Bill Harris's Analyst Opinion of Nexen, Gran Tierra, Connacher Oil and Gas, and Suncor on November 10, 2009

About Bill Harris

Bill Harris, CFA, is a principal and portfolio manager for the equity and fixed income portfolios at Avenue Investment Management. He has over 14 years of experience in the investment industry. Prior to joining Avenue Investment Management, he worked at Sentry Select Capital as portfolio manager for the resource group of funds. His responsibilities included managing mutual funds, limited partnerships and exchange traded funds that specialized in oil and gas, mining and alternative energy investments. Over the previous ten year period he worked at TD Asset Management; from 1999-2002 as the senior energy and mining analyst for the Precious Metals, Resources and Energy funds; and from 1992-1999 as the Canadian equity trader for the active equity group. Mr. Harris received a BA in economics from Dalhousie University in 1990.He became a Chartered Financial Analyst in 1998 and is a member of the Toronto Society of Financial Analysts.