ES EN About Us Management Charle Gamba President & CEO Mr. Gamba founded Canacol Energy Ltd. in 2008. He has held a variety of technical and management roles with major and mid-sized international oil companies, with the majority of his professional career focused on E&P in South America. Prior to creating Canacol, Mr. Gamba was Vice President of Exploration for Occidental Oil & Gas Company based in Bogota, Colombia. In his 8 years with Occidental, he has lived and worked in Ecuador, Qatar, Colombia, and the United States, working in a variety of technical and management roles. Mr. Gamba has also worked for Alberta Energy Company in Argentina and Ecuador, and for Canadian Occidental in Australia, Canada, and Indonesia. He started his career as a geologist with Imperial Oil in Calgary, and holds an MSc and PhD in Geology. Jason Bednar CFO Mr. Bednar is a Chartered Accountant with more than 20 years of direct professional experience in the financial and regulatory management of oil and gas companies listed on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange and American Stock Exchange. Mr. Bednar has been the Chief Financial Officer of several international oil and gas exploration companies, most notably the founding Chief Financial Officer of Pan Orient Energy Corp, a South East Asia exploration company, who during his tenure grew organically to operate 15,000 bbl/d and a market cap of $700 million. He has previously sat on the board of directors of several internationally focused E&P companies, including being the past Chairman of Gallic Energy Ltd. Mr. Bednar began his career in the chartered accountancy firm of Brown Smith Owen in 1993 before moving into financial controller roles at oil production companies. Mr. Bednar holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan. Ravi Sharma COO Mr. Ravi Sharma has 30 years of oil and natural gas experience in the Americas, Middle East, Russia, Australasia, and Africa. He has held senior management roles at major E&P companies worldwide. He was Head of Production & Operations with Afren Plc., Global Petroleum Engineering Manager for BHP Billiton Petroleum and Worldwide Chief Reservoir Engineer for Occidental. Mr. Sharma holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta. Thomas Lutz President Canacol Energy Colombia Mr. Lutz joined Canacol in August 2016. He is a petroleum engineer with 36 years of oil and natural gas experience in the Americas and Middle East. He has held progressively senior management roles at major E&P companies worldwide, most recently Operations Director Marcellus & Utica with Statoil ASA. Prior to this, Mr. Lutz was Director Operations Planning & Analysis for Occidental Petroleum. Mr. Lutz also held the positions of Asset Manager for the La Cira Infantas redevelopment and Operations Vice President for Cravo Norte concession for Occidental in Colombia. Mr. Lutz holds a B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from Stanford and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. Mark Teare SVP Exploration Mr. Teare has 35 years of experience with a number of senior international Canadian energy companies in Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Australia, and Canada. Over the nine-year period prior to joining Canacol, Mr. Teare held a series of senior management roles at EnCana Corporation including Country Lead for Brazil, and Vice President of Exploration and Joint Ventures in Ecuador. Mr. Teare also held a variety of lead technical roles at Alberta Energy Company in Australia, and Home Oil Company in Argentina and Canada. Mr. Teare holds a Master of Science degree in Geology from McGill University, and is based in the Corporation's head office in Calgary. Anthony Zaidi VP Business Development & General Counsel Mr. Zaidi is a lawyer and businessman with significant experience in corporate finance and in the mining and energy sector in Colombia. Prior to joining Canacol, Mr. Zaidi was the President and General Counsel of Carrao Energy Ltd., a private oil and gas exploration company he co-founded and co-managed until its acquisition by the Corporation in November 2011. Prior to Carrao, he had been an officer or director of several private and public companies, including Integral Oil Services, Pacific Rubiales Energy, Petromagdalena Energy, Medoro Resources and others, as well as a securities lawyer at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. Mr. Zaidi holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Toronto as well as a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) degree from McGill University. Tracy Whitmore VP Tax & Corporate Affairs Ms. Tracy Whitmore joined Canacol in 2013 with over 20 years of experience in international tax planning and consulting. Prior to joining Canacol she worked for a U.S. based technology company and at PwC as a Senior Manager in the International Tax Services Group helping clients with cross-border reorganizations, offshore financing and international acquisitions mainly in the energy industry. Ms. Whitmore is a Chartered Professional Accountant and holds an Honors in Business Administration degree from the Ivey Business School. Carolina Orozco VP Investor Relations & Communications Mrs. Orozco joined Canacol in 2010. She has over 15 years of experience in both Investors Relations and Banking. Prior to joining Canacol, she worked for 6 years in Citibank in Corporate Banking as Relationship Manager for the Infrastructure and Pharmaceutical sector, and in Wealth Management as financial and investment advisor. She started her career working at Tolhurst Noall, an equity research and broker firm based in Australia. Mrs. Orozco holds a B.SC. in Applied Finance from McQuarie University. 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