Management

Mr. Weatherill is a seasoned executive with over three decades of experience in the global lubricants and petrochemicals sectors, most recently with H.F. Sinclair Corporation and Petro-Canada Lubricants. He has a proven track record of driving commercial success, operational excellence, and innovation across billion-dollar organizations. From 2020 to 2023, Mr. Weatherill served as Senior Vice President, Commercial, at H.F. Sinclair, leading commercial and marketing efforts for a $3.9 billion enterprise spanning over 90 countries, doubling global sales, and significantly enhancing EBITDA margins. Concurrently, as President of Petro-Canada Lubricants (2019–2023), he oversaw commercial strategy, global business development, a portfolio of globally recognized brands, and North America’s largest Group III base oil facility. Beyond his commercial leadership, Mr. Weatherill has cultivated extensive technical expertise and market insights through roles such as Vice President of Global Research and Development at Petro-Canada Lubricants and earlier positions at ExxonMobil and Chemtura.

Mr. Kotush is an accomplished financial executive with nearly two decades experience in executive leadership roles, including extensive public-company experience spanning finance, risk, M&A, investor relations, and operations across Canada, the UK, and beyond. He was EVP and CFO of Home Capital Group Inc., (2017–2024), where he helped drive a 3.4x share price increase, $600M in market cap growth, and the return of $1.5B to shareholders through dividends and buybacks. He also led the team through a $1.7B privatization completed in August 2023. Previously, he served as EVP, CFO, and Chief Risk Officer at Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. (2006–2017), overseeing and financing $750M in domestic and international acquisitions, expanding operations from two to ten countries, and leading the dual listing on the AIM exchange and subsequent graduation to the London Stock Exchange. Mr. Kotush is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Mr. Lawlor brings over 25 years of professional leadership experience in project management, operations, and engineering. He has held numerous senior management positions with Schlumberger, AMEC and, for the past twenty years, with Ovintiv (formerly Encana). He has worked in many facets of the oil industry including completion of large upstream and midstream projects, leading production operations teams and overseeing offshore asset development, with his most recent success being the completion of a major project in Atlantic Canada, delivered on time and below budget. His international experience includes work across North America, the North Sea and the Middle East.

Kirk McNamara is a consultant at ReGen III Corp. with over 15 years of experience in the base oils and chemicals industry.. Previously, he served as Director of Base Oils at Motiva Enterprises, where he achieved significant EBITDA growth and played a key role in Aramco’s $2.7 billion acquisition of Valvoline. Kirk specializes in strategic partnerships, market growth, business transformation, and commercialization of technology, having raised over $180 million for key projects. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, a MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois, and a BS in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin.

Ms. Hedlin brings over 15 years of progressive finance experience, including a decade in equity research with BMO Capital Markets and Canaccord Genuity, where she covered upstream international oil and gas companies, in addition to the emerging cannabis and clean tech industries. Prior to joining ReGen III, Ms. Hedlin supported companies, including ReGen III, as an independent consultant offering a broad platform of services including corporate communications, investor relations, market research, financial modeling and analysis, and project management. Ms. Hedlin is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CMA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (with Great Distinction) from the University of Saskatchewan.

Industry expert Dr. Robert Freerks has been a Technical Advisor to ReGen III since 2017, and for more than forty years, has specialized in the chemistry of fuels, lubricants, and specialty chemicals. Dr. Freerks has worked with many leading industry players, including 18 years with Chevron, and has been engaged with the formulation of lubricant additive packages, formulation of finished products, development of synthetic base oils and development of synthetic jet fuel blend components. Dr. Freerks received his Ph.D. from UC Irvine in Synthetic Organic Chemistry.