Board of Directors

Dennis Bennie - Chairman, Independent Director

Co-Founder Adira Energy. Founder and CEO of XDL Capital; Co-founder, Former Chairman and CEO of Delrina Corporation; former Chairperson of Canada Israel Political Affairs Committee (CJPAC).

Eli Barkat - Independent Director

Chairman and Co-founder of BRM, a recognized figure in the Israeli business community, with more than 20 years of entrepreneurial, investment and business management experience.

Sheldon Inwentash - Independent Director

Chairman and CEO of Brownstone Energy. More than 20 years of experience in the investment industry and a deep understanding of progressive investment  and financial management strategies. A Chartered Accountant, Mr. Inwentash is also the Chairman and CEO of Pinetree Capital Ltd., a Canadian investment company with a portfolio of investments primarily in the resource and energy sectors. 

Yael Reznik Cramer - Independent Director

VP Business Development of BRM Group, (major shareholder of Adira Energy). Currently sits on the boards of Backweb and Schema. She is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel and holds a B.A degree in Accounting and Economics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an MBA from Tel-Aviv University.

Alan Friedman - Executive Vice President - Corporate Development, Director

Co-Founder Adira Energy. Senior roles in resource public market sector and emerging markets covering acquisitions, disposals, financings and investor communications. Over the past 10 years, has managed or facilitated numerous successful going public transactions (IPO & RTO) on TSX and TSX-V as well as facilitation of financings in excess of $100m. Various roles in TSX companies including Afriore Ltd., Talon Metals Corp. and Auryx Gold Corp.

Colin Kinley – Senior Advisor, Director

Colin has 30 years of international resource exploration and development expertise.  Founding member of Layne Energy and for 27 years Senior VP of Layne Christensen Company (NASDAQ). Key contributor to Layne’s significant growth from $4 to $58/share. Kinley has spent his career in integrated energy project execution and has a keen sense of resource economics. Most recently, as CEO of Saber Energy, established over 40TCF Gas in Place in Botswana. Responsible for the establishment of multiple frontier resource exploration plays and developments.