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John Read’s career spans more than 37 years of engineering project management and general corporate management.
A graduate of the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1970 Mr. Read began his career in the oil and gas industry with Shell Canada and then Texaco Exploration Canada.
In 1974 he joined Colt Engineering Ltd. a private start-up engineering organization where he held engineering and management positions. In 1983 he became president and chief executive officer of the organization. He was chief executive officer from 1999 until his retirement in early 2006. During this time Colt grew to over 4 000 employees with offices in Calgary Edmonton Toronto Sarnia and Anchorage Alaska. Mr. Read remained a partner and director of The Colt Companies until March 2007 when Colt was acquired by Worley Parsons Limited a worldwide engineering and project management organization.
In addition to his exceptional experience with Colt which includes major oil sands projects Mr. Read has been a director of the Alberta Chamber of Resources and the Bi-Provincial Upgrader. His knowledge and experience with large-scale in-situ projects will be extremely beneficial to Oilsands Quest.
Mr. Read is a member of the World Presidents’ Organization and the Association of Professional Engineers Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta. Mr. Read serves as a director on several boards – he is an independent director on Oilsands Quest’s board. | 