Directors

Mr. Foo is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of Parex. He was formerly Chief Executive Officer of Parex from September 29, 2009 to May 10, 2017 and President of Parex from September 29, 2009 to November 5, 2015. In addition, Mr. Foo was President and Chief Executive Officer of Parex’s predecessor company, Petro Andina Resources Inc. (“Petro Andina”), a TSX listed oil and gas company focused in Latin America, from 2004 to 2009 and President and Chief Executive Officer of Dominion Energy Canada Ltd. from 1998 to October 2002.

Mr. McNamara joined the Parex Board of Directors in 2016, and is currently the Board’s Vice Chair and Lead Director. Prior to retirement in 2023, Mr. McNamara was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Resources LP, a private fee title acreage owner business. Prior thereto, Mr. McNamara was the Chief Executive Officer and a director of PMI Resources Ltd. (formerly, Petromanas Energy Inc.), a public oil and gas company, from September 2010 to May 2016. From August 2005 to August 2010, Mr. McNamara was the President of BG Canada (part of the BG Group PLC, a public gas company with its head office in the United Kingdom, trading on the London Stock Exchange). Mr. McNamara also currently serves on the boards of Whitecap Resources Inc., and PrairieSky Royalty Ltd., and is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors having completed the Directors Education Program. 

Ms. Azar is a senior finance executive who is currently Senior Vice President, Head of Finance at PlayStation Studios, a division of Sony Interactive Entertainment. Prior to this role, she spent 18 years in the energy industry at Shell Plc (“Shell”), holding senior financial and commercial roles. Ms. Azar has a Bachelors’ and Masters’ degree in Economics and Finance from the American University of Beirut, is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder.

Mr. Consuegra brings extensive industry experience to Parex’s Board of Directors, with over 30 years of leadership and operational experience in the Colombian energy sector. He is actively engaged in advisory roles to several companies of this sector. Most recently, Mr. Consuegra was the Chief Operating Officer of Ecopetrol, Colombia’s national oil company and for a period of time acted as the Company´s interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Consuegra has also held executive positions at CENIT, Ecopetrol’s transportation and midstream subsidiary, where he served as President, and prior to that at Equion Energia Ltd and BP Exploration, where he contributed to strategic and operational initiatives across the value chain.

Mr. Consuegra holds a civil engineering degree from the Universidad de Cartagena and a master’s degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University.

Mr. Cornelius joined the Parex Board of Directors in 2020 and serves as Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee and is a member of the HSE and Reserves Committee. Mr. Cornelius brings over 40 years of leadership in finance and strategic management to the Board. Most recently he was President of Freeport LNG Development L.P., a company based in Houston, Texas and from 1980 to 2010, he held various senior leadership positions at ConocoPhillips Company, retiring as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2010. He has served on the board of multiple public and private companies, including Western Refining Inc., NiSource Inc., Andeavor Logistics LP, DCP Midstream LP, Parallel Energy Trust, United States Enrichment Corporation (“USEC”), Carbo Ceramics Inc. (“CARBO”), Columbia Pipeline Group Inc., and Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.

Ms. Jasinski is currently the Senior Vice President, HR & Communications at NOVA Chemicals, a role she has held since joining the Company in January 2021. Ms. Jasinski brings decades of experience through her career in the energy sector working in human resources, organizational effectiveness, and corporate strategy. Prior to NOVA Chemicals, Ms. Jasinski spent 12 years at Vermilion Energy where she was Executive Vice President, People and Culture. Before this, she held leadership roles at Royal Dutch Shell and TransCanada Pipelines specializing in strategy, leadership effectiveness, and talent management.

Ms. Jasinski holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Calgary and an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. She currently serves as Past President of the Board of Governors of the Calgary Petroleum Club and is a board member of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation. She was previously on the Board of Directors at the Calgary YWCA, where she chaired the Governance Committee.

Mr. Lawson brings extensive experience in corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, investments, and corporate restructurings, gained through senior leadership roles across the energy, finance, and legal sectors. Currently serving as the Senior Vice-President, Corporate Development and Chief Sustainability Officer at Cenovus Energy, Mr. Lawson oversees the Company’s strategic initiatives, sustainability, and stakeholder engagement efforts. Prior to Cenovus, Mr. Lawson spent 15 years at Peters & Co. Limited in a variety of senior finance roles, contributing to the firm’s success in capital markets and advisory services. Earlier in his career, he was a securities lawyer at Burnet, Duckworth and Palmer LLP, where he co-led the Securities Group and served on the firm’s executive committee.

Mr. Lawson has extensive board experience, having served on the boards of several public and private companies, as well as charitable organizations, demonstrating his commitment to governance and community service. He holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Alberta.

Mr. MacDougall is a professional engineer with over to 30 years of domestic and international oil and gas operations and senior executive management experience. Mr. MacDougall was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Vermilion Energy Corporation from 2004 to 2012 and is currently a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors having completed the Directors Education Program. 

Mr. Mohsen joined Parex as the President & Chief Executive Officer in 2021, and is accountable for the Company’s overall leadership, strategic vision and delivery of Shareholder value. With 25 years of experience in senior leadership positions, he has a proven track record of leading teams to execute growth through exploration, project management excellence, stakeholder relations.

Prior to joining Parex, Mr. Mohsen held numerous senior leadership roles at private and public companies. Most recently, Mr. Mohsen was the Chief Executive Officer at Tulip Oil Holding B.V. (“Tulip”), a private equity backed upstream company. Under his leadership, Tulip had success with near field, short-cycle time exploration and development of gas in the challenging environment of the Dutch North Sea. Prior to Tulip, Mr. Mohsen spent 15 years at Shell where he held notable roles including Development Manager for Shell’s Subsea Gulf of Mexico assets, and the General Manager, Operations for Shell’s Egypt JV (Bapetco). 

Mr. Mohsen holds an engineering degree from the Paris School of Mines. He is a former Board member of NOGEPA (Dutch E&P Producers Association) and Nextstep (Dutch Decommissioning E&P Producers Associations). 

Ms. Sylvain is a former Canadian Ambassador and Assistant Deputy Minister with 30 years of combined experience in foreign affairs, international trade and investment. She was Canada’s Ambassador to Colombia, Morocco and Mauritania and served as Assistant Deputy Minister for Europe, Africa and the Middle East as well as Assistant Deputy Minister for Strategic Planning within Global Affairs. In the private sector, she was strategic advisor to Borealis Infrastructure and the OMERS pension fund. She currently serves on the Boards of LCI Education Network, Orient Investment Properties and the Egyptian Refining Company. Ms. Sylvain is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors having completed the Directors Education Program, the (DCRO) Qualified Risk Directors Program and the (DCRO Certificate in Cyber Risk Governance).