Ecopetrol has appointed Felipe Bayón Pardo as the company’s new president effective 15 September, following the resignation of Juan Carlos Echeverry Garzón.
Felipe Bayón Pardo. Image from Ecopetrol. |
Pardo currently leads Ecopetrol's operations as executive vice president, since he joined in February 2016.
Prior to joining Ecopetrol, he worked at BP for more than 20 years, where he held senior positions such as BP Americas senior vice president and international deepwater response director.
Pardo is a mechanical engineer with a degree from the University of Los Andes, and has more than 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, both in Colombia and abroad.
Echeverry Garzón is leaving the company due to personal reasons.
“Echeverry formed a talented management group that surpassed the goals of efficiencies and savings, and laid the foundations for the Company's growth in the long term. Among its achievements is the discovery of a new hydrocarbon province in the Colombian Caribbean, strengthening ethical and compliance management in the company, and a new strategy in key areas such as finance, projects, supply, human talent, environment And relationship with communities, among others,” says Ecopetrol.