Michael Kaufman, Cfa, Msc(Eng) Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mississauga, Ontario (Downstream Head Office)

• Participated in due diligence for over $5B in potential capital and direct investments, including a $1.5B brownfield refining project, a $100M asset acquisition and Suncor’s $126M investment in Enerkem. Independently.
• Developed sophisticated discounted cash flow models for investments across multiple industries, including refining, midstream, biofuels and carbon storage.
• Respected mentor to junior members of economics team.
• Delivered formal and ad hoc training on valuation theory and complex risk modeling concepts (Monte Carlo)
• Managed and compiled quarterly competitive earnings benchmarking for dissemination to senior leadership.
• Core member of EVP-initiated refinery acquisition screening team. Designed scoring model to determine the strategic fit of candidate assets

Mississauga, Ontario (Downstream Head Office)

• Trusted subject matter expert for deal flow screening on biofuel related opportunities
• Appointed by VP to lead a team to develop corporate-wide biofuel compliance and participation strategy. Results of the review were presented to senior executives (EVP & VPs).
• Recognized among industry peers as a thought leader in biofuel well-to-wheel carbon emission lifecycle analysis. In-depth understanding of carbon intensity calculations has delivered tangible savings.
• Interviewed, recruited and managed team of two analyst direct reports.
• Provided guidance on contractual language requirements related to the purchase and sale of biofuels, biofuel credits and emission allowances.
• Lobbied the Ontario government to streamline regulatory reporting requirements – efforts successfully resulted in moderate reduction in stranded working capital.

Toronto, Canada Area (Home Office)

• Provided technical support, through site visits and correspondence, to customers for wide variety of lubricant products, including agricultural spray oils, transformer fluids and motor oils.
• Presented to diverse audiences of up to 300 people (farmers to C‐suite executives)
• Led product quality investigations by coordinating communication between customers and internal stakeholders, including Quality Assurance, Research & Development, Sales and Manufacturing.
• Composed and delivered technical training presentations and webinars to internal stakeholders and customers on industry trends and Petro‐Canada products
• Represented Petro‐Canada as voting delegate at several industry standards technicalcommittees (electrical insulating fluids) and government regulatory forums (horticulture)

Missisauga, Ontario (Petro-Canada Lubricants R&D Office)

• Collaborated with additive supplier for development of next generation engine oils
• Coordinated engine oil testing at 3rd party European labs. Managed testing budget
• Led technical support for scale‐up of new lawn care product line
• Developed test procedures and specifications for newly developed lawn care products

Dusseldorf, Germany (Global Corporate Headquarters)

• Independently designed pilot plant scale experiments in synthetic polymer chemistry
• Delivered capstone presentation on experimental results

Master'S, Chemical Engineering

Results published in peer‐reviewed scientific journals (Polymer, Rheologica Acta) Recipient of Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate.

B.Sc. (Honours, 1St Class), Engineering Chemistry

University Medal recipient for highest graduating average VP Engineering Chemistry club