BOGOTA,
Colombia, Oct. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecopetrol
S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) announces that the following senior
management appointment was made effective as of October 16, 2024:
Carlos Mauricio Avila Saldarriaga
has been appointed as Vice President of Subsidiaries and Assets
with Partners. Carlos is a Petroleum Engineer from Universidad
América, with further education in finance, project management and
production operations. He has more than 28 years of experience in
the hydrocarbons sector. He started his career in Ecopetrol as a
Production Engineer and pursued other management positions in the
New Business division. Additionally, he has held leadership roles
in companies such as Occidental de Colombia Inc., Halliburton and
Frontera Energy, serving as Senior Business Development Manager in
Halliburton and Frontera Energy.
His expertise has allowed him to structure several portfolios,
perform technical, economic-financial and contractual valuation of
projects, and led interactions with diverse stakeholders, with a
managerial and strategic approach to achieve results. He has also
consolidated high-performing teams, developed national and
international exploration and production businesses, and has
structured and optimized portfolios in the Mid- Magdalena
region.
The Ecopetrol Group appreciates the work carried out by Zaring
Joemy Ocampo Barbosa as Acting Vice President and welcomes
Carlos Mauricio in this new
endeavor, wishing him success in his new position.
Ecopetrol is the largest company in Colombia and one of the main integrated energy
companies in the American continent, with more than 19,000
employees. In Colombia, it is
responsible for more than 60% of the hydrocarbon production of most
transportation, logistics, and hydrocarbon refining systems, and it
holds leading positions in the petrochemicals and gas distribution
segments. With the acquisition of 51.4% of ISA's shares, the
company participates in energy transmission, the management of
real-time systems (XM), and the Barranquilla - Cartagena coastal highway concession. At the
international level, Ecopetrol has a stake in strategic basins in
the American continent, with Drilling and Exploration operations in
the United States (Permian basin
and the Gulf of Mexico),
Brazil, and, through ISA and its
subsidiaries, Ecopetrol holds leading positions in the power
transmission business in Brazil,
Chile, Peru, and Bolivia, road concessions in
Chile, and the telecommunications
sector.
For more information, please contact:
Head of Capital Markets (a)
Lina María Contreras Mora
Email: investors@ecopetrol.com.co
Head of Corporate Communications
Marcela Ulloa
Email: marcela.ulloa@ecopetrol.com.co
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