The energy company Geopark announced the appointment of Felipe Bayón as his new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and as a member of the Board of Directors, which will be effective on June 1, 2025. This appointment occurs after Andrés Ocampo’s decision to resign for personal reasons, the company said.
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Bayón was president of Ecopetrol where he led 18,000 employees, supervised the production of approximately 700,000 barrels of daily oil and revenues of more than 30 billion dollarsand delivered record results in financial, operational and security matters.
“He is a proven and disciplined negotiator that led Ecopetrol to the Non-Conventional Basin in the United States in association with Oxy-a project that grew from 0 to approximately 150,000 BPDs gross in 4 years-, to the PRE-SAL of Ultra deep waters in Brazil in association with Shell, as well as a leadership position in the electricity transmission sector of Latin America and investments focused on renewable energies, management of water and nature -based climatic solutions “Geopark said about Bayón’s management at the head of Ecopetrol.
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In the mining-energy industry, Felipe Bayón is recognized as one of the most effective executives in Latin America.
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Bayón is a mechanical engineer. He began his career in 1991 in Shell, in field operations and projects, and then moved to BP where he worked for 21 years in increasingly important operational roles in Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, USA and the United Kingdom, including its role as CEO of Pan American Energy, one of the main private producers of hydrocarbons from Argentina, from 2005 to 2010.
He was also a member of multiple directories in the sectors of Energy, Public Services, Education and Technology.
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“I am excited and honest to join the Geopark team and have the opportunity to lead their long -term commitment to further expand its scale, capacities, financial results, and work to create the successful international energy company model successful of the future. The opportunities are great, the moment is conducive, the support is firm and the team is ready to advance. My thanks to the directory and the executive team of Geopark for its confidence in me unwavering determination to build a large company ”, Bayón said about his arrival to the company.
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The company also highlighted the contributions made by Andrés Ocampo, who served as CEO for three years and CFO for more than eight years.
On the departure of Ocampo, Sylvia Echvar, president of the Board of Directors of the company, said that “On behalf of the Board of Directors, we want to thank Andrés for his dedication for so long and his significant contribution to the company, which has solidly position us for future expansions.”.
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