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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Gavin Wilson
- Director of Sterling & Investment Manager for Meridian
- Former founder & manager of RAB Energy & RAB Octane listed investment funds
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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.
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BOARD COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS |
Committee |
Members |
Audit Committee |
Ryan Ellson (Chairman)
Mark McComiskey
Douglas Urch
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Reserves Committee |
Gary Guidry (Chairman)
Gavin Wilson
Jim Taylor
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Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee |
Mark McComiskey (Chairman)
Ryan Ellson
Jim Taylor
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Health, Safety, Environment and Social Committee |
Douglas Urch (Chairman)
Gavin Wilson
Gary Guidry
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