BOGOTA,
Colombia, April 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecopetrol
S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) announces that the Board of
Directors, at its meeting held on April 26,
2024, made the following appointments in property:
1. Felipe Trujillo López as Vice President
Commercial and Marketing, effective as of this date. Dr. Trujillo
has been in charge of this Vice-Presidency since January 20, 2024. He is an Industrial Engineer
from Universidad Javeriana, specialist in Strategic Marketing from
CESA and Master in Business Administration from Universidad de los
Andes. He has 25 years of experience in commercial and marketing
positions, 20 of which have been in Ecopetrol in the areas of
marketing, commercialization, evaluation and structuring of new
businesses. She has held different positions within Ecopetrol, such
as National Commercialization Manager, Petrochemicals and
Industrials Manager, New Business Manager, Gas Manager and
currently Products and Petrochemicals Manager, area in charge of
the commercialization and trading of fuels and petrochemicals and
industrials produced by Ecopetrol in its refineries and
commercialized in the national and international markets.
2. Victoria Irene Sepúlveda Ballesteros as
Corporate Vice President of Human Resources, effective as of the
date hereof. Dr. Sepúlveda has been in charge of this
Vice-Presidency since January 19,
2024. She is a lawyer from the Universidad Autónoma de
Bucaramanga, with a specialization in Commercial Law from the
Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga and an MBA candidate from the
EAN; with nearly 20 years of experience in administrative and human
management positions, having extensive management of human talent
and union relations in companies and business groups in the energy
sector in Colombia. Previously,
she was the Human Resources Manager at Chilco, parent company in
Colombia of the Lipigas Group. She
has held corporate roles in business groups as Director of
Subsidiaries and Human Resources Manager.
3. María Cristina Toro
Restrepo as Legal Vice President, effective May 7, 2024. She is a lawyer from Universidad de
Caldas with specialization in Mining and Energy Law from
Universidad Externado de Colombia,
specialist in Commercial Law from Universidad de Caldas and
specialist in Tax and Customs Legislation from Universidad de
Caldas. With 28 years of experience, she has been General Secretary
of EPM, Head of the Legal Advisory Office of Metro de Bogotá,
General Secretary of Metro de Medellín, Manager of Labor Relations
Management of EPM, General Secretary and Legal Vice-President of
Grupo Energía de Bogotá, General Secretary of CHEC and Legal
Director of Aguas de Manizales. Member of Women in Connection and
of the Advisory Board of the Women and Board Leadership Community
of CESA.
Alberto Enrique Consuegra
Granger, who had been serving as Chief Operating Officer
(COO), will serve until May 10, 2024.
Rafael Guzmán, current President of Hocol, will be in charge as
acting COO as of May 11, 2024 and
until the appointment of the new position is made.
Ecopetrol S.A. thanks Alberto for his valuable management during
more than seven years in the Ecopetrol Group. His contributions to
the achievements were fundamental for the consolidation of the
strategy. Ecopetrol S.A. wishes him much success in his new
challenges.
Likewise, the Board of Directors made the following appointments
in the legal representation:
- David Alfredo Riaño Alarcón, Vice President of Low Emissions
Solutions, as legal representative and alternate commercial
representative in the first line.
- María Catalina Escobar Hoyos,
Corporate Vice President of Finance and Sustainable Value, as
alternate legal and commercial representative in the second
line.
- Nicolás Azcuénaga Ramírez, Corporate Vice President of
Strategy and New Businesses, as alternate legal and commercial
representative in the third line.
Ecopetrol is the largest company in Colombia and one of the main integrated energy
companies in the American continent, with more than 18,000
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 Mexico, 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. This
press release contains business prospect statements, operating and
financial result estimates, and statements related to Ecopetrol's
growth prospects. These are all projections and, as such, they are
based solely on the expectations of the managers regarding the
future of the company and their continued access to capital to
finance the company's business plan. The realization of said
estimates in the future depends on the behavior of market
conditions, regulations, competition, and the performance of the
Colombian economy and the industry, among other factors, and are
consequently subject to change without prior notice.
This release contains statements that may be considered
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All
forward-looking statements, whether made in this release or in
future filings or press releases, or orally, address matters that
involve risks and uncertainties, including in respect of the
Company's prospects for growth and its ongoing access to capital to
fund the Company's business plan, among others. Consequently,
changes in the following factors, among others, could cause actual
results to differ materially from those included in the
forward-looking statements: market prices of oil & gas, our
exploration, and production activities, market conditions,
applicable regulations, the exchange rate, the Company's
competitiveness and the performance of Colombia's economy and industry, to mention a
few. We do not intend and do not assume any obligation to update
these forward-looking statements.
For more information, please contact:
Head of Capital Markets
Carolina Tovar
Aragón
Email: investors@ecopetrol.com.co
Head of Corporate Communications
Marcela Ulloa
Email: marcela.ulloa@ecopetrol.com.co
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