Management Team & Board of Directors

Management Team


	John W. Harkins President and Chief Executive Officer President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 11 February 2010; prior thereto, Vice President, Business Development of the Company from July 2008 to February 2010. He is currently a Director of Strategic Oil & Gas Ltd., PetroPhoenix Resources Corp., PetroPhoenix Oil Corp. and PetroPhoenix Capital Corp. Mr. Harkins holds a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto.


	Norman G. Benson Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Company since 30 June 2013. Senior Vice President of the Company since 19 May 2011. General Manager of Anadarko Brazil from January 2011 until retirement in May 2011. Vice President Operations of Anadarko Algeria from May 2009 until January 2011. Mr. Benson has over 30 years of international and domestic O&G experience. His expertise comes from positions in engineering, operations and business development for Amoco Corporation, FIOC, Anadarko and Greenfields.


	Jose Perez-Bello Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since June 1, 2017; prior thereto, Vice President and Controller of the Corporation from August 9, 2012. Mr. Perez-Bello has over 30 years of combined experience in energy and manufacturing industries where he held leading roles in finance and accounting, economic and commercial analysis, strategic planning and forecasting and internal auditing. Mr. Perez-Bello earned a BBA from a Venezuelan university and an MBA from the Bauer College of Business at University of Houston.


	Deborah F. Hubbs General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer since 1 January 2018; prior thereto she was President of Catalyst Executive Advisors, a legal consulting firm since 2015. Ms. Hubbs was General Counsel of GeoSouthern Energy Corporation, a privately-held exploration and production company in the U.S. from 2012-2014. Ms. Hubbs also held a leadership role at Anadarko Petroleum Corporation where she worked in U.S. onshore from 2006-2012. Ms. Hubbs received her B.A. from Southern Nazarene University and her J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.

Board of Directors

	Michael J. Hibberd B.A., M.B.A., LL.B. Non-Executive Chairman Chairman and President of MJH Services Inc., a corporate finance advisory business established in 1995. Chairman of Canacol Energy Ltd., former Chairman of Heritage Oil Plc. and Heritage Oil Corporation, and Non-Executive Chairman of Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. He is also Director of Montana Exploration Corp., PetroFrontier Corp. and Pan Orient Energy Corp., all public oil and gas exploration companies. Mr. Hibberd holds a B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Toronto, and an L.L.B. from the University of Western Ontario. Mr. Hibberd is also a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada.



	Geir Sagemo Non-Executive Director Mr. Sagemo is a member of the finance and investment group at Vitol Group. Prior to joining Vitol in 2007, Mr. Sagemo spent 13 years in the energy teams of various investment banks, including Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and JPMorgan. Mr. Sagemo is a board member of New Age (Africa Global Energy) Ltd. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the Wharton School.

	John W. Harkins President and Chief Executive Officer (bio above)

	Jose Perez-Bello Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (bio above)

	David B. Fransen Non-Executive Director Mr. Fransen is Chairman of Vitol S.A. Geneva and a Director of various Vitol Group companies, and is also a Director of Watford AFC Limited. He has a wide range of experience within the Vitol Group, from gasoline trading and various management positions to the creation of Vitol’s central management information system. Prior to joining Vitol in 1986, Mr. Fransen was with British Petroleum. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics and Computer Science from Royal Holloway College, London.

	Martin K. Thomas Non-Executive Director Mr. Thomas is a Partner in the corporate team of the law firm Wedlake Bell LLP where he heads up the firm’s capital markets practice. During his legal career of over 30 years he has held senior management positions including seven years as the European managing partner of a global law firm headquartered in the United States. Mr. Thomas is also a Director of Diversified Gas and Oil PLC. Mr. Thomas graduated from the University of Reading with a LLB (Hons.).

	Lindsay M. Brown Non-Executive Director Mr. Brown was a Technical Director at Buried Hill for eight years working the Caspian Sea and former Soviet Union countries. Prior to that he held a series of technical and managerial positions in Petro Canada’s International Division, Lasmo plc, Addax-Oryx and BP plc, gaining international exposure in Tunisia, Egypt, Venezuela and Pakistan. Mr. Brown holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.Sc. in Automotive Engineering (environmental focus) both from the University of Southampton.

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