Stroud Resources Ltd. announced that Howard J. Atkinson, CFA, CIMA, ICD.D, has been appointed to the board of directors of the company joining Mirsad Jakubovic and Lonnie Kirsh. Howard has over 26 years of investment management industry experience and is currently the President of Horizons ETF Management Inc. Howard is also an author and noted authority on exchange traded funds (ETFs) in Canada.