BOGOTA, Colombia, Sept. 2, 2016 /CNW/ -- Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC:
ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) announces that civil engineer Alberto Consuegra Granger has been appointed
Vice-President of Supply and Services and that accountant Ricardo
Montes Gómez has been appointed Corporate Manager for Ecopetrol´s
Internal Audit Office.
Mr. Consuegra is a civil engineer who graduated from Cartagena
University and has a master's degree in Pavements and Construction
Management from Texas A&M
University.
His latest post was Vice-President of Exploration and Production
at Equión Energía Limited, where he also served as Vice-President
for Projects and Production.
He began his professional career in 1984 by working for Morrison
Knudsen International as a contract coordinator during the
construction of the Cerrejón project. In 1993 he joined Ecopetrol,
working in the Cartagena Refinery Projects group, afterwards, he
went on to BP Exploration, where he worked for 16 years starting as
a contract coordinator, then as procurement and contract manager,
then human resource manager for the Andean area, and the leader of
the Colombian Performance Unit.
Mr. Montes, with more than 30 years of experience in the oil and
gas industry, is a public accountant who graduated from the
Externado University of Colombia
and holds a specialty in Financial Planning and Control of Oil and
Gas Companies from Southern Methodist
University at Dallas, Texas
and a master's in Business Management from Inalde (Sabana
University).
Recently, he served as financial vice-president at Marsa Energy
Inc. and executive director at Marsa Turkey BV, an oil and gas
company, where he, as a founding partner, was involved in the
development and execution of corporate strategy. He also listed the
company at the Toronto Stock exchange (TSX-V).
He was also corporate comptroller in Value Creation Inc, in
Calgary, financial director for
Brazil and Colombia at BrazAlta Resources Corp, financial
director in Solana Resources Limited and regional financial
accounting manager and financial manager for different countries
with the Royal Dutch Shell group.
Ecopetrol is the largest company in Colombia and is an integrated oil & gas
company; it is among the top 50 oil companies in the world and
among the four top ones in Latin
America. Besides Colombia -
where it generates over 60% of the national production - it has
exploration and production activities in Brazil, Peru
& the US (Gulf of Mexico).
Ecopetrol owns the largest refinery in Colombia and most of the pipeline and
multi-product pipeline network in the country, and is significantly
increasing its participation in bio-fuels.
This release contains statements that may be considered
forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. All forward-looking statements, whether made
in this release or in future filings or press releases or orally,
address matters that involve risks and uncertainties, including in
respect of the Company's prospects for growth and its ongoing
access to capital to fund the Company's business plan, among
others. Consequently, changes in the following factors, among
others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those
included in the forward-looking statements: market prices of oil
& gas, our exploration and production activities, market
conditions, applicable regulations, the exchange rate, the
Company's competitiveness and the performance of Colombia's economy and industry, to mention a
few. We do not intend, and do not assume any obligation to update
these forward-looking statements.
For further information, please contact:
Head of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations
(A)
Lina María Contreras
Phone: (+571) 234 5190
E-mail: investors@ecopetrol.com.co
Media Relations (Colombia)
Jorge
Mauricio Tellez
Phone: + 571-234-4329
E-mail: mauricio.tellez@ecopetrol.com.co
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