People: Savanna Energy Services Corp (SVY.TO)

Mr. George K. Chow is Executive Vice President - Corporate of Savanna Energy Services Corp. Mr. George is a founding shareholder of Savanna and is responsible for the corporate and legal matters of Savanna including those related to mergers, acquisitions and financings. He is also responsible for the oversight of the corporate secretarial function and corporate governance. In addition, George oversees Savanna’s information technology, technical services, engineering and corporate services groups. George’s career in oilfield services started in 1994 with Entest Corp., a production testing company, where he was a founding shareholder and served as President, until it was acquired by Plains Energy Services Ltd. in 1996. After the merger, he continued to serve as the President of Entest Corp. and joined the board of directors of Plains. He continued to serve in such capacity until he was appointed Vice President of Corporate Development and Corporate Secretary of Plains in 1998. George has also served as a director of several publicly traded companies in the oil and gas industry, lastly as non-executive chairman of Profound Energy Inc. Prior to joining Plains Energy, George practiced law, specializing in the areas of oil and gas and securities. Prior to that, he worked as a Professional Engineer in the natural gas transmission industry. George obtained his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta in 1984, and a P.Eng. designation in 1987. He received his Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Alberta in 1988. George also obtained his ICD.D designation in 2010 from the Institute of Corporate Directors.