MANAGEMENT

James L. Payne

• Former Chairman, President and CEO of Nuevo Energy Company, October 2001 to May 2004

• Former Vice Chairman of Devon Energy Corporation, September 2000 to January 2001

• Former Chairman, President and CEO of Santa Fe Energy and successors, 1989 to 1999

• International and Domestic Exploration and Operating career of 23 years with Chevron

• Currently a director of Nabors Industries, Inc.

John R. Womack

• Ex-Director of Land and Worldwide Negotiations at Nuevo Energy Company

• Ex-President of Petrolera Santa Fe Energy, Santa Fe’s wholly-owned subsidiary operating in Argentina where Mr. Womack resided until 2001

• Former Vice President of Land and Business Development at Santa Fe Energy

• Former President of Cherokee Resources, a private oil and gas company (partially owned by Santa Fe Energy)

• 18 years experience with Union Texas Petroleum in various management positions

Larry D. Leavell

• Former President of Devon Energy – Indonesia

• Former Officer on the Indonesia Petroleum Association Board of Directors

• Former Corporate Manager (Health, Safety & Environmental, Heavy Oil Upgrading, Marketing, International Production Manager) for Santa Fe Energy, over 30-year career

Mike Wilkes

• Chief Financial Officer 

• Controller at Shona since December 2008 

• Former Chief Financial Officer and Controller for Nuevo Energy Company from 2003 to 2004 

• Former Controller of Santa Fe Energy Company from 1985 to 2000 

David Gian

• Treasurer

• Graduated from Baylor University in 2003 with a BBA in International Business and Economics; MBA from the Acton School of Business in Austin, Texas

• During an eight-year tenure at Oil States Industries, Inc., Mr. Gian served as District Sales Manager for North Sea, Commonwealth of Independent States, Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean markets at Oil States Industries, Inc.  

• Former Business Development Manager at Oil States Industries  

Shetal Mentlewski

• VP Administration/Legal

• Director of Corporate Development / Environmental Affairs

• Corporate Secretary

• Former Environmental Process Engineer for Halliburton Kellogg Brown & Root

• Former Oil and Gas Joint Venture Auditor for Marathon Oil Company

• Received J.D. from South Texas College of Law and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University

Ricardo Mendieta

• Vice – President, Colombia, Geologist, MSc Exploration Geophysics

• Former Vice – President for Latin America of ION Geophysical Corporation

• Former Operations Vice - President for Latin America of Halliburton (Technology and consulting Div)

• Served as Shona ´s Country Manager in Colombia since July 2007

• Previously worked in different international positions with Ecopetrol, Shell - TNO, Baker, and Occidental

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

James L. Payne, Chairman 

• See Management

Jordan R. Smith, Director

• Served as the President and CEO, Ramshorn Investments, Ltd., the exploration and production subsidiary of Nabors International, Ltd.
• Previously served as an exploration executive for Chevron, Forest Oil Corporation, Wolf Oil and Energetics Inc.

• Serves as a Director of Clayton Williams Energy and Delta Petroleum Corp.

Gary R. Petersen, Director

• Serves on the board of directors of several EnCap portfolio companies and is a member of the board of Plains All American, Inc. (NYSE: PAA) and EV Energy Partners (Nasdaq: EVEP).
• Member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America and the Houston Producers’ Forum.

Edgar G. Hotard, Director

• Currently, General Partner of HAO Capital and Chairman of the Monitor Group China and Senior Advisor to the Monitor Group.
• Former President & COO of Praxair Industries (US $5 Billion worldwide gases and medical service company operating in 40 countries)
• Serves as a Director of Global Industries and Albany International Corp.

Gregory D. Elliott, Director

• Serves as manager of Geoproduction and President of Workstrings, LLC and Superior Inspection Services – SIS (both Superior Energy Services Companies with operations throughout the Americas)
• Petroleum engineer with 15 years experience working with Chevron prior to founding Workstrings in 1997.

Ted M. Anthony, Director

• Serves as a managing partner of Babineaux, Poche’, Anthony & Slavich, LLC, as well as General Counsel of Geoproduction.
• Previously served as managing partner of Perret Doise, APLC, as well as a petroleum engineer for Marathon Oil Company, Inc. •Serves as a Director of Louisiana Reserve Development Corporation.