Jack Schoenmakers

Biography

jack Schoenmakers was previously the Vice President of Corporate Development at Tribute and has been a director of Tribute since 2005. Jack is currently President of Schoevest Investment Inc., and Avenue Energy. As President of Avenue Energy, he previously managed oil and gas assets in Ontario and Alberta, traded physical gas at various points in Canada and marketed natural gas to large volume industrial customers. Previously, Jack co-founded and acted as President for Ontario Energy Savings Corp., (currently trading as Just Energy on the TSX) which during his tenure acquired over 200,000 residential customer equivalents purchasing in excess of 90,000 Mcf per day, with annual sales of $160 million. Jack is very familiar with the regulatory energy environment in Ontario, and has interacted with the Ontario Energy Board and Minister of Energy regarding deregulation policies and practices. Jack has worked for several energy companies in the past which include Stampeder Energy (Vice President), Enron Gas Services (Director Eastern Region), Unigas Corporation (Director Eastern Region), TransCanada PipeLines Limited and Union Gas Limited. Jack is a past Board Member of the Ontario Energy Association and was a past Chair of the Ontario Energy Marketers Association. Jack obtained his B.A. in Economics from the University of Waterloo. jack Schoenmakers was previously the Vice President of Corporate Development at Tribute and has been a director of Tribute since 2005. Jack is currently President of Schoevest Investment Inc., and Avenue Energy. As President of Avenue Energy, he previously managed oil and gas assets in Ontario and Alberta, traded physical gas at various points in Canada and marketed natural gas to large volume industrial customers. Previously, Jack co-founded and acted as President for Ontario Energy Savings Corp., (currently trading as Just Energy on the TSX) which during his tenure acquired over 200,000 residential customer equivalents purchasing in excess of 90,000 Mcf per day, with annual sales of $160 million. Jack is very familiar with the regulatory energy environment in Ontario, and has interacted with the Ontario Energy Board and Minister of Energy regarding deregulation policies and practices. Jack has worked for several energy companies in the past which include Stampeder Energy (Vice President), Enron Gas Services (Director Eastern Region), Unigas Corporation (Director Eastern Region), TransCanada PipeLines Limited and Union Gas Limited. Jack is a past Board Member of the Ontario Energy Association and was a past Chair of the Ontario Energy Marketers Association. Jack obtained his B.A. in Economics from the University of Waterloo.

Research Interest

regulatory energy environment