Our Trustees

Henry Sykes
President
MGM Energy

Henry W. Sykes, QC is President and a director of MGM Energy Corp. Mr. Sykes was President of ConocoPhillips Canada from 2001 to 2006. Prior thereto, he was Executive Vice-President, Business Development of Gulf Canada Resources. Henry is a lawyer by training.

He began his career in 1983 as an associate with the Calgary firm of Bennett Jones, eventually becoming a partner and member of the firm's management committee. While at Bennett Jones, Henry specialized in mergers and acquisitions, securities and corporate law.

Henry was born in Montreal, speaking only French until his parents moved to Calgary in the mid-sixties. He finished high school in Calgary, and went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts in economics from McGill University in Montreal, and a law degree from the University of Toronto. He is a member of the Law Society of Alberta as well as the Law Society of England and Wales.

He currently serves as a director of Ferus Trust, and has served as a director of various public and private corporations and not-for-profit corporations, including the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.