CALGARY,
AB, March 20, 2023 /CNW/ - AKITA Drilling
Ltd. (TSX: AKT.A)
AKITA Drilling Ltd. ("the Company") today appointed Colin Dease as President and Chief Executive
Officer, effective April
3rd, 2023. With the Company for over twelve
years, Mr. Dease will become the Company's fourth Chief Executive
Officer over the last thirty years and succeeds Linda Southern-Heathcott who will continue to
serve the Company as Executive Chair.
"I am honoured by the opportunity to lead AKITA Drilling," said
Mr. Dease. "I am fortunate to have been involved in a
wide range of the Company's business activities and learned a great
deal from AKITA's previous leadership team. Our Company survived
several challenging years and is now poised for recovery, it is an
exciting time for AKITA."
Mr. Dease gained practical experience growing up on a family
farm in Saskatchewan before
beginning his professional career as a lawyer in 2002, where he
worked at two different law firms prior to joining AKITA. During
his twelve-year career at AKITA, he served as Legal Counsel,
Corporate Secretary, Vice-President of Canadian Operations,
Canadian Division President, and President and Chief Operating
Officer. Mr. Dease currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the
Canadian Association of Energy Contractors and received his ICD.D
designation in 2022 from the Institute of Corporate Directors.
AKITA is an Alberta corporation
engaged in the contract drilling business in Western Canada and in the Permian Basin and is
listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol AKT.
SOURCE AKITA Drilling Ltd.