Tony Weatherill
President & CEO
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.
Mark Redcliffe
Executive Vice-President and Chief Strategy Officer
Mr. Redcliffe brings significant securities industry and venture investment banking experience to the Company and will be instrumental in moving forward the construction of ReGen III’s first Group III base oil re-refinery in Texas. Mr. Redcliffe sat on the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada’s Pacific District Council for several years, was the founding President & CEO of Jordan Capital Markets Inc. and immediately prior to joining ReGen III, was the Executive Vice President responsible for P&L at Mackie Research Capital Corp. in British Columbia. Mr. Redcliffe has 21 years-experience in the securities industry and holds both an MBA and the CPA, CMA designation. Mr. Redcliffe has established ties with Canadian and international private equity firms, banks, investment dealers, family offices and high net worth individuals and has successfully overseen more than 500 private placements, Initial Public Offerings and cross-border advisory mandates.
Tom Lawlor
Chief Operating Officer
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.
Rick Low
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Low has over 25 years of progressive management experience in various industries in Canada and overseas. Mr. Low has over 15 years senior management experience including as CFO. He oversaw the finance and accounting function for a pre-revenue company during its progression from feasibility, construction and development through to commercial production and revenue generation. Mr. Low has also participated in raising various debt and equity financings and applications for listing on stock exchanges. Mr. Low is a qualified Chartered Professional Accountant (CA) with the Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C. and graduated with a B. Comm. degree from the University of British Columbia.
Kimberly Hedlin
Vice President, Corporate Finance
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.
Dr. Robert Freerks
Technical Advisor
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.