MANAGEMENT
Who We Are
We are a strong combination of successful and experienced Oil & Gas and Capital Markets professionals and executives whose track record and know-how add value to partners and investors.
Fernando Aguilar
Chairman
Over 35 years experience in business and oilfield sectors
Engineer and former President & CEO at TSX listed Calfrac. Over 35 years of global experience in technology, business and oilfield sectors. He had a long-standing career from technical to management roles with Schlumberger. Former President of CGG Veritas in Houston
Stanford Executive MBA program (2003) and the Director Education Program (2008) developed by the Institute of Corporate Directors and the Rotman School of Management in conjunction with the Haskayne School of Business
Martyn Fear
Chief Executive Officer
35 years of operational experience worldwide with major Oil & Gas companies including Schlumberger, BP, Husky and Maersk, across 10 countries, offshore & onshore
Former VP & Global Functional Head
Accountable for $200-500mm annual spend in several projects, through teams of 400-500 staff & contractors
Turnaround of production under-delivery across 250,000 bopd business; Performance improvement in LatAm operations; Safety & compliance improvement in various countries
Chairman in oilfield services
Armando Méndez C.
Co-Founder - Chief Technical Officer
Successful visionary in pulling together a strong team under a solid corporate foundation and a sound business plan
Geologist with extensive international experience including LatAm at Hocol, Repsol, Petrobras and BP
Former Senior Geologist at BP in Colombia, UK, Canada and regional exploration manager at BP in Indonesia
Successful exploration, appraisal and development of significant O&G discoveries in Colombia, North Sea, Western Canada and Mackenzie Delta worth about 5 billion barrels of oil equivalent
Involved with investments in the order of $10bn and production operations up to 500,000 boep
Giovanni Zuzunaga
Co-Founder - Chief of Investments & Business Development
Over 18 years in executive & management roles in natural resources; business development, portfolio and financial restructuring and M&A with $2.4bn in Oil & Gas transactions in LatAm
Director at Zyta Ventures, a business development and quality deals generator platform for LatAm
Involved with medium LatAm O&G investments and field operations of over $835 million including in the areas of exploration, seismic, wells and production
Identified previously distressed O&G assets and contributed to transforming them into successful outcomes (with successful exits of the order of $250 million)
Philippe Aouad
Co-Founder - Investor Relations, Risk Management & Trading
Wall Street trained executive with >18 years of international commodities experience in Business Development, Risk Management and Trading with exposure to LatAm
Represented leading broker PVM Oil and top O&G Risk Management and Trading consultant Smart Global Trading in LatAm
Exposure to leading Oil hedgers in LatAm including Government Agencies, Central Banks, NOCs, E&Ps and IOCs and with relationships with top international Oil trading firms
Vast fundraising experience working closely with institutional investors globally