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John Richels, 55, was elected president of Devon in 2004. He previously served as a senior vice president of Devon and president and chief executive officer of Devon’s Canadian subsidiary. Richels joined Devon through its 1998 acquisition of Canadian-based Northstar Energy Corp., where he held the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer from 1996 to 1998 and served on the board of directors from 1993 to 1996. Prior to joining Northstar, Richels was managing partner, chief operating partner and a member of the executive committee of the Canadian based national law firm, Bennett Jones. Richels previously served as a director of a number of publicly traded companies and is former vice-chairman of the board of governors of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from York University and a law degree from the University of Windsor. While employed by Bennett Jones in the 1980s, Richels served as general counsel of the XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee in Calgary.
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