Anthony Zaidi

Mr. Zaidi is a lawyer and businessman with significant ‎experience in corporate finance and in the mining and ‎energy sector in Colombia. Prior to joining Canacol, Mr. ‎Zaidi was the President and General Counsel of Carrao Energy Ltd., a ‎private oil and gas exploration company he co-founded ‎and co-managed until its acquisition by Canacol in ‎November 2011. Prior to Carrao Energy Ltd., he had been an officer ‎or director of several private and public companies, ‎including Integral Oil Services, Pacific Rubiales Energy, ‎Petromagdalena Energy, Medoro Resources and others, ‎as well as a securities lawyer at Blake, Cassels & Graydon ‎LLP. Mr. Zaidi is also currently a director of Arrow Exploration Corp. Mr. Zaidi holds a Juris Doctor degree from the ‎University of Toronto as well as a Bachelor of Commerce ‎‎(Finance) degree from McGill University‎‎‎.