Freehold Royalties Ltd. appointed David Hendry as vice-president, finance and chief financial officer effective Dec. 1, 2019.

Hendry is a chartered professional accountant with over 25 years of finance experience. Most recently, Hendry served as the chief financial officer of Obsidian Energy Ltd. Prior to joining Obsidian in 2015, Hendry served as a finance vice-president at Talisman Energy Inc. At Talisman, he also worked overseas in the Norway and U.K. North Sea offices.

Hendry started his career working nine years in public accounting, largely at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Alan Withey will continue to serve as interim vice-president, finance and chief financial officer until Nov. 30, 2019.