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 of

Devlan Exploration, Inc.?

Mr. Cheyne: Devlan Exploration was founded in 1996 by Brad Porter and

myself. We came in and