Gran Tierra Energy Inc. has announced the appointment of Tony Berthelet as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”). Berthelet is a professional engineer with over 20 years of multi-disciplinary upstream oil and gas experience and eight years of executive level leadership experience.
He has held several senior management roles focused on production, operations and asset development, including the implementation and optimisation of secondary and enhanced oil recovery projects.
Prior to joining Gran Tierra, Berthelet was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Oil and Gas Ltd., where he focused on implementing operational and organisational efficiencies while growing production and value from light oil fields in Western Canada.