ZaZa Energy Corp.(ZAZA) announced that its board has appointed Ian Fay as Chief Financial Officer, replacing interim Chief Financial Officer Charles Campise, effective immediately. Fay is a Founding Partner at Odin Advisors LLC, an energy-focused financial advisory firm.
In his role as a founding partner at Odin Advisors LLC, Fay offered clients over nineteen years of mergers and acquisitions experience in the energy and natural resources sectors. Prior to Odin Advisors, Fay served as Managing Director and Head of the Energy & Natural Resources Group for the Americas at BNP Paribas, and Managing Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for RBC Capital Markets, concentrating on North American Upstream, MLP and Oil Field Services companies.
ZaZa also announced the appointment of John Hearn, Jr., as Chief Operating Officer. Hearn is one of three founders of ZaZa Energy LLC, the predecessor of ZaZa Energy Corporation, and has served as an executive and director of ZaZa since its combination with Toreador Resources Corporation in February 2012.
Prior to ZaZa, Hearn founded and became President of LARA Energy, Inc. in 1991, where he generated and marketed numerous exploration projects throughout South Texas. Hearn first began his career at Texas Oil & Gas as a staff Geologist, and then as a member of the Company's Major Play Exploration Team.
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