MANAGEMENT

Manuel Pablo Zuniga-Pflucker

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

• Native Peruvian with >30 years of experience in petroleum engineering
• Started career with Occidental in Bakersfield & Block 192 in Peru
• Founder and former CEO of BPZ Energy
• Helped shape policies promoting oil investments in Peru, including the current long-term test regulation

Gregory Smith

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

• >20 years oil and gas experience, involved in over $3 billion in debt and equity transactions
• Executive level finance and investor relations experience at Energy XXI and BPZ Energy

Estuardo Alvarez-Calderon

Vice President, Operations

• >35 years of oil and gas experience with focus on exploration and new discoveries, and bringing those fields to initial production
• Various senior roles across the Americas for Occidental
• Former VP of Exploration and Production at BPZ Energy

Charles Fetzner

Vice President, Asset Development

• 35 years of experience managing exploration and development projects spanning the USA, Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, China and Africa
• 19 years at Apache as New Ventures Exploration & Development Manager and Exploration Manager Worldwide Exploration

Tracy Lessard

Corporate Secretary

• Over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, ensuring the integrity of the governance framework and providing efficient administration to an organization.
• Prior to joining Sterling, Ms. Lessard served as the Executive Assistant to the President of Canexus Corporation, Corporate Secretary of Zargon Oil & Gas, and Executive Assistant to the President of Equatorial Energy Inc.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

James Taylor

• 50 years of technical and executive experience
• Held various senior and executive level roles at Occidental, including Executive VP of Worldwide Exploration & Development and COO of Canadian Occidental
• Former director / chairman of numerous private / public companies

Gary Guidry

• President & CEO of Gran Tierra with >35 years as a Professional Engineer with APEGA
• Former President & CEO of Caracal Energy, Orion O&G, Tanganyika Oil
• Senior operational roles at Occidental in Nigeria / West Africa, Yemen and Venezuela

Ryan Ellson

• >15 years experience as a Chartered Accountant
• CFO of Gran Tierra
• Former Head of Finance at Glencore E&P Canada and VP Finance at Caracal Energy

Douglas Urch

• Chartered Professional Accountant with >35 years experience in international oil & gas
• Executive VP & CFO of Bankers Petroleum, former VP & CFO of Rally Energy

Gavin Wilson

• Director of Sterling & Investment Manager for Meridian
• Former founder & manager of RAB Energy & RAB Octane listed investment funds

Mark McComiskey

• Founding Partner of Vanwall Capital, LLC. and was a Managing Partner of Prostar Capital Ltd
• Former Principal of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. He was an associate at the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP
• Holds a J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School and an A.B. degree, magna cum laude, in Economics from Harvard College.

BOARD COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS