In a kind of domino effect, In less than 48 hours they were fired from their positions at least 10 senior executives of one of the most powerful subsidiaries of the Ecopetrol group.
This is hocol, a company that has already completed three months In the midst of a storm of accusations and investigations (which even splashed Ecopetrol executives near Ricardo Roa) and that Luis Enrique Rojas Cuéllar, president of the company until last April 30, cost the position.
The rough ones
Ricardo Roa, Ecopetrol’s head; and Luis Enrique Rojas, outgoing president of Hocol. Photo:Private time/ file
Rojas Cuéllar took a step on the side of the indications that it leaked alleged irregularities in disadvantageous contracts of gas sales, dating from 2021; and accusations against him about concealment of investigations in the Prosecutor’s Office, which time revealed.
In the company, Which has in his hands key projects such as the Mamey 4 well, in sheep (Sucre), the crisis and pulse of power that is being lived was believed.
But several Of the company’s highest executives, they have just given their dismissal letters, generating uncertainty at a time when the Ecopetrol group records nine trimester of consecutive falls in their profits.
‘Successes in his new challenges’
The company He has presented the tower in his dome as ‘organizational changes’ that entered into force on May 6 with the designation of managers (temporary) in ‘The leadership team’.
Indeed, In an internal message they mention people who will be temporarily in the Steering Committee and other leadership positions. And, in the end, they thank the dismissed “for the management carried out and wishes them many successes in their new professional challenges.”
“Some of them have a conductive thread and they arrived with Dr. Rojas. But others had been in the company for years in sensitive positions, such as Germán Mutis, new businesses. to which they thank in small letter in the statement“.
He added that They fear that the managers do not have the expertise that demands a specialized work, impacting even more on the results of the company: “The alarms are for the works in investments in Mamey 4”.
This is the internal message of hocol. Photo:Time
The list
Although the statement does not say the positions occupied by the dismissed, time investigated and established that it is the drilling manager, Diego Orozco; the Vice President of Production, Renato Caicedo; the Vice President of Technical Services, Cristian Ducuara Castaño; and the North Zone Production Manager, Fernando Córdoba.
In addition, the commercial manager, Lilia Rizo, the Industrial Security Manager, orMar Espitia and the Facilities Manager, Luis Benavides. The list is closed by the supply manager, Raquel Pinto, the new business coordinator and Germán Mutis. Some include the head of Operations and the Chief of Supply, but do not appear in the statement.
From Hocol are launched by the drastic measure and their possible consequences.
Bayron Triana (der.) Accompanied Ricardo Roa and Minister of Mines, Edwin Palma A Qatar. Photo:Private archive
In addition, they say that Although a selection process was opened, in Ecopetrol they ensure that whoever replaces Rojas Cuéllar is someone very close to Ricardo Roa. This is Bayron Triana, strategy manager of the Vice Presidency of Energies for the transition of Ecopetrol.
Triana even accompanied Ricardo Roa and To Minister of Mines, Edwin Palma, to the recent trip to Doja, Qatar.
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