I will honestly admit I really don't know much about Paul Parisotto (except by his recent actions/inactions) so I decided to start some due diligence to further my knowledge of this man. When I googled his name, the first link I got was from the Forbes magazine.
Here's what it says (plus I put a link down below with some information on recent Blacksands Petroleum happenings).
I suggest you do your own dd if you haven't already done so.
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Paul A. Parisotto Director/CEO/President
Toronto,Ontario , CN
Officer since November 2007
48 Years Old
Paul A. Parisotto, 48, Director, and President and CEO since November 1, 2007, is an executive with significant investment banking experience. From December 2004 until September 2008, Mr. Parisotto served as a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Arizona Star Resource Corp., a publicly traded company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and the American Stock Exchange until its take-over by Barrick Gold Corporation. Mr. Parisotto is also the sole director, stockholder and president of Coniston Investment Corp. ("Coniston") a firm which provides investment banking services such as raising equity and debt and mergers and acquisitions advisory services to small public and private market capitalization companies. Mr. Parisotto is a director of Noront Resources Ltd. (since June 2008) and was appointed their co-interim President and CEO on October 28, 2008. He is a former director of Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd., a company taken over by US Gold Corp., the former Vice President and Director of HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc. from March 1998 to June 1999 and a former Senior Vice President (Corporate Finance) of Marleau, Lemire Securities Inc. from January 1995 to January 1998. Prior to Mr. Parisotto's investment banking experience, he served as the Manager, Original Listings of the Toronto Stock Exchange from November 1985 to December 1994.
