Prior to joining The Fraser Institute, Wilf Gobert previously held positions as Principal, Director, Vice-Chairman, and Managing Director of Research for Peters & Co. Limited. Founded in 1971, Peters & Co. is an independent, fully integrated investment firm which has specialized for 35 years in investments in the Canadian oil, natural gas, and oilfield services industries. Mr. Gobert has been an oil industry financial analyst since 1976 and consistently ranked among the top ten analysts in the industry.

Throughout his career at Peters, Mr. Gobert's responsibilities included research analysis of Integrated Oil companies and Senior Producers. He has advised the Government of Alberta on the National Energy Program and the Government of Newfoundland on the Hibernia oilfield development. He is a former member of the Alberta Securities Commission, Financial Advisory Committee. Mr. Gobert has a B. Sc. (Honours) degree in Mathematics from the University of Windsor, an MBA from McMaster University and a CFA designation.