David Kisilevsky, EVP and COO

EVP and COO at Gazelle Energy - The Challenges of Building an International Portfolio & Benefits Canada Can Offer

David Kisilevsky is a structural geologist and petrophysicist with 26 years’ experience in the petroleum industry, and related geosciences. For the past 8 years he has operated his own consultancy, providing services to a variety of companies. For most of 2014 and 2015 he managed exploration and geoscience for a company with production in Egypt and an exploration concession in Cameroon, and has been actively involved with clients operating in Turkey, New Zealand, Chile, Ukraine, Germany and Kurdistan. Before striking out on his own, Mr. Kisilevsky spent 12 years with Petrel Robertson Consulting, where in addition to his technical role he simultaneously held managerial and Executive-level positions of increasing influence and responsibility. At the time of his departure, he had served as Vice President, was a corporate Director, and a Principal Shareholder. Previously, he worked as a wireline engineer for Halliburton, and mapped in the field for the Geological Survey of Canada. Mr. Kisilevsky holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Geological Sciences, and a Master of Science in Structural Geology & Tectonics, both from Queen’s University.