Edouard Brain

• Chief Financial Officer and strategic business partner to senior Executive Management Team and the Board of Directors.
• Preparation and presentation for the approval of the Board annual budget, forecasts, business plans, feasibility studies, investment memoranda and all other financial and business documents as may be required from time to time by the Board.
• Management of financial consultants, auditors, and investors. Participate in pivotal decisions as they relate to strategic initiatives and operational models.
• Board Secretary, preparation, and presentation of reports for Boards of Directors & Audit Committee (monthly presentation to the Board).
• Participation in developing new business, specifically: assisting the CEO in identifying new funding opportunities. Identify strategic M&A opportunities, including acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures.
• Investor Relations and Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including investors, lenders, equity partners, and financial institutions.
• Capital Structure Optimization: Analyze and optimize the capital structure, balancing debt, equity, and hybrid instruments to maximize financial flexibility and shareholder value.
• Oversee the management and coordination of all fiscal reporting activities for the organization including organizational revenue/expense and balance sheet reports, reports to funding agencies, development, and monitoring of organizational and contract/grant budgets.
• Preparation and presentation monthly financial budgeting reports, review and analyze monthly financial results and provide recommendations. Identify, develop, and execute analysis of business initiatives.
• Oversee tax strategies.
• Cash Management: Oversee weekly cash management and Accounts Payables. Supervise Accounts Receivable management and provide guidance relating to the collection process.
• Preparation of financial statements complete with IFRS audited by E&Y Turkey and US.

• Chief Financial Officer and strategic business partner to senior Executive Management Team and key member of the Team.
• Assess and evaluate financial performance of the Company regarding long-term operational goals, budgets, and forecasts.
• Management of financial consultants, auditors, and investors. Participate in pivotal decisions as they relate to strategic initiatives and operational models.
• Interaction with and bring department into line with Board of Directors’ plans, initiatives, and recommendations.
• Implementation policies, procedures and processes as deemed appropriate by Executive Management Team.
• Preparation and presentation monthly financial budgeting reports, review and analyze monthly financial results and provide recommendations. Identify, develop, and execute analysis of business initiatives.
• Monthly operating budget and annual company operating budget.
• Provide oversight to the Finance Team to ensure the proper functioning of all systems, databases, and financial software.
• Review and ensure application of appropriate internal controls and compliance and financial procedures.
• Managing cash flow planning process and ensuring funds availability, Oversee cash, investments, and asset management.
• Representation of the Company to banks, financial partners, institutions, investors, auditors, and public officials.
• Engagement Audit Committee and/or Board of Directors to develop short term and long-term plans, projections, and budgets.

• CFO for the three subsidiaries (two in explorations and one in production under the operation of Joint Venture).
• Effective CEO nine months per year (Colombia).
• Board Secretary for Colombia subsidiaries, preparation of reports for Boards of Directors. Corporate Presentation to the Lenders and the Shareholders.
• Staff of 50 / Managing 15 people directly - 450M US$ of investments in 8 years.
• Management of relationships with all stakeholders (shareholders, local and international banks, local and Head Office auditors, local regulatory authorities, etc.).
• Active participation in the listing of M&P's Colombian oil and gas assets on the TSX in 2014.
• Management of all financial, administrative, IT and HR functions (trading of crude oil, monthly tender, accounts, reporting to head office and local authorities, consolidation, budget, controlling, treasury, installation of Oracle, relationships with JV partners, tax optimization, legal, insurance, ).
• Supervision of local teams.
• Creation of the Finance Department. Management of contractual relations with the authorities and implementation of industry standards in the financial, legal, fiscal, contractual, cash management, and cost control.
• Preparation of financial statements complete with IFRS audited by E&Y Netherlands.
• Optimization of the Latin America Group's structure (onshore/ offshore) in relation to the legal organization with Head office based in the Netherlands.
• Participation in acquisitions of new subsidiaries in Argentina, Peru and Venezuela.
• Managing financial and operational audit process with partners, specifically the Joint Operating Agreement (mainly Colombia & Peru). Able to achieve payback of 4 MUS$ for both entities.

Latin America Area (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Guatemala - newly created
position in 2002):
• Responsible for all internal controls and financial aspects of Latin America operations with focus on improving forecasting
methodologies and overall accounting integrity.
• Effective Deputy CFO in the subsidiaries 50% of the time. Developed, controlled and conducted analysis of business
performance and ongoing cost saving initiatives.
• Worked with all levels of management within the group and with the Corporate Headquarters.
• Implementation of SAP (module CO-FI) in two subsidiaries (Ecuador and Guatemala).

Statutory audits (including group reporting, quarterly reviews and annual statutory audits).
• Temporary replacement mission as

. Finance/Controller.