SLIDE 19 AGM PRESENTATION | MAY 2019 19
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Dave Taylor, CEO & President Ken Pinsky, Chief Financial Officer
- Mr. Taylor is responsible for creating, planning, implementing and integrating the strategic direction His geologically
driven, business-minded focus on exploration, production and business development activities has been successfully applied in prior companies over his 35 year career. From 2015 to 2017, he served as President and EVP Exploration & BD (2009-2015) at Parex. Mr. Taylor was VP Business Development of Petro Andina (2007-2009). Prior to that, he was VP Exploration and Int’l Operations with Husky Energy and VP Exploration for Renaissance Energy. He has also held various management, business development and senior technical positions with Chauvco, Imperial Oil and Exxon Production Research. Mr. Taylor holds a MSc. and a BA in Geology. He is a member of APEGGA, CSPG, AAPG, and is a former Director of Geoscience BC. Over 25 years of in-depth financial experience, with the last 16 years holding senior financial roles in the upstream O&G sector focusing on corporate finance , governance, taxation and investor relations. Mr. Pinsky served as CFO of Petro Andina from 2008 to 2009, prior to that, he was CEO of Argent Energy Trust from 2001 to 2004, Director of Finance for the Atlanta Exploration Group of Companies from 1997-2001. He began his career at Price Waterhouse in 1987, he is currently a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Chartered Financial Analyst. Eric Furlan, Chief Operating Officer Ryan Fowler, Sr. VP Exploration & Business Development
- Mr. Furlan has worked in a variety of roles ranging from field operations to reservoir development planning and
execution since the beginning of his career. He served as SVP of Engineering from 2017 to 2018 and VP of Engineering from 2012 to 2017 at Parex. Prior to Parex, Mr. Furlan was the General Manager of Development at Petro Andina. He has also held leadership and senior technical positions with Chevron Corporation in Canada and
- internationally. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering and he is a member of APEGGA.
- Mr. Fowler is accountable for leading his team in identifying and securing top-tier exploration and development
- pportunities. He has close to 30 years of experience in exploration and production activities. He served as VP
Exploration for Parex (2012-2017), New Ventures Exploration Manager for Petro Andina and then Parex (2008-2012). Prior to that, Mr. Fowler held management positions in Northern Alberta production and Int’l New Ventures at Husky Energy and various senior technical positions at Husky Energy, Canadian 88 Energy, and Rigel O&G focused after starting his career as a geologist at Amoco Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geological Engineering. Mike Kruchten, Sr. VP Capital Markets & Corporate Planning Lee DiStefano, President & Country Manager Colombia
- Mr. Kruchten is responsible for investor relations, enterprise risk management, financial forecasting and strategic
- planning. Previously, He was VP Capital Markets & Corporate Planning (2009-2019) and Manager, Corporate Planning
and Investor Relations of Petro Andina Resources and Parex (2008-2009) . Prior to joining Petro Andina, Mr. Kruchten had several financial leadership roles with BP in Calgary, Aberdeen and Dubai and began his career as a gas economist with Union Gas (Enbridge) in 1994. He holds a Bachelor of Economics degree, a Masters in Economics, an MBA and a Certified Professional in Investor Relations (CPIR) designation As the President and Country Manager of Parex Resources , Mr. DiStefano is responsible for Parex’ exploration, production, and marketing activities in Colombia. Prior to joining Parex Colombia in 2011, Mr. DiStefano enjoyed a 30- year long int’l career serving in Country Manager roles with Amoco in Peru and Brazil, for Canadian Hunter in Argentina and as Exploration Manager Latin America/Far East for Noble Energy. Prior to assuming the Country Manager positions with Amoco, Mr. DiStefano performed various exploration related functions for Amoco in Colombia, Trinidad, Guatemala, Spain, New Zealand, India and northeastern China. He holds MSc. Geology, a BA in Geology and an MBA. Josh Share, VP Corporate Services
- Mr. Share joined Parex in 2019 as VP Corporate Services. He has over 15 years of experience in Human Resources in
the energy sector, with broad expertise in leading int’l and domestic HR, Communications and Corporate Services
- functions. His int’l experience includes operations and new entry in various countries. Mr. Share began his HR
career at Nexen, gaining experience in Total Rewards and Talent Acquisition before moving to BP Canada, then transferred to BP in the US and assumed roles of increasing responsibility across the Upstream Segment becoming HR Director for Western Hemisphere. In 2014, Mr. Share returned to Nexen as General Manager, HR Business
- Partners. Later, he took on the role of General Manager - Total Rewards & HR Programs, followed by VP, HR,
Communications & Corporate Services for Nexen/CNOOC Int’l businesses. He holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Winnipeg and a Master of Business Administration from the Haskayne School of Business.
