Corey C. Ruttan is the President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Alvopetro. Previously, Mr. Ruttan was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Petrominerales Ltd. from May 2010 until Petrominerales was acquired by Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. in November 2013. Prior thereto, he was the Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Petrominerales since May 2006. From March 2000 to May 2010, Mr. Ruttan was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. and held increasingly senior positions with Petrobank since Petrobank's inception in 2000. He also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lightstream Resources Ltd. from October 2009 to May 2010. Mr. Ruttan previously served as Vice President of Caribou Capital Corp. from June 1999 to March 2000; Manager Financial Reporting of Pacalta Resources Ltd. from May 1997 to June 1999; and began his career at KPMG from September 1994 to May 1997. Mr. Ruttan obtained his Bachelor of Commerce degree majoring in Accounting from the University of Calgary in 1994 and obtained his Chartered Accountant designation in 1997.
Alison Howard is the Chief Financial Officer of Alvopetro. Ms. Howard is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience in Canadian and international taxation, accounting and finance. Ms. Howard joined Petrominerales in July 2011 as Tax Manager and was promoted to Tax Director in March 2013. From May 2008 to July 2011, Ms. Howard was the Tax Manager at Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. Prior thereto, Ms. Howard spent a number of years at Deloitte LLP in Calgary. Ms. Howard obtained her Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1999.
Adrian Audet is the Vice President, Asset Management with Alvopetro. Mr. Audet joined Petrominerales in 2013 and has held increasingly senior roles with Alvopetro since inception. Has spent extensive time in Bahia overseeing the operations, realizing extensive cost savings and improvements in efficiency. Previously, Mr. Audet has held engineering roles with increasing responsibility in the Oil and Gas industry. Mr. Audet began his career in 2006 and completed Masters & Undergraduate Degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta. Mr. Audet is a Professional Engineer registered with APEGA and a CFA Charterholder.
Nanna Eliuk is the Exploration Manager of Alvopetro. Ms. Eliuk is a Professional Geophysicist (M.Sc.) with over 23 years of diversified petroleum exploration and development experience. She has expertise in conventional and unconventional plays, in both carbonate and clastic reservoirs in different depositional and structural settings (including pre-salt) in various basins around the world. Prior to joining Alvopetro, Ms. Eliuk was the Senior Explorationist of Condor Petroleum (Kazakhstan) for two years, and prior thereto was the Vice President of Geophysics and Land for Waldron Energy. Ms. Eliuk started her career in 1997, holding progressively senior roles at Husky Energy for five years, followed by Compton Petroleum for over 6 years. Her extensive experience includes geophysical evaluation and analysis for business development opportunities and new ventures in various international basins, along with regional mapping, play fairway analysis, petroleum system evaluation, prospect definition and seismic attribute analysis. Ms. Eliuk holds a masters degree in Geology and Geophysics along with a BSc. in Geology.
Frederico Oliveira is the Brazil Country Manager with Alvopetro. Mr. Oliveira has held increasingly senior roles since 2008, and has expertise in regulations, contracts, partnerships, management and cost efficiency. Previously, held management roles in large private companies in Brazil performing strategic planning, project implementation, process restructuring, efficiency and productivity improvements and cost control. Mr. Oliveira obtained a MBA from the Federal University of Minas Gerais in 2004, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gerais.
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