Today’s up-and-coming leaders are helping to shape tomorrow’s energy future. Whether it’s new thinking, fresh attitudes or technical solutions, showcasing their work and vision is of tremendous value to the entire energy industry. Daily Oil Bulletin’s Rising Stars Class of 2019 is a showcase event of the excellent work done by young emerging energy leaders. Today, we profile Matthew Kielbasinski, Hammerhead Resources. In the heady days leading up to $142/bbl oil, Matthew Kielbasinski had more-or-less moved into his office at Tristone Capital in Calgary. He landed the job at the start of 2008, fresh out of Ontario’s McMaster University with a finance degree and after a few months of travelling, which he credits with expanding his world view. “That trip opened my eyes to the fact that there is a big, exciting world out there, once you’re willing to step out of your familiar bubble, and take some risk,” he says. Kielbasinski grew up with a strong sense of his Polish roots and a fascination with aviation and military history. He joined the Air Cadets when he was 13 and that led to becoming a Rifleman in the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada from 2006 to 2009 while studying […]