Seven Generations appoints industry veteran Derek Aylesworth as Chief Financial Officer

CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Energy industry veteran Derek Aylesworth will join Seven Generations Energy Ltd. March 15, 2018 as its Chief Financial Officer responsible for the company's finance, treasury, accounting, tax and capital markets functions.

"We are pleased to welcome Derek Aylesworth to Seven Generations. Derek brings more than 30 years of public company financial leadership, management and reporting experience that will help sustain our focus on strong returns and the creation of long-term value for our shareholders and stakeholders," said Marty Proctor, 7G's President & Chief Executive Officer.

Aylesworth is currently Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Painted Pony Energy Ltd. and was previously Chief Financial Officer at Baytex Energy Ltd., assignments where he was primarily responsible for capital markets, financial reporting and compliance, financial risk management, tax and treasury functions. Before that, Derek held senior management and financial positions in international business units of Encana Corporation. Derek began his professional career at Ernst & Young. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary and is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada and the Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta.

As announced in November 2017, 7G's current CFO Chris Law will become Executive Vice President, Strategy Management once Aylesworth joins the company.

Seven Generations Energy
Seven Generations is a low-supply-cost, Canadian energy producer generating long-life value from its liquids-rich Kakwa River Project, located about 100 kilometres south of its operations headquarters in Grande Prairie, Alberta. 7G's corporate headquarters are in Calgary and its shares trade on the TSX under the symbol VII.

Further information on Seven Generations is available on the company's website: www.7genergy.com, or by contacting:

Investor Relations
Marty Proctor, President & Chief Executive Officer
Chris Law, Chief Financial Officer
Brian Newmarch, Vice President, Capital Markets
Phone: 403-718-0700
Email: [email protected]

Media Relations
Alan Boras, Director, Communications & Stakeholder Relations
Phone: 403-767-0772
Email: [email protected]
Seven Generations Energy Ltd.

Suite 4400, 525 - 8th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 1G1
Website: 7genergy.com

Seven Generation Energy Ltd. is also referred to herein as Seven Generations, Seven Generations Energy, 7G and the company.