Sonoro Energy appoints two senior officials
Friday, June 2 2017 - 01:07 AM WIB
TSX-listed Sonoro Energy Ltd. announced Thursday that David A. Winter has been appointed to the company?s Board of Directors, and Dean Callaway has joined Sonoro as its Chief Financial Officer. Both appointments are subject to TSXV approval.
Sonoro said in a statement that Winter is currently the CEO of Horizon Petroleum Ltd., a TSXV publicly listed international oil and gas company focused on the development of European gas resources. He has over 33 years of international oil and gas industry experience in Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, North Africa, and North America. He is also a Co-Founder and Director of Canacol Energy Ltd., a publicly traded oil and gas company listed on both the Toronto and Colombia stock exchanges and a Director of private Miramar Hydrocarbons Ltd.
Winter was a founder and CEO of Excelsior Energy Ltd a junior oil sands development company which was sold in 2010. Winter acquired his extensive international oil and gas experience from senior management roles at Calvalley Petroleum, where he was Senior Vice President, Exploration and Production; and at Alberta Energy Company, where he was Vice President, International Exploration. He has also held senior management and technical positions with Canadian Occidental, Sun Oil and BP. David holds Bachelor of Science (Hons), Master of Science and Doctorate degrees in geology.
The company said that Callaway has been involved in the international energy industry for more than 23 years. Over the past 10 years he has been involved with several private and public international oil and gas companies in the role as Chief Financial Officer, including Bukit Energy (Indonesia), Sun God Resources (Mexico), PanAfrican Oil (Namibia, Congo), Gallic Energy (France, Australia), TG World (Philippines, Alaska, Niger) and TIC (Thailand). Prior to changing career paths into the junior international oil and gas sector, Callaway held senior roles in M&As and corporate planning at Terasen Pipelines; corporate and international finance at Enbridge and TransAlta; and investment banking at Merrill Lynch. Callaway holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Dalhousie University, an International MBA from Nijenrode University in the Netherlands, and a Chartered Professional Accountant designation. He replaces Darren Moulds.
?We?re focused on the successful execution of an appraisal well to offset the original LG-1 discovery well in Indonesia?s Budong Budong block this summer, as well as pursuing new opportunities in the region,? said Sonoro CEO Richard Wadsworth in the statement. ?The addition of David and Dean to our team?given their international and Indonesian experience?are a big step toward achieving those goals.?
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak