Board of Directors
Director(1) since
May 2006
Alastair Macdonald
Director since May 2006
Mr. Macdonald has been a Director of Petrominerales since April 2006 and has been Corporate Secretary of Petrominerales Colombia Ltd. and predecessor companies since September 1996. He has been the Chief Executive Officer of Western Isles Ltd., a financial advisory company, from September 2007 to Present; and was Chief Executive Officer of Triathlon Ltd., a financial advisory company, from September 1996 to September 2007.
Director (1) since
May 2006
Kenneth R. McKinnon
Director since May 2006
Mr. McKinnon has been a director of Petrominerales since May 2006. He has also served as a director of Petrobank since March 2000 and a director of PetroBakken since November 2009. Mr. McKinnon was Corporate Secretary of Petrobank from November 1997 to February 2005 and Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer from November 1997 to March 2000. He has held the position of Vice President Legal and General Counsel of Critical Mass Inc. since March 2000. Mr. McKinnon has served on the Board of Governors of the University of Calgary since September 2008, as a member of its Governance and Human Resources Committee since June 2010, and as a director and Chairman of the Governance and Compensation Committee of Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures since January 2010. Mr. McKinnon holds an ICD.D designation as a certified corporate director.
Director(1) since
May 2006
Ernesto Sarpi
Director since May 2006
Mr. Sarpi has been a self-employed consultant since 2004. From 1999 to 2004, he was Business Manager Americas & Far East, Agip Division, of ENI Group. Prior to that, Mr. Sarpi was Portfolio and Joint Venture Manager, Agip UK Ltd. from 1995 to 1999; General Manager, Agip Africa Algerian Branch from 1993 to 1994; Manager Negotiations International Exploration, Agip SpA from 1991 to 1993 and General Manager, Agip Energy and Natural Resources (Nigeria) from 1988 to 1991. Mr. Sarpi obtained a Doctorate in Geological Sciences degree from the University of Naples in 1961 and a Ph.D. in Geology from Columbia University in 1967.
Director(1) since
May 2006
Enrique Umaña-Valenzuela
Director since May 2006
Mr. Umaña-Valenzuela, a citizen and resident of Colombia, has been in private practice as a trade and investment consultant and has also been involved in family land developing activities since May 2005. Mr. Umaña-Valenzuela acted as President of the investment promotion agency of Colombia, Coinvertir, from 1997 to April 2005 and as a part-time legal representative from May 2005 to December 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Umaña-Valenzuela was in private practice as a trade and investment consultant from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Umaña-Valenzuela acted as International Adviser to the Minister of Defense in Colombia and later as Vice Minister of Defense in 1995. Prior to that, Mr. Umaña-Valenzuela acted as Deputy Chief of Mission of the Colombian Embassy and later as Chargé d’Affaires in Washington, D.C. in late 1994; as Minister Counselor of the Colombian Embassy of Colombia from 1991 to 1994; as Director of the Colombian Government Trade Bureau in New York City from 1983 to 1991; and as Financial Vice President of the Bogotá Telephone Company from 1982 to 1983. Mr. Umaña-Valenzuela is a Director of Sociedades Bolivar S. A. and a member of its Audit Committee, and a member of the Overseeing Committee of the Colombian Hydrocarbons Investment Fund, Phases I, II and III, and of the Colombian Forestry Investment Fund. He is also a member of the International Advisory Council of the Americas Society in New York City. Mr. Umaña-Valenzuela obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and International Relations from Columbia University in 1962.
Director since
May 2006
John D. Wright
Director since May 2006
Prior to Mr. Wright’s appointment to Chairman of the Board, Mr. Wright was President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Petrominerales from May 2006 to May 2010. Mr. Wright has been President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. since March 2000 and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of PetroBakken Energy Ltd. since 2009. In May 2011, Mr. Wright was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of PetroBakken. Previously, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pacalta Resources Ltd. from May 1996 to June 1999; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Morgan Hydrocarbons Inc. from December 1993 to April 1996; and Vice President Production of Morgan Hydrocarbons Inc. from 1989 to 1993. Mr. Wright graduated from the University of Alberta in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering and became a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder in 1988.
Director(1) since
May 2006
Geir Ytreland
Lead Independent Director since November 2012
Director since May 2006
Mr. Ytreland is a geologist, with more than 30 years’ experience in the international petroleum industry. Since 2004 he has worked as an advisor and project manager in development and cooperation projects for the Norwegian government in East Timor, Afghanistan and some Latin American and African countries. Mr. Ytreland has also worked as a geoscientist and explorationist at Unocal for 13 years and at Norsk Hydro for seven years in Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, United States, the Middle East and Latin America. He was General Manager for Norsk Hydro in Venezuela from 1995 to 2000. Since 2000 he has been an independent consultant, and prior to commencing the position in East Timor he was a consultant for Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Mr. Ytreland holds a Master of Science degree in Geology from the University of Bergen in Norway.
Notes: (1) Independent Director of Petrominerales Ltd.
