James B. Taylor has over 47 years experience in the oil and gas sector and has served as a Director for four publicly held oil and gas companies. Mr. Taylor served as Executive Vice President of Occidental Oil and Gas where he was responsible for the operations in 27 countries and 650,000 barrels of oil per day of production. Also while at Occidental, he was involved in the development of the 1.3 billion barrel Cano Limon discovery in the Colombian Llanos, including construction of a major trans-Andean pipeline and marine export terminal and he managed Canadian Occidental worldwide activities as Chief Operating Officer, including the discovery and development of the one-billion barrel Masila fields in Yemen and construction of a pipeline and marine export terminal. Most recently he served on the Board of Willbros Group, Inc., a worldwide engineering and pipeline construction company. In addition, Mr. Taylor was the co-founder of Solana Petroleum, a Canadian publicly traded company that had exploration activities in Colombia.
Manuel Pablo Zúñiga Pflücker
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. Zúñiga Pflücker became President and Director of BPZ upon consummation of the Merger with Navidec, Inc. in September 2004 and in May 2005 assumed the additional title of Chief Executive Officer. Immediately prior to the Merger and since its formation in 2001, Mr. Zúñiga Pflücker served as President of BPZ-Texas. Mr. Zúñiga Pflücker also served as President of BPZ & Associates, Inc., the former parent company of BPZ-Texas, from 1989 until its Merger with Navidec, Inc. in September 2004, at which time BPZ & Associates became inactive. Mr. Zúñiga Pflücker began his career with Occidental Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Zúñiga Pflücker has spent the past 20 years in the international oil and gas business, and has been involved in projects throughout Latin America and other areas of the world ranging from exploitation of marginal oil and gas fields to frontier exploration projects. He has also focused on the creative development of natural gas fields utilizing power generation and gas to liquids technology. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland as well as an M.S. in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University.
Stephen C. Beasley
Director
Stephen C. Beasley has over 30 years of diverse management experience in the energy and chemical industries. He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Eaton Group Inc., an executive solutions and strategic investment firm. Until recently, he served as President of El Paso Corporation's Eastern Pipeline Group and was a member of El Paso Corporation's nine-member Corporate Executive Committee. In his role, Mr. Beasley was Chairman and President of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company and ANR Pipeline Company – two of the largest and most complex natural gas transmission systems in the United States, which collectively transport nearly 15% of all of the natural gas consumed in the US. He also served on the Board of Directors for two of El Paso Corporation's joint venture companies – Great Lakes Transmission and Gasoductos de Chihuahua; and served on the Boards of Directors for the Southern Gas Association (SGA) and the Northeast Gas Association (NGA).
Gordon Gray
Director
Mr. Gray became a Director of BPZ upon consummation of the Merger with Navidec, Inc. in September 2004. Since 1982, Mr. Gray has served as President of Allied Crude Purchasing, Inc., a privately owned transportation company, which purchases crude oil at the well site and transports it by truck or pipeline to sales points throughout Texas and Eastern New Mexico. Mr. Gray has owned and operated oil production and oil field service businesses for over 30 years. His activities are centered in West Texas in the Permian Basin, the most productive oil and gas region in the United States.
John J. Lendrum III
Director
Mr. Lendrum became a Director of BPZ in July 2005. Mr. Lendrum was appointed in April 2005 as President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director of Torch Energy Advisors Incorporated ("Torch"), a Houston based company which specializes in the exploitation and development of oil and gas properties, mid-stream gas assets, and well servicing. From 1993 to 2005, Mr. Lendrum served as President of Rockport Resources Capital Corporation, a firm that he founded which focused on providing capital to the energy industry. During this period, he was also a principal in Star Natural Gas Company, a privately-held company with mid-stream natural gas assets. Previously, Mr. Lendrum served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Torch and in senior financial and business development roles with the Torch managed companies of Nuevo Energy Company, Energy Assets International and Bellwether Exploration. Mr. Lendrum began his career with the international public accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick and earned a BBA in Finance and completed his graduate studies in Accounting Theory at the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Lendrum will serve as Chairman of the Company's Audit Committee.
Mr. Strauch became a Director of BPZ in July 2005. Mr. Strauch has served since 2001 as Managing General Partner of Delmar Holdings, LP, a private firm which manages U.S. oil and gas properties. From 1992 to 2001, Mr. Strauch held various positions, including President and CEO, with Zarara Oil and Gas Limited and its predecessors. Zarara, a publicly traded company in the US and UK, had international oil and gas operations in Africa, the Middle East, the Far East and South America. Mr. Strauch has over 30 years experience in the oil and gas industry with extensive international and domestic technical experience in the areas of acquisitions, reservoir engineering and economic evaluations. He began his career with Schlumberger and has served in senior management and technical positions with ARAMCO, Petro Lewis, Whiting Petroleum and Geodyne Resources. Mr. Strauch holds an MBA from the University of Denver and a degree in Geophysics from the Colorado School of Mines. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado. Mr. Strauch will serve as Chairman of the Company's Compensation Committee.
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