Guyanese Professor Suresh Narine has been appointed to the board of directors of Canadian oil and gas exploration company CGX, the firm announced in a press release on Tuesday. Professor Narine, named in 2011 as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under-40 leaders, is originally from Guyana, the release stated, noting that Narine has an impressive academic career that includes numerous awards, including the prestigious ” Growing Alberta Leadership Award for Innovation” received in 2005 for pioneering the development of technology to produce polyurethanes from vegetable oils among many other accomplishments.
Professor Suresh Narine
Also in 2005, Professor Narine accepted a presidential appointment as the director of Guyana’s Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST), a role which he maintains, together with his academic appointment as senior Professor for Trent University, his alma mater, in the departments of physics and astronomy and chemistry and as director of the Trent Centre for Biomaterials Research.
Professor Narine is currently the Ontario Research Chair in Green Chemistry and Engineering and the NSERC/ GFO/ ERS Senior Research Chair in Lipid Derived Biomaterials. For his work in the development and commercialisation of biofuel technology in Guyana, Professor Narine was awarded the Guyana/ Canada Special Achievement Award in 2007, and in 2011, he received an award from Guyana for his contributions to science and technology in Canada and for his contributions in this field towards the development of Guyana.
CGX is managed by a team of experienced oil and gas and finance professionals from Guyana, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
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