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13 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® JANUARY 2020 Backwoods Energy Receives Accolades Canada-based Backwoods Energy Services, the largest indigenous-owned business in northwestern Alberta, has been named as one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures™. Majority owned by the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation (Alexis Nation) since 2015, Backwoods provides construction services for utilities, forestry, and gas and oil companies in Western Canada. The company has indigenous and nonindigenous staff working side-by-side to move major projects forward for the community and clients. Paul Poscente, president and CEO of Backwoods said, “We’re honored to have won this award and I am so proud of our people who work hard every day building on the culture we created at Backwoods. I’m excited to share this award with our employees and to provide a blueprint for other organizations to identify opportunities to build meaningful working relationships with indigenous communities.” WHO’S IN THE NEWS The Board of Directors of Epiroc AB has appointed Helena Hedblom as president and CEO, effective March 1, 2020. She will replace Per Lindberg, who has decided to leave his position after having successfully established Epiroc as a listed company. She is currently senior executive vice president mining and infrastructure and a member of Epiroc Group Management. Breaking News Additional announcements from the Deep Foundations Institute and VMAC, are located in our online issue at: worldwidedrillingresource.com Send your Who’s in the News to: bonnie@worldwidedrillingresource.com