Mr. Merenstein brings significant experience in the global energy industry and the financial sector to Canacol. Mr. Merenstein is the Managing Partner and Portfolio ‎‎‎Manager of Fourth Sail ‎Capital, LP (“Fourth Sail”). Prior to ‎‎founding Fourth ‎Sail ‎in 2019, he spent eleven ‎years at ‎Prince Street ‎Capital ‎Management, a ‎global emerging ‎and frontier ‎‎markets fund, ‎where he was a Partner on the ‎research ‎team ‎and the ‎Portfolio ‎Manager of the Prince ‎Street Latin ‎America ‎Long/Short fund. ‎Prior to joining ‎‎Prince ‎Street, Mr. ‎Merenstein worked at ‎Lehman Brothers ‎‎and Bear Stearns. He is a magna ‎cum laude ‎graduate ‎of ‎‎the New York University Stern School of ‎Business. ‎

Mr. Gamba is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Canacol, a role ‎he has held since he founded the Corporation in 2008. Mr. Gamba has 28 years of ‎international oil and gas experience, and has previously worked for Imperial Oil, ‎Canadian Occidental Oil and Gas, Occidental Petroleum, and Alberta Energy ‎Company in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, West Africa, Canada, and Latin ‎America. He has served on the board of directors of several publicly listed and ‎private oil and gas companies where he held positions on the ESG, audit, ‎reserves, HSE and compensation committees. Mr. Gamba currently sits on the ‎board of the Asociacion Colombiana de Petroleo and Naturgas, two industry ‎groups that form upstream, midstream and downstream policy for the oil and gas ‎industry in Colombia. Mr. Gamba holds a B.Sc., M.Sc. ‎and PhD in ‎Geology‎‎.

Dr. ‎‎Winter was a co-founder of Canacol in ‎‎‎2008 and ‎brings over 30 years of ‎international ‎industry experience to the Corporation, having held a ‎‎variety of ‎‎technical, management ‎and ‎leadership roles in Latin ‎America, the Middle ‎East, ‎‎‎‎South East ‎Asia and the UK North Sea. Dr. Winter is currently the Chief Executive ‎Officer and Director of ‎‎each ‎of Horizon Petroleum ‎Ltd. and ‎Miramar ‎‎‎Hydrocarbons ‎Ltd. ‎Previously, Dr. ‎Winter ‎was the ‎founder, Chief ‎‎Executive Officer and Director ‎of ‎‎Excelsior Energy ‎‎Limited, an oil ‎sands focused ‎exploration ‎company. Dr. ‎‎Winter ‎holds a ‎‎B.Sc. in ‎Geology ‎‎from the University of ‎London, an M.Sc. ‎‎in ‎Structural ‎Geology ‎‎from Imperial College, University of ‎‎London ‎and PhD ‎in Structural ‎‎Geology from ‎‎‎Edinburgh University‎‎‎.

Mr. Diaz has close to 30 years of experience as an international executive and ‎general manager. Mr. Diaz is currently the Managing Partner at Evolvere Capital ‎SAS, a private equity firm ‎that ‎‎manages various ‎‎portfolio ‎companies in Colombia, Latin America, and ‎‎‎Spain. He is also ‎the Chairman of the Board and ‎Chair of ‎the Audit Committee ‎of Systemgroup, a financial ‎‎‎‎services company which operates ‎in seven Latin ‎‎‎American countries. Mr. Diaz previously occupied the position of ‎President and Chief Executive Officer for Organización Corona SA, and various ‎executive positions for Monsanto Company including President of the Global ‎Food Ingredients Division, Vice President of Global Strategy, and Vice President ‎and General Manager for Latin America. Mr. Diaz currently leads a foundation that ‎provides nutrition to more than 45,000 disadvantaged children in Colombia. Mr. ‎Diaz ‎‎received an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from ‎Northeastern University, a graduate degree from the J.L Kellog Graduate School of ‎Management at Northwestern University and a graduate degree from Hult ‎International Business School, Inc‎.‎‎‎‎

Mr. Elliott brings over 40 years of industry and senior leadership experience to ‎Canacol. Mr. Elliott is the past President and Founder of ‎Workstrings ‎‎‎International, a Superior ‎Energy Services, Inc. company. Mr Elliott started his ‎career at Chevron holding various engineering and management positions in ‎North America and internationally. Mr. Elliott was a ‎Charter Member of ‎Geoproduction Oil & Gas ‎Company, ‎founded ‎‎in 2001 and later acquired by ‎Canacol. Mr. Elliott holds a Petroleum ‎‎‎Engineering degree from Louisiana State ‎University‎‎.

Mr. Fernández-Tinoco brings over 30 years of senior leadership experience in the ‎telecommunication industry with positions in Corporacion Digitel and BellSouth. ‎Mr. Fernández-Tinoco is currently a director of the following organizations: ‎C.A. Fábrica Nacional de Vidrio, a glass ‎manufacturer, Corporacion Digitel, a telecom company, Maritime ‎‎Contractors de Venezuela, an ‎oil ‎drilling company, DP ‎‎Delta ‎Servicios, an oil services company, Petrodelta, a ‎joint ‎‎venture, ‎Delta Finance and Escuela Campo Alegre. ‎Mr. Fernández-Tinoco ‎‎received a degree in ‎law from Universidad ‎Católica ‎Andrés ‎Bello and an EMBA ‎from IESA.

Mr. Argento brings over 20 years of experience in the global energy industry and ‎the financial sector to Canacol.  Mr. Argento is currently one of two Managing ‎Directors at ‎Horizon Capital, ‎an advisory and principal investment firm focused ‎on ‎the ‎Latin American energy industry. Prior to joining Horizon, ‎Mr. Argento was ‎an ‎advisor to Millennium Global, a ‎London-based hedge fund group, and a partner at ‎Rubikon Partners, a mid-market private equity firm, focused on the European ‎market. Mr. Argento also worked for Newbridge, the Latin American fund of Texas ‎Pacific Group and for Salmon Brothers. In ‎‎2000, Mr. Argento was the sole ‎founder ‎of Circulo ‎Asegurador, one of the first online insurance brokers in ‎South ‎America, ‎with operations in Brazil and Argentina. Mr. Argento ‎graduated with honors in ‎Economics from Harvard ‎‎University‎‎.‎

Audit Committee

• Ariel Merenstein
• Francisco Diaz
• Gonzalo Fernández-Tinoco
• Michael Hibberd

Compensation Committee

• Ariel Merenstein
• David Winter
• Juan Argento
• Michael Hibberd

Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

• David Winter
• Francisco Diaz
• Gonzalo Fernández-Tinoco
• Gregory Dale Elliott
• Michael Hibberd

Reserves Committee

• Charle Gamba
• David Winter
• Gregory Dale Elliott

ESG Committee

• Charle Gamba
• David Winter
• Francisco Diaz
• Juan Argento
• Michael Hibberd