Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> August 12, 2002
MARTIN HALL is Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial
Officer of Tesco Corporation. Mr. Hall began his career with Coopers &
Lybrand in London, England, where he worked from 1973 to 1977. In 1977
he moved to Calgary, where he worked for Coopers & Lybrand as an Audit
Manager until 1980. From 1980 to 1991 Mr. Hall was a Controller for the
Alberta Petroleum Investment Corporation group, and then became Vice
President, Finance of Trans-Dominion Energy Corporation. During this
period, Mr. Hall was Chief Financial Officer of various public and
private companies including Charter Oil Company Ltd., Moneta Porcupine
Mines Inc., Rex Silver Mines Ltd., Albany Oil and Gas Ltd., and Prowest
Partitions. In 1991, Mr. Hall was appointed Secretary Treasurer of
Terrenex Ventures Inc. and remained in this position until 1995. Mr.
Hall joined Tesco Corporation as Vice President, Finance and Secretary
in March 1994. He is currently Sr. Vice President Finance and Chief
Financial Officer. Mr. Hall is a 1973 graduate of the University of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK) and holds a BA (Hons) in Economics. He has been
a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales since
1976 and a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta since
1978. Profile
TWST: Can you give us a summary description of Tesco Corporation?Mr. Hall: Tesco is a public company that is listed on the NASDAQ and the
Toronto Stock Exchange. It was founded in 1986 by