Board of Directors

 

 

Serafino Iacono

Serafino Iacono (Co-Chairman, Executive Director)

Mr. Iacono is the Chairman, CEO and a co-founder of Coalcorp Mining Inc. He was also a co-founder of Bolivar Gold Corp. With over twenty years of experience in capital markets, he has raised more than 1 billion dollars for numerous natural resource projects internationally.

Miguel de la Campa

Miguel de la Campa (Co-Chairman, Executive Director)

Mr. de la Campa is President and a co-founder of Coalcorp Mining Inc. He was also a co-founder of Bolivar Gold Corp. Over the last twenty years, he has been involved in the financing and development of mining, oil and other resource projects in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Africa.

Ronald Pantin

Ronald Pantin (Executive Director)

Ronald Pantin has worked in the Venezuelan oil industry for 23 years. Ronald has held a number of senior positions within Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), most recently being President of PDVSA Services. Previously, Mr. Pantin was President of Enron Venezuela. He began his professional career with Maraven, where he held a variety of positions including Exploration & Production Planning Manager, Petroleum Engineering Manager, Treasurer, Operations Manager in the Production Division, and Corporate Planning Manager.

Jose Francisco Arata

Jose Francisco Arata (Executive Director)

Mr. Arata has over twenty-six years of experience in mineral and oil exploration in a number of countries in South America. He began his professional career with Maraven, an affiliate of Petroleos e Venezuela, where he held a variety of positions within the Exploration & Production Department. He has been working in the Colombian Oil Industry since 1996 and he was co-founder of Pacific Stratus Energy Corp. during 2004.

Neil Woodyer

Neil Woodyer (Director)

Mr. Woodyer is a founding partner and Managing Director of Endeavour Financial and is responsible for coordinating financial advisory mandates and investment related services. His experience in natural resource marketing and finance spans thirty years, including Chief Executive Officer positions with Lloyds International Trading, a subsidiary of Lloyds Bank, specializing in project and trade finance and commodity trading and Amalgamet’s group of New York and Latin American based metal trading and mining finance companies. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

German Efomovich (Director)

Bio coming soon!

Augusto Lopez (Director)

Mr. Lopez has worked for over 40 years in various capacities, most recently as President at Bavaria, S.A. which is Colombia's largest beverage maker. He has also held senior positions with Bavaria's investment company and Avianca, S.A., Colombia's national airline. By training, Mr. Lopez is an electrical engineer and also serves on the boards of numerous public and private South American companies.

Miguel Rodrigues

Miguel Rodrigues (Director)

Mr. Rodriguez, an independent director, has extensive experience in the private, public and academic sectors. He has served as chairman of Astra Fund and Incofin, Inc., both part of the Davos Financial Group, and is a professor of Economics at the Venezuelan Institute for Advanced Studies in Administration. In addition to consulting and advisory roles for the public sector, Mr. Rodriguez has previously acted as the President of the Central Bank of Venezuela and served as Governor to the Interamerican Development Bank, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Jose Efromovich (Director)

Bio coming soon!

John Zaozirny (Director)

Mr. Zaozirny has been Counsel to the law firm of McCarthy Tetrault LLP since 1987.  He has served as Vice-Chairman of Canaccord Capital Corporation since 1996 and is also a director of Bankers Petroleum Ltd., Bayou Bend Petroleum Ltd., Canadian Oil Sands Limited, Candax Energy Inc., Coastal Energy Company, Computer Modelling Group Ltd., Fording Canadian Coal Trust, Pengrowth Corporation, Provident Energy Ltd. and TerraVest Income Fund.  He is a Governor of the Business Council of British Columbia and a member of The Law Societies of Alberta and British Columbia.  Mr. Zaozirny was Minister of Energy and Natural Resources for the Province of Alberta from 1982 to 1986.