Ian is an experienced capital markets professional with a strong financial and technical background. Originally a geologist by training, he gained extensive exposure to oil and gas companies, plays and management teams during a five year career with Waterous & Company (ScotiaWaterous) in the early 2000’s. He parlayed his evaluation skills into a 15 year career in equity research with a focus on domestic and international E&P companies. He is well known and well respected for his technical research focus and his ability to make concise and sometimes controversial recommendations that have typically proven to be correct. He has been a trusted advisor to numerous buy-side managers.More recently, Mr. Macqueen has used his capital markets experience to assist and advise corporate clients in various different industries with strategic planning, investor relations and communications strategies as well as providing research reports for public distribution.