Member of the Kimmeridge Energy Advisory Board. Kimmeridge is a Private Equity group based in New York.

Prior to 2021 Mark worked for Kimmeridge in the positions of Chief Operating Officer of Kimmeridge Energy’s Operations Group and Managing Director of International assets.

Before Kimmeridge, he was President of a publicly traded German energy company. Mark’s career has been primarily in the energy sector and has worked both domestically and internationally he has held a variety of senior management roles. He has worked with teams that have built start up companies through to successful exit.

Michael Crothers has 37 years of operations, commercial and leadership experience in the upstream, downstream, and integrated gas businesses, of which over 33 years were with Royal Dutch Shell. Mr. Crothers served as President and Country Chair for Shell Canada for over 5 years, retiring in May of 2021. He played a pivotal leadership role in the business development and mega-project start-ups of the Scotford Upgraders and Albian Jackpine Mine, and in the 2018 achievement of the final investment decision for the LNG Canada project. Mr. Crothers’ extensive global experience includes assignments spanning five continents and several large scale joint ventures. His broad industry expertise includes refining, chemicals, oil sands, health, safety & environment and renewables.

Mr. Crothers is a champion of the environment, diversity and inclusion and is committed to reconciliation and partnership with Indigenous peoples. He currently serves as a Director of Keyera Corporation, is the Chair of the Board of Directors of Northern RNA, a Calgary based life sciences company, and is co-Chair of the United Way Calgary 2021 campaign.