About Us

Alula Damte, PhD, P. Geol

PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Experience:

• Dr. Damte has 30 years of experience in the petroleum industry and related academic teaching, with deep expertise in petroleum systems analysis across basins in North, East, and West Africa; North and South America; Western and Central Europe; and Western Australia. Throughout his industry career, he has delivered solutions to structurally complex challenges ranging from basin scale evaluations to prospect level assessments. He has led the identification of petroleum opportunities, including the development of eastern Germany and Poland play concepts for CEP. At CEP, Dr. Damte has spearheaded exploration and operational initiatives, serving as lead negotiator for joint ventures and actively participating in capital raising activities.

Education:

• Ph.D., Geology, UC Santa Barbara 1997.

Other Associations:

• Board Member, Petrel Robertson Consulting Ltd.

TERENCE (TERRY) P. ZIMARO, CPA, CA

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Experience:

• Mr. Zimaro has more than 25 years of professional accounting experience. He co-founded his full-service accounting firm Weller & Zimaro CPAs in 2014 and most recently his consulting firm Fynch in 2023. Previously he spent approximately five years with an oil and gas resource company with international operations. Other experience includes working in the tax department of a publicly listed independent power producer with operations in Europe and the US. Previously he was also a manager in the audit group of a mid-tier accounting firm focusing on publicly listed audit clients, particularly in the oil and gas industry.

Education:

• BComm Accounting Major, University of Alberta, 1998
• CPA (Chartered Professional Accountant) Designation, CPA Alberta 2004

Professional Memberships:

• CPA membership in good standing with CPA Alberta

Other Associations:

• Co-Founder with Weller & Zimaro Professional Corporation, Chartered Professional Accountants
• Co-Founder with Fynch Professional Corporation, Chartered Professional Accountants
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-zimaro-cpa-ca-4b00184

ANDERS W. WITTEMANN

CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR

Experience:

• Mr. Wittemann has more than 30 years of international management consulting and oil industry experience from working with Rystad Energy, McKinsey, and Shell. He is currently an independent consultant on strategy and business development for oil & gas companies in Norway covering portfolio analysis and economic evaluations, exploration performance, and CCS. With Rystad Energy, Anders was manager of consulting services and with McKinsey he was part of the global petroleum practice. Anders was at the start of his career a reservoir engineer with Shell working in Oman and the UK.

Education:

• MEng Petroleum Engineering, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, 1991.
• MBA INSEAD, France, 1997

Other Associations:

• Independent consultant with Wittemann E&P Consulting (Norway) AS
• https://no.linkedin.com/in/anders-wittemann

David Bertram, P.Eng.

ENGINEERING ADVISOR

Experience:

• Mr. Bertram has more than 30 years of world-wide experience in petroleum engineering operations, oil and gas field appraisal & development planning, production forecasting, economics, reserves evaluation, and M&A. He worked in production operations and reservoir engineering for Home Oil until 1992, when he joined Shell International: worked in PDO (Muscat) on gas-condensate field appraisal and development planning and then was seconded to Maersk Oil (Copenhagen), where he managed petroleum engineering operations for the Tyra Centre in the Danish sector of the North Sea. Mr. Bertram then became a partner in Adams Pearson Associates (now part of RPS Energy), where he worked as a reservoir engineering specialist on world-wide projects before starting his own reservoir engineering consulting company in 2006. Mr. Bertram joined CEP in early 2009.

Education:

• BSc, Chemical Engineering, University of Calgary, 1979.

Professional Memberships:

• APEGGA, SPE.

Other Associations:

• President, Bertram Reservoir Solutions Inc.

Gregory G. Turnbull, KC

CORPORATE SECRETARY

Experience:

• Former long-time partner and managing partner at McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Peter Putnam (Chairman, Non-Executive Director)

Independent Businessman

R. Ian Molson (Deputy Chairman)

Independent Businessman

Rolf G. Skaar (Executive Director)

Central European Petroleum Ltd.

Jeffrey Harris

Independent Businessman

Francis Sommer

Partner, Pamplona Capital Management

Carlos A. Pérez-Davila

Managing Director, Quadrant Capital Advisors, Inc.