Dion Hatcher

Biography

 Dion has over 18 years of industry experience focused on production and operations engineering, asset management and business development, working onshore and offshore in Europe and Canada.  Dion was appointed Vice President, Canada Business Unit on March 1, 2016 and prior to that, served Vermilion as Director Alberta Foothills, Canada Business Unit from May 1, 2014.  Dion joined Vermilion in 2006 as an exploitation engineer on the France team and in 2008 progressed to the role France Exploitation Manager.  In 2010, Dion assumed responsibility for managing the development of Vermillion’s extensive Cardium and Mannville land position in the Drayton Valley area; successfully growing production from 7,000 boe/d to over 17,000 boe/d today.  Prior to joining Vermilion, Dion worked in various engineering, operations, exploitation and project management roles with Chevron Canada Resource.He has completed B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering (Honors), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1997  

Research Interest

 exploitation energy