Executive Team

40 years experience in technical, management and leadership roles living and working in Latin America, Middle East, SE Asia and UK North Sea. British Petroleum, Sun Oil, Canadian Occidental (now CNOOC), Alberta Energy Company (now Ovintiv), Calvalley Petroleum.

Founder and Director of Canacol Energy Ltd. and Founder, prior CEO and Director of Excelsior Energy Limited, an oil sands-focused exploration company.

BSc (Hons) in Geology from the University of London, an MSc in Structural Geology and Rock Mechanics from Imperial College, University of London and a PhD in Structural Geology from Edinburgh University.

40 years of diverse engineering experience in managing domestic and international oil and gas operations.

Senior management positions for Petro Canada and Burlington Resources in North Africa and Canada; Executive VP and Director of Winstar Resources with operations in Canada, Tunisia, Hungary and Romania;  CEO and Director of Iskander Energy, a private company that operated in Bulgaria, Georgia, Poland and Ukraine; Technical Director of Block Energy Plc with operations in Georgia.

BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo

Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.

Acquired significant knowledge in the areas of oil and gas operations, strategic planning and budgeting, cost control, financial reporting, M&A activities, tax planning, investor relations and supply management. Experience gained in both junior and large companies including increasingly senior financial management roles with Nexen (now CNOOC) in the UK, Canada and Yemen.

Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Albert.

40 years of professional oil and gas experience in business:  UOS Services and Drilling; founder and Deputy President PKN Orlen; Director AB Mazeikiu Nafta – Lithuania;  Director International Pipeline Company MPR “SARMATIA” Ltd,  Director of the Rep Office in Poland of the Ukrainian Joint Stock Company “UKRTRANSNAFTA”; and President of the International Oil Company MTN "Golden Gate" S.A.

Chief Ecologist: Bank for Environmental Protection (BOS Bank S.A.); director “GeoCO2 Consortium”;  coordinator - Polish Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) pilot project.

Served as an advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Poland and to the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland. Doctorate and a BSc in geology from the University of Warsaw.