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Corporate profile
Petrodorado Energy Ltd. ("Petrodorado") is a public Canadian international oil exploration
company with oil operations in South America. To date, Petrodorado has been successful in
acquiring high quality exploration blocks with significant drilling upside in Colombia, Peru and
Paraguay. The mandate of Petrodorado is to utilize its operational expertise to grow through
exploration in each of its focus countries.
Petrodorado's senior management team and board of directors has over 150 years of combined
international oil and gas experience, with technical and direct operating experience and exploration
success in South America, including developing significant fields in excess of 100,000 boe/d.
In addition, Petrodorado has extensive connections and access to assets in South America, along
with strong strategic relationships with oil and gas service companies operating in the region.
The experience and relationships of its management team and board of directors has allowed
Petrodorado to assemble a significant and diverse group of oil and gas concessions in Colombia,
Peru and Paraguay.
Management
Krishna Vathyam - President, CEO and Director
* Over 25 years of international oil and gas experience with Schlumberger
* Experience includes management, operations, field developments, production enhancement and heavy oil
* Country Manager in Colombia and Venezuela (operations, financial, regulatory and security)
* Executive level peer network with Pacific Rubiales, Sincor, PDVSA, StatoilHydro, ONGC, Ecopetrol, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, M-I Swaco and TransOcean
Daniel Belot - Chief Financial Officer
* 25 years of oil and gas finance experience
* Previous experience includes co-founder and Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Trafalgar Energy (TSX: C$100MM)
* Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Baytex Energy Trust (TSX: C$2,800MM) and Manager Investor Relations of Pengrowth Energy Trust (TSX/NYSE: C$3,000MM)
Max Rolla - Vice President Exploration
* 23 years of oil and gas experience with Maraven (PDVSA), Amoco, ConocoPhillips and StatoilHydro
* Masters Degree in Geophysical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines in 1995
* Executive level peer network with Pacific Rubiales, BPZ and StatoilHydro
Arturo Lara - Chief Geoscientist
* 30 years of oil and gas experience in South America with Maraven, Total and Gazprom
* Masters in geology from IFP (French Institute of Petroleum)
* Expertise in exploration geology play and location identification
* Executive level peer network with Pacific Rubiales, Gazprom, Total, PDVSA and Maraven
V.C. Mohan - Consulting Chief Geophysicist
* 50 years of oil and gas experience with ONGC
* Founder of ONGC's geophysical processing centre, discovered KG Basin (India) and initiated ONGC Videsh
* Executive level peer network with ONGC and OVL
Board of directors
Robert Cross
* Co-founder and Chairman of Bankers Petroleum and Director of BNK Petroleum
* Previously Chairman of Northern Orion Resources and co-founder and Chairman of B2Gold Corp
* Has created value for shareholders of Northern Orion (CAGR 153%), Bankers (CAGR 63%) and EAGC Ventures (CAGR 947%)
Doug Urch
* Chief Financial Officer of Bankers Petroleum
* Over 25 years of oil and gas experience and previously the Chief Financial Officer of Rally Energy
Gregg Vernon
* 30 years of oil and gas experience with 20 years of experience with Schlumberger
* Co-founder of Petro Andina Resources and founder and Chairman of Prospero Hydrocarbons, a public oil company recently acquired by Alange Energy in September 2009
Young Bae Ku
* Founder and CEO of Gmarket, a NASDAQ listed company, which was recently acquired by Ebay (US$1.2bn)
* 10 years of experience working for Schlumberger