John (Jack) F. Scott
Executive VP & Country Manager
Mr. Scott joined Petrominerales in May 2007 as Executive Vice President and Country Manager, Colombia. Prior to joining Petrominerales, Mr. Scott served as VP Engineering for Eurogas Corporation, involved in the development of the Castor Underground Gas Storage project offshore Spain and the development of properties offshore Tunisia. Prior to joining Eurogas Mr. Scott was self employed, involved in project development in a variety of international oil and gas projects. From 1992 to 1999 he held various positions with companies operating in Cuba including three years as Premier Oil's in-country representative managing the office and operations in Cuba. He began his engineering career with Amoco Canada Petroleum Company Ltd. and later Westcoast Petroleum Ltd. (a total of ten years) moving to progressively senior engineering positions. Mr. Scott graduated from McGill University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree and is a member of APEGGA, P.Eng.