Board of Directors
Our Board is comprised of four directors, all of whom are independent. Our directors bring a wealth of experience in operations, finance, law and accounting. The Board has established detailed charters to enable it to function independently of management and to facilitate open and candid discussion among the directors. The Board holds in-camera director meetings at every scheduled Board meeting, and otherwise as deemed necessary and upon the request of any of the directors.
Charter of the Board of Directors
Vance Querio joined Forza Petroleum in March 2012 and served as its West Africa Regional Manager until being appointed Chief Operating Officer in April 2015, and promoted as Chief Executive Officer in March 2016. On March 1, 2023, Vance shifted into the role of Director and non-executive Chair of Forza Petroleum.
Prior to joining Forza Petroleum, Vance worked with Addax Petroleum, where he was Chairman and Managing Director for its Nigeria Business Unit, leading Addax Petroleum’s operations as the largest independent oil company in Nigeria, with peak production capacity of 120,000 barrels per day. He previously provided executive management and professional engineering services for several oil industry companies and worked with Chevron for 20 years, in various positions, including projects in the Middle East, West Africa, North and South America and South East Asia.
Vance is a member of the Swiss section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and is also a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators and American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
He is a graduate in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University in the United States.
Mr. Camp is the Managing Director of Darb al-Iraq, a consulting firm that provides market intelligence and advisory services to persons investing in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Mr. Camp has successfully advised indigenous companies on developing management structures and strategic planning within their organizations, assisting foreign investors seeking to participate in energy projects in Iraq, and investing as a principal in start-up opportunities in the Kurdistan Region.
Some of Mr. Camp’s recent projects include the development of an integrated upstream/midstream/downstream petroleum project and the first major refinery in the Kurdistan Region.
He developed an agriculture project on 500 acres of land in the Kurdistan Region. He has also been successful in bringing a major international hotel chain into the Kurdistan Region where they will manage several projects. Mr. Camp has lived and worked in Iraq for more than 10 years.
Prior to entering the private sector, Mr. Camp held various United States Foreign Service Officer positions, including assignments in the Kurdistan Region for two years and an additional tour based in Baghdad. He served as a Director in the Office for Iraq and Afghanistan at the National Security Council at the White House.
Mr. Camp has a Masters in Management from New York University and a B.Sc. in journalism from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Dr. Janele has extensive international experience in upstream oil and gas production and exploration. He was employed at Chevron Corporation for 38 years and held assignments in Canada, Indonesia, Kuwait and the United States. During his corporate career, he gained expertise in upstream oilfield operations including Production and Reservoir Engineering, Subsurface Reservoir Characterization, Flow and Recovery Modeling, Field Asset Management, Business Planning and Applied Statistical Analysis. In his last assignment, Dr. Janele was part of an elite exploration review team that was responsible for resource volumetric estimation and risk quantification for Chevron’s global exploration portfolio. He has extensive experience in both conventional and non-conventional resources and has won numerous awards for his technical acumen and business leadership.
Dr. Janele holds a Bachelors of Applied Science from the University of British Columbia (Canada), a Master’s Degree from the University of Southern California (USA) and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta (Canada).
Mr Newman is a citizen of the United Kingdom, and studied geography at the University of Oxford before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in England.
