Kirk McKinnon - CEO & Chairman, Director

J.A. Kirk McKinnon has served as Chief Executive Officer and a director since April 2006. He brings over 25 years of senior management experience to the Company. Mr. McKinnon is currently President and CEO of MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. and Red Pine Exploration Inc., both of which are resource exploration companies headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Previously, Mr. McKinnon held senior management positions with several high profile Canadian corporations, including Nestle Canada.

Craig Scherba, P.Geol. – President & COO, Director

Mr. Scherba was appointed as our President and Chief Operating Officer during September 2012 and a director during January 2010.  Mr. Scherba served as Vice President, Exploration of the Company from January 2010 to September 2012.  Mr. Scherba also servers as Vice President, Exploration of MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd., Red Pine Exploration Inc. and Honey Badger Exploration Inc., all of which are resource exploration companies trading on the TSX - Venture Exchange.  In addition, Mr. Scherba was professional geologist with Taiga Consultants Ltd. (“Taiga”), a mining exploration consulting company from March 2003 to December 2009.  He was a managing partner of Taiga between January 2006 and December 2009.  Mr. Scherba has been a professional geologist (P. Geol.) since 2000, and his expertise includes supervising large Canadian and international exploration.  Mr. Scherba was an integral member of the exploration team that developed Nevsun Resources’ high grade gold, copper and zinc Bisha project in Eritrea. Mr. Scherba served as the Company's Country and Exploration Manager in Madagascar during its initial exploration stage. 

Peter Liabotis – Senior Vice President & CFO

Mr. Liabotis was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer on September 19, 2012.  From October 2009 through September 18, 2012, Mr. Liabotis served as our company’s Vice President – Finance. Mr. Liabotis also currently serves as Vice President - Finance of MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd., Red Pine Exploration Inc. and Honey Badger Exploration Inc., all of which are resource exploration companies trading on the TSX - Venture Exchange.  From August 2008 to September 2009 Mr. Liabotis worked for EFG Wealth Management (Canada), Ltd assisting with accounting matters and Canadian mutual fund launches.  From July 1998 through July 2008, Mr. Liabotis was the Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Olympia Capital (Bermuda) Ltd, a Bermuda corporation.  Prior to July 1998, Mr. Liabotis worked for two years at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Bermuda and two years with KPMG in Canada  Mr. Liabotis is a member of the Board of Directors of Honey Badger Exploration, Inc. Mr. Liabotis is a Chartered Accountant  (through the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario), received his Bachelor of Commerce, Honours from the University of Windsor and received his Bachelor of Arts from the Western University (in Ontario, Canada).

Richard Schler – Executive Vice President Operations, Director

Richard E. Schler, MBA, has been our Vice President and a director since April 2006. He is also currently serving as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of both MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. and Red Pine Exploration Inc., both of which are resource exploration companies headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Before joining these companies, Mr. Schler held various senior management positions with noted corporations. He also has over 25 years of experience in the manufacturing sector.

Brent Nykoliation – Senior Vice President of Corporate Development

Brent Nykoliation brings significant skills and experience to the Company. With a career that has spanned 15 years in various senior management roles in Marketing and Business Development (Nestle), Retail Sales and Merchandising (Home Depot) and Merchandising Operations (Whirlpool), Brent is well positioned to market Energizer Resources’ exploration initiatives.

Jacob McKinnon - Vice President of Operations

Over the last 6 years, Mr. McKinnon has been exposed to all levels of the mining industry which has given him the necessary experience to take on the role as director of Operations. He is currently the VP of Operations for three TSX Venture Exchange listed companies: MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd., Red Pine Exploration Inc. and Honey Badger Exploration Inc.

Joseph Heng, CA – Corporate Secretary 

Joseph Heng is a Chartered Accountant with over 36 years of industry experience in public accounting. 

Roland Fok Seung - Chartered Accountant and Madagascar Country Manager

Mr. Fok Seung is a Chartered Accountant of the Institute of England and Wales and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Employed as Energizer’s Madagascar Country Manager for the past 5 years, Mr. Fok Seung is based full time in Madagascar and will continue to act in this capacity with a focus on financial related business activity.