About Us : Management Team

Frank C. Ingriselli, 55, has 30 years experience in the energy industry. Mr. Ingriselli began his career at Texaco in 1979 and held management positions in Texaco’s Producing-Eastern Hemisphere Department, Middle East/Far East Division, and Texaco’s International Exploration Company.

In 1992, Mr. Ingriselli was named President of Texaco International Operations Inc. and over the next several years directed Texaco’s global initiatives in exploration and development. In 1996, he was appointed President and CEO of the Timan Pechora Company, a Houston, Texas headquartered company owned by affiliates of Texaco, Exxon, Amoco and Norsk Hydro, which was developing the largest international investment in Russia at that time. In 1998, Mr. Ingriselli returned to Texaco's Executive Department with responsibilities for Texaco's power and gas operations, merger and acquisition activities, pipeline operations and corporate development.

In August 2000, Mr. Ingriselli was appointed President of Texaco Technology Ventures, which was responsible for all of Texaco's multi-billion dollar global technology initiatives and investments. In 2001, Mr. Ingriselli retired from Texaco after the merger with Chevron, and founded Global Venture Investments LLC, an energy consulting firm, for which Mr. Ingriselli serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer. In 2005 Mr. Ingriselli founded Pacific Asia Petroleum, Inc..

Since 1996, Mr. Ingriselli sat on the Board of the Electric Drive Transportation Association (where he was also Treasurer), the Angelino Group, and was an officer of several subsidiaries of Energy Conversion Devices Inc., a U.S. public corporation. From 2001 to 2006, he was a Director and Officer of General Energy Technologies Inc., a "technology facilitator" to Chinese industry serving the critical need for advanced energy technology and the growing demand for low cost high quality components, and Eletra Ltd, a Brazilian hybrid electric bus developer. Mr. Ingriselli has recently resigned from all of these positions in order to focus all of his time and efforts on IMPCO. He still sits on the Advisory Board of the Eurasia Foundation, a Washington D.C.-based non-profit that funds programs that build democratic and free market institutions in the new independent states of the former Soviet Union.

Mr. Ingriselli graduated from Boston University in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He also earned a Master of Business Administration degree from New York University in both Finance and International Finance in 1977 and a Juris Doctor degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1979.

Stephen F. Groth
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Stephen F. Groth, 57, has served as the Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Manager of Pacific Asia Petroleum, Inc. since its formation in August 2005, and brings to the Company more that 25 years experience in financial analysis, financial modeling, corporate reporting and financial reporting system expertise.

Mr. Groth joined Texaco, Inc. in 1979, and held positions in various financial groups at Texaco Inc., including a key position in the corporate executive group at Texaco Inc. with the unique responsibility of reviewing all of its investments and divestments (capital expenditures, acquisitions, and divestitures) greater than $10 million from 1999 until 2001. From 2001 until present, Mr. Groth served as Vice President of Global Venture Investments, LLC ("GVI"), an energy consulting firm located in White Plains, New York that is wholly-owned by Frank Ingriselli. In his roles at both Texaco and GVI, Mr. Groth reviewed billions of dollars of transactions, assuring that evaluations were done in accordance with appropriate corporate standards and that the assumptions underlying the economic valuations were valid, and he regularly advised client operating departments on appropriate ways to evaluate investment alternatives, providing support for the company's negotiation of major acquisitions and divestitures.

He received his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy in 1975 from Fordham University and his MBA in Accounting from New York University in 1977. Before joining Texaco in 1979, he worked as an auditor for Price Waterhouse, and as an internal auditor for American Airlines.

Richard Grigg
Senior Vice President and Managing Director

Richard Grigg, age 56, has 39 years experience in the petroleum and resource industries. Mr. Grigg has extensive and broad ranging experience in both the operating and service sectors of the petroleum industry as well as having extensive management and operational experience.

Most recently Mr. Grigg was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Sino Gas & Energy (SGE) based in Beijing and responsible for all activities of the company within China and in particular for negotiating SGE's operatorship of and farm in to the Linxing, San Jiao Bei and Shenfu production sharing contracts and the subsequent exploration and appraisal operations in those areas.

Prior to joining SGE, Mr. Grigg consulted for 5 years (2000-2005) to various Australian based CBM operators where he was involved in managing the project development of some of the largest Australian CBM commercialization projects including the Moranbah Gas Project in North Central Queensland for CH4 Ltd (now Arrow Energy). In 1987 Mr. Grigg founded Surtron Technologies, taking it to leadership within the resources industry in Australia and the Asia Pacific region before selling the company in 1997 to publicly listed Imdex Limited. During this period Mr. Grigg was also involved over a 6 year period (1992 to 1998) in a technology transfer venture in Vietnam and other countries in the Asia Pacific region.

Prior to 1987 Mr. Grigg worked with many of the largest multinational oilfield service companies where he gained broad ranging experience across the areas of drilling, reservoir engineering, petroleum engineering and production. These companies included Sperry Sun (now part of the Halliburton Group), Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB), Dowell Schlumberger (now Anadrill and part of the Schlumberger Group), Eastman Whipstock (now BH/Inteq and part of the Baker Hughes Group).

Mr. Grigg started his career in 1970 with West Australian Petroleum (WAPET) then owned by Texaco and Chevron and worked on the Barrow Island oilfield development gaining invaluable grass roots experience in all aspects of bring an oilfield to full commercialization.

Mr. Grigg brings to Pacific Asia Petroleum not only a broad experience within the international petroleum industry but also significant China experience developed over his 2 years as COO of SGE; a sound understanding of Chinese business culture; a large network of industry contacts; a good understanding of how to effectively operate in China; and a history of being able to "make things happen" in China. As importantly he is very familiar with all the production sharing contracts in which Pacific Asia Petroleum are acquiring an interest, in terms of both commercial and operational issues.

Elizabeth P. Smith
Director

Elizabeth P. Smith, 59, retired from Texaco Inc. as Vice President-Investor Relations and Stockholder Services in late 2001 following the Texaco's merger with Chevron Corp. Ms. Smith was also the Corporate Compliance Officer for Texaco Inc. and was a member of the Board of The Texaco Foundation.

Ms. Smith joined Texaco's Legal Department in 1976. As an attorney in the Legal Department, Ms. Smith handled administrative law matters and litigation. She served as Chairman of the American Petroleum Institute's Subcommittee on Department of Energy Law for the 1983-1985 term. Ms. Smith was appointed Director of Investor Relations for Texaco Inc. in 1984, and was named Vice President of the Corporate Communications division in 1989. On January 28, 1992, Ms. Smith was elected a Vice President of Texaco Inc. and assumed additional responsibilities as head of the company's Stockholder Services group. In 1999, Smith was named Corporate Compliance Officer for Texaco Inc.

From 1996 until present, Ms. Smith has served on the Board of Directors of INROADS/Fairfield Westchester Counties, Inc. From 2002 through 2005, she also served as a member of the Board of Families With Children From China--Greater New York, and from 2004 through 2005 as a member of the Board of The Chinese Language School of Connecticut. While at Texaco, Ms. Smith was an active member in NIRI (National Investor Relations Institute) and the NIRI Senior Roundtable. She was a member and past President of both the Investor Relations Association and the Petroleum Investor Relations Institute. Ms. Smith was a member of the Board of Trustees of Marymount College Tarrytown until 2001. She was also a member of the Board of The Education and Learning Foundation of Westchester and Putnam Counties from 1993 to 2002.

Ms. Smith graduated from Bucknell University in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, and received a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1976.

Robert C. Stempel
Director

Mr. Stempel retired as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. effective, respectively, on August 31, 2007 and on December 11, 2007. Mr. Stempel became Chairman of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. in December of 1995. Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENER) manufactures and sells thin-film solar laminates that convert sunlight to energy using proprietary technology and the company also develops NiMH batteries, fuel cells, solid hydride storage systems and phase-change memory technologies.

Mr. Stempel retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from General Motors Corporation in November 1992. He was named Chairman and CEO in August 1990. Prior to serving as Chairman, he had been President and Chief Operating Officer of General Motors since 1987.

Mr. Stempel was born July, 1933, in Trenton, New Jersey. He graduated from Bloomfield High School in New Jersey in 1951. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts in 1955. He was granted a master's degree in business administration by Michigan State University in 1970. 

After graduation from college, he began his engineering career in Bridgeport, Connecticut, with the Wire and Cable Division of General Electric Corporation. In January 1956, Mr. Stempel began his active service with the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers at the Engineering School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He completed active duty and received an honorable discharge as a First Lieutenant in January 1958. 

After joining GM's Oldsmobile Division as a Senior Detailer in the Chassis Design Department in January 1958, Mr. Stempel held various positions with Oldsmobile: 

1962 - Senior Designer 
1964 - Transmission Design Engineer 
1969 - Motor Engineer 
1972 - Assistant Chief Engineer 

Mr. Stempel was appointed Special Assistant to the President of General Motors in 1973. He joined the Engineering Department of the Chevrolet Division in 1974: 

1974 - Chief Engineer - Engine & Components 
1975 - Director of Engineering 

On November 6, 1978, Mr. Stempel was appointed General Manager of the Pontiac Motor Division and elected a Vice President of General Motors. In September 1980, he was appointed Managing Director of Adam Opel AG in Germany, with responsibility for European-sourced passenger-car operations. Two years later he returned to the U.S. and was named General Manager of Chevrolet. 

In January 1984, he was appointed Vice President and Group Executive in charge of the Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Group. In February 1986, he was elected an Executive Vice President in charge of the Worldwide Truck & Bus Group and the Overseas Group. He also became a member of the Board of Directors. He served on the Board until his retirement in November 1992.

Mr. Stempel is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He is also a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the Engineering Society of Detroit, and a Life Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In October 2001 he was awarded the Golden Omega Award for important contributions to technical progress in the electrical/electronics field. In November 2001 he was awarded the Soichiro Honda Medal for significant engineering contributions in the field of personal transportation. 

Mr. Stempel serves as Chairman of the National Commission Against Drunk Driving headquartered in Washington, D.C., and Chairman of the Council of Great Lakes Industries supporting the industrial and environmental activities of the Council of Great Lakes Governors. Mr. Stempel is also active in numerous community, educational and charitable groups.

James F. Link
Director

Mr. Link, 64, retired as Treasurer and Vice President of Finance and Risk Management of Texaco Inc. in late 2001 upon Texaco’s merger with Chevron Corporation.

Mr. Link earned a bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting in 1966 and a Master of Business Administration degree in 1968, both from Memphis State University. Mr. Link served from 1969 to 1971 as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Finance Corps.

He joined the Comptroller’s Department of Texaco in New York in 1971. Mr. Link was named Manager of Texaco’s Corporate Financial Reporting Office in 1979. In 1984 he was named Assistant to the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Texaco. He was named as Texaco’s Director of Corporate Finance in the Finance Department in 1986. He was appointed Assistant Treasurer of Texaco in 1989 and was named Senior Assistant Treasurer in 1991. Mr. Link assumed in 1993 the responsibilities of Fiscal Director and Comptroller of Texaco U.S.A. headquartered in Houston, Texas. In 1995, Mr. Link was elected Treasurer of Texaco and, in 1999, he was elected Vice President of Finance and Risk Management. He served as a Director of Caltex Corporation, Texaco’s refining, marketing joint venture with Chevron, which operated throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Australia. He also served as a Director of Equilon LLC, a refining, marketing joint venture with Shell Oil, operating primarily in the Western and Mid-Western United States.

Mr. Link is a Board Member of Nehemiah Commission, a not-for-profit social services agency providing services to “at-risk” children in Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut. He also is a Board Member of the Oak Hill School-CT Institute for the Blind Foundation, headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, which helps people with disabilities in communities throughout Connecticut.

William E. Dozier
Director

Mr. William Dozier has been a member of Pacific Asia Petroleum's Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Company’s Technical/Operating Committee since May 2009.  

Mr. Dozier has over 34 years of technical and operational experience in the US and the international oil and gas industry.

Since 2005, Mr. Dozier has served as an independent consultant and President of Extex Consulting, Inc. based in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Houston, Texas, and since late 2005 has also served on the Board of Directors of Evolution Petroleum Corporation, a Houston-based public company involved in the acquisition, exploitation, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas resources. 

From 1983 to 1992, Mr. Dozier was Manager of Operations Engineering for Santa Fe Minerals Inc., an independent oil and gas company.  Mr. Dozier began his career with Amoco Production Company in 1975, working in all phases of production, reservoir evaluations, drilling and completions in the Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast areas. 

Throughout his career, Mr. Dozier has been active in multiple industry and charitable groups.  Being a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) since 1973, he has served as Local Section Chairman and board member, and on three national SPE committees, where he chaired the Career Guidance Committee and the Technical Information Committee.  In addition to SPE, he has been involved in the International Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners (TIPRO), Texas Alliance of Energy Producers (TAEP), the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association (OIPA), and the California Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA) where he served on the board of directors and membership committee.  He is also a member of the Tulsa Petroleum Club, the Houston Producers Forum, and the National Association of Corporate Directors. 

Mr. Dozier also serves on the Advisory Board for Happy Hands Education Center for deaf and hearing impaired children located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Mr. Dozier is a licensed petroleum engineer in the State of Texas with a B.S. Degree in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas. 

Heidi Wong
General Manager - Business Development, Government Relations and External Affairs

Heidi Wong, 50, has 20 years of experience in business development, government liaison and commercial affairs in the Chinese energy market with Texaco and Chevron.

Ms. Wong has worked in China in the energy sector since 1988. During her 13 years of tenure with Texaco, Ms. Wong had held various key positions. She was the Director of Marketing and Government Affairs for Texaco China and general representative of Texaco in Beijing prior to the Texaco-Chevron merger. Followed the merger in 2001, Ms. Wong served as the Vice President of Business Development and External Affairs for ChevronTexaco China Energy Co. In these positions, she provided critical management expertise on the development of many profitable oil and gas exploration and production business opportunities.

Prior to joining Pacific Asia Petroleum, Inc., Ms. Wong was appointed in 2006 General Manager, Commercial and Government Affairs at Australia-based Sino Gas Energy Ltd. (SGE).

Over the last eight years, Ms. Wong has successfully spearheaded Texaco's, Chevron's and SGE's overall liaison and relationship initiatives in the exploration, development and production businesses and in particular the coal bed methane (CBM) businesses in China. She has played a key role in those companies' outreach efforts to integrate all stakeholders across the business spectrum, from government organizations, media to local communities, with an objective to maintain a politically-, socially-, and legally-favorable business environment. As the General Manager- Business Development, Government Relations and External Affairs at Pacific Asia Petroleum, Inc., she provides integral, critical support to the Company's new and existing business development projects by working in close partnership with government organizations, public community, and other interest groups to influence policy making at national, provincial, and local levels.

Ms. Wong holds an MBA degree from Wuhan University, Beijing. She is based in Pacific Asia Petroleum's Beijing office.

Clark R. Moore
Corporate Counsel

Clark R. Moore, 37, has served as Corporate Counsel to Pacific Asia Petroleum, Inc. since 2006.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Moore was an attorney at the law firms of Venture Law Group and Heller Ehrman LLP, both in Menlo Park, California, where he specialized in general corporate and transactional law. Mr. Moore currently sits on the Board of Directors of Pathways Hospice Foundation, a San Francisco Bay Area not-for-profit foundation supporting the Sunnyvale, California-based Pathways Home Health, Hospice & Private Duty organization. 

Mr. Moore graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in History, and earned his Juris Doctor degree with Distinction from Stanford Law School.

The following persons, although not considered executive officers will be key employees and consultants performing services for Pacific Asia Petroleum Inc. or one or more of its subsidiaries.


Dr. Y. M. Shum
Chief Technology Advisor and Director of Exploration

Dr. Y. M. Shum has almost 40 years experience in the international petroleum industry and is recognized as a primary expert and leader responsible for the groundbreaking achievements for the international oil industry in China. He led the first successful international discovery of oil offshore China, was responsible for the first foreign participation in the China onshore oil industry, and was responsible for the first foreign acquisition of a coal bed methane project in China.

Dr Shum received his Masters Degree in Engineering from UC Berkeley and his Doctorate in Engineering from Brown University. He joined Texaco in 1968 and held positions of greater responsibility in exploration, development and production operations around the world, with significant responsibilities for operations in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand and Kuwait. He led the team that developed the largest enhanced oil recovery operation in the history of the industry which was located in Indonesia. He was the head of Texaco’s office in Beijing for almost a decade.

Dr Shum retired from Texaco in 1999 and joined Hong Kong University as the Director of the R&D branch of the University and its Entrepreneurship Program. Dr Shum is still at Hong Kong University today, and will retire within this next year as he increasingly assumes and devotes more of his time to directing technical operations for Pacific Asia Petroleum and its subsidiaries.

Christopher B. Sherwood
Director Petroleum Operations

Christopher B. Sherwood has over 35 years experience in the international petroleum industry, successfully running drilling and production operations around the world. He began his career in 1964 working as a petroleum engineer at Mobil Oil on several producing fields in Canada. He joined Texaco in 1970 and was in charge of drilling and workover activities in 2 fields in Colombia. From 1972 until 1982, Mr. Sherwood was ultimately in charge of all drilling and producing operations for Texaco in Quito, Ecuador (producing more than 200,000 BOPD). 

From 1982 until 1991, Mr. Sherwood managed all of Texaco’s drilling and producing operations in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea. From 1991 until 1995, Mr. Sherwood was Vice President in charge of all producing operations for Texaco in Western Siberia. This involved a program that navigated the extraordinary bureaucracy of Russia and successfully increased the production from a very large Russian oilfield. This successful project was featured in a front page article in the New York Times in 1993. 

From 1995 until 1997, Mr. Sherwood helped turn around to profitability a Trinidad oil producing company, in which Texaco had invested. From 1997 until 2000, Mr. Sherwood was Vice President of Operations for the Timan Pechora Company, a consortium of major western oil companies (Texaco, Exxon, Amoco and Norsk Hydro) formed to exploit some of the potentially huge reserves north of the Arctic Circle in the Nenetsky Okrug on the shore of the Pechora Gulf in the Barents Sea in northern Russia (the largest international investment in Russia at that time).

Mr. Sherwood received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College in London.