Our Team
Atlas is led by a management team with decades of international experience across more than 70 countries.
Atlas Management Team
Mark Hodgson
President, CEO and Director
Mr. Hodgson has been a public oil and gas company founder and has extensive experience in leadership roles both domestically and internationally. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors for Sollus Health. Prior to Atlas, Mr. Hodgson was co-founder and VP, Corporate Development of Spartan Delta Corp, and held various executive roles working in Canada, Albania, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, the US and the UK. Mr. Hodgson holds a degree in Finance from the Wharton School and has over 25 years of experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, upstream business development and oilfield operations.
Ryan Giroux
VP, Corporate Development
Mr. Giroux is a petroleum engineer and finance professional with over 23 years of experience working in the oil & gas industry and banking, including 17 years focused internationally. Mr. Giroux spent the past 14 years carrying out financing and advisory work for various London-based banks. During this time, he completed over 40 transactions, involving assets and projects in more than 30 countries across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. Prior to Atlas, Mr. Giroux was Director, Engineering at Societe Generale in London.
Don Kornelsen
VP, Commercial
Don Kornelsen has over 18 years experience in the corporate finance industry including over 15 years focused on mergers and acquisitions advisory within the energy industry, where he has advised on over C$14 billion of transactions. Mr. Kornelsen spent the last 12 years working within the business development team at Vermilion Energy where he focused on commercial negotiations and valuation analysis to enhance the company's global portfolio of assets. Previous to this, he spent three years working with Standard Chartered Bank's energy M&A advisory team, focused on transactions in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, as well as aiding international clients with investments into the Canadian energy industry.
Blair Anderson
VP, Geoscience
Mr. Anderson is a seasoned Geologist with over 40 years of experience working in the international upstream sector in senior executive roles where his work has resulted in significant discoveries across multiple basins with notable success in Trinidad, Libya, Turkey and Indonesia. In his role as VP Geoscience at Atlas, Mr. Anderson brings extensive international experience through South East Asia, Mexico, South America, Caribbean, North and West Africa, the Middle East and Europe. Prior to Atlas, Mr. Anderson was VP, Corporate Development at Condor Petroleum.
Richard Naden
Senior Executive
Mr. Naden is an industry veteran with over 40 years of petroleum engineering and executive experience, having worked with E&P companies from startup phase through successful exits at 10 to 50,000+ boepd. He has held senior roles on numerous management teams and successfully delivered technical consulting projects across North and Latin America, Europe, MENA, CIS, and India — bringing Atlas a well-rounded blend of strategic leadership and operational expertise. Mr. Naden’s focus has included A&D, field development, EOR, and lending due diligence across a broad range of reservoir types, fluids, recovery methods, and operating environments.
Atlas Board of Directors
Richard "Rick" McHardy
Non-Executive Chairman
Rick McHardy is one of Canada's preeminent leaders of shareholder value creation in the Canadian energy industry over the last 15 years. Currently Mr. McHardy is the President and CEO of Logan Energy and Chairman of Spartan Delta Corp, and was the prior founder and CEO of Titan Exploration, Spartan Oil, Spartan Exploration, Spartan Energy and was the Executive Chairman of Spartan Delta Corp.
Glenn McNamara
Non-Executive Director
Mr. McNamara holds over 40 years of experience in the international upstream space, having spent the majority of his career at Exxon working across multiple jurisdictions. He was most recently the CEO of Heritage Royalties, a multi-billion dollar privately held upstream royalty company and prior to this held positions as President of BG Canada, Exxon Canada West and Petromanas. He has experience working across South America, USA, Europe and Asia Pacific and currently serves on the boards of Parex Exploration, Whitecap Resources and PrairieSky Royalty.
Gary Brown
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Brown is the former Chief Financial Officer of Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. ("Wheaton"), a position he held for 17 years. At Wheaton, Mr. Brown played an integral role in the company's financial growth, strategic direction, and risk management, all contributing to Wheaton's industry-leading success in the precious metal streaming business. Prior to Wheaton, Mr. Brown held senior financial roles at Westcoast Energy Inc., CAE Inc., Creo Inc., and TIR Systems Ltd. and brings over 35 years of experience as a financial professional. He holds professional designations as both a Chartered Professional Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst, having earned a Masters Degree in Accounting at the University of Waterloo.
Scott Price
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Price holds over 40 years of international upstream leadership experience across multiple jurisdictions. He was most recently CEO of Solana Resources and after successfully monetizing Solana through a sale to Gran Tierra, became a lead independent director of the company. Prior to this, Mr. Price was the CEO of Aventura, a successful startup in Trinidad which sold to BG, as well as holding multiple other senior leadership positions internationally throughout his successful career.