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Management

 


Robert L. Gerry III - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Gerry has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of VAALCO Energy, Inc. since August 1997.

Until August 1997, Mr. Gerry had been Vice-Chairman of Nuevo Energy Company ("Nuevo") since February 1994. Prior to being appointed Vice-Chairman of Nuevo, Mr. Gerry had served as President and Chief Operating Office of Nuevo since its formation in March 1990. Mr. Gerry had been Senior Vice President of Energy Assets International Corporation ("EAIC") since January 1989. For ten years prior to joining EAIC, Mr. Gerry was active as an independent investor concentrating on energy investments.

Mr. Gerry served on the Board of Directors of Nuevo Energy from 1990-2004 and was appointed as a member of Plains Exploration and Production Company Board of Directors in 2004. He currently serves as a Trustee of Texas Children's Hospital.


W. Russell Scheirman - President and Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Scheirman has served as the President VAALCO Energy, Inc. since 1992, and as Chief Financial Officer and a Director of the Company since 1991. From 1991 to 1992, Mr. Scheirman served as Executive Vice President of the Company.

Prior to joining VAALCO Energy, Inc., Mr. Scheirman was an Associate at McKinsey & Company, Inc. from 1989 to 1991, an investment banker with Copeland, Wickersham and Wiley from 1984 to 1989, and a Petroleum Reservoir Engineer for Exxon Company, U.S.A. from 1978 to 1984.

Mr. Scheirman holds a B.S. (Summa Cum Laude) and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University (1977 and 1978, respectively) and an M.B.A. from California Lutheran University (1984).