Jason Bednar

Mr. Bednar is a Chartered Professional Accountant with ‎‎more than 25 years of direct professional experience in ‎‎‎the financial and regulatory management of oil and gas ‎‎companies listed on the TSX, TSX Venture ‎Exchange, ‎‎American Stock Exchange and Australia Stock Exchange. ‎In 2008, he was a founding director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Canacol and in 2015 he resigned from ‎this position to become Canacol’s CFO. ‎Mr. Bednar has been the CFO of ‎several international oil and gas ‎‎exploration and production companies, most notably the founding CFO of Pan Orient Energy Corp., a South East ‎Asian exploration company. He has previously sat on the ‎board of directors of ‎several internationally focused ‎‎exploration and production ‎companies. Mr. ‎Bednar ‎holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the ‎‎University of ‎Saskatchewan‎.