E. Perot Bissell, Chief Executive Officer

Perot Bissell has served as CEO of Maxum Petroleum since April 2006 and has been a board member since April 2004. Prior to joining Maxum's management team, Perot was the managing partner of Northwest Capital Appreciation, Inc., one of the founding investors in Maxum. While at Northwest Capital, Mr. Bissell focused on consolidation strategies for various industries including energy logistics, security alarm, specialty packaging, and specialty finance. Mr. Bissell was CFO of SLP Capital from 1997 to 1998 and CEO of ASG Security in 2002. Prior to joining Northwest Capital in 1997, Perot spent 13 years working for various Wall Street firms including PaineWebber, Drexel Burnham, and Bankers Trust focusing primarily on the transportation and energy industries. In addition to managing a merchant banking and private equity firm, he has served in several executive functions including CFO of SLP Capital from 1996 to 1998 and interim, CEO of ASG Security in 2003. Perot holds a History degree from Columbia College.

Roger Simons, Vice Chairman and Senior Executive Vice President

Mr. Simons, in his role as Vice Chairman and Senior Executive Vice President, also manages Simons Petroleum and its subsidiaries. Mr. Simons built Simons Petroleum, Maxum's first platform acquisition into one of the nation's top ten independent fuel and lubricant distribution businesses. Mr. Simons started his career while still in college as an employee of Union 76 and Mid-Continent Systems, Inc. During his employment, and while in the process of receiving his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Texas Christian and Sam Houston Universities, he developed truck stop marketing strategies and along with Mid-Continent established a nationwide truck stop chain. Early on, Mr. Simons recognized significant opportunities to develop unique lubricant products and services for drilling, exploration and production operators in the oil and gas industry. This resulted in Simons Petroleum becoming the leading supplier of diesel fuel, lubricants and innovative customer services to that industry. Mr. Simons was named Vice President of Simons Petroleum in 1974, President in 1978 and, in 1984, was elected Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. In 1990, Mr. Simons began serving as a member of the Products Committee of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). Mr. Simons is active in many industry organizations and charities.

Michel Salbaing, Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Salbaing joined Maxum in 2006, having previously served as a partner with Tatum LLC. Mr. Salbaing brings management skills that are complementary to Maxum's goal of becoming the leading independent marketer of petroleum products, including the integration of acquisitions and effectively managing relationships with lenders and public investors. Mr. Salbaing's most recently served as the CFO of two multi-billion dollar NYSE traded companies: Cenveo Inc. and Quebecor World, Inc., and are credited for consolidating the fragmented printing industry. During his thirty-plus year career, he also held CFO positions with medium and large international public companies in the manufacturing, defense electronics and project financing segments. He also served on the Board of a publicly traded pulp & paper company as well as aluminum smelter. Mr. Salbaing holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accounts.

Michael A. Brown, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development

Michael A. Brown is a member of the Maxum Petroleum executive team with extensive knowledge and experience in mergers & acquisitions. Mr. Brown is responsible for leading Maxum Petroleum's corporate development strategy in identifying and assessing strategic acquisition opportunities as well as leading acquisition and other corporate development initiatives. Mr. Brown has over 20 years of experience in private equity, mergers & acquisitions with hands on experience raising capital, sourcing, negotiating, completing and integrating acquisitions. Mr. Brown's oil industry experience includes having served as Executive Vice President, M&A at U.S. Fleet Services, Inc., a private equity funded, nationwide, on-site fueling company, where he directed a number of acquisitions and joint ventures. Prior to joining Maxum, Mr. Brown worked in the M&A/private equity group at Ballard Spahr, LLP, one of the largest law firms in the country. Mr. Brown has a diverse academic background with MBA and JD degrees from Villanova University as well as an MA in creative writing from the University of East Angila in Norwich, England, and a BA in International Relations from Tufts University.

Belinda Foxworth, Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Belinda Foxworth joined the Maxum Petroleum Executive team as Senior Vice President & General Counsel in 2010. Ms. Foxworth has over twenty-five years of experience in the energy sector, as well as substantial in house counsel experience, most recently as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for US Power Generating Company, a private equity company engaged in the acquisition, development and management of power generating assets in the US. Prior to that, Ms. Foxworth was Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for CMS Energy Corporation, a, publicly traded integrated energy company engaged in exploration and production, power generation, gas transportation, midstream services, marketing, trading, retail electric, and natural gas sales with assets and operations in six continents. Ms. Foxworth began her career as a member of the project finance/energy practice of Milbank, Tweed Hadley & McCloy in New York, Los Angeles and London. Belinda Foxworth’s academic background includes a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rollins College, a JD degree from Georgetown University and an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

 
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