Avanti Helium announced that Brad Paterson will join that Company on September 16, 2022, assuming the role of Chief Financial Officer. The Company announced to extend its sincere gratitude to Natasha Tsai for all her work and wishes her the best in the future. Mr. Paterson has over 28 years of experience acting as a senior officer.

In these roles, he has developed a thorough knowledge of management and financial accounting, corporate finance, cross-border transactions, corporate governance, and regulatory markets. Mr. Paterson has led and consulted in the public listing of private companies and corporate re-structuring, business and asset valuations and acquisitions, and facilitated prospectus, brokered and non-brokered financings of over $76 million for private and public companies. Additionally, Mr. Paterson was a sessional contract instructor for the risk management and insurance courses of the Institute of Canadian Bankers.

Prior, Mr. Paterson worked as a senior analyst for a private equity and mezzanine-financing firm. Mr. Paterson earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Graduate Diploma in Management Accounting from the University of Alberta. In addition, Mr. Paterson has completed the Canadian Securities Course and has received the Chartered Professional Accountants and Certified Management Accountant designations.