About Us

Our objective is to lead the energy transition through the production of innovative and efficient fuels, which have a lower environmental impact and contribute to the protection of natural resources.

Luis Alberto Hincapié Carvajal

Chairman & CEO

Luis Alberto has extensive experience in developing businesses in multiple sectors, especially infrastructure, sale, and lease of aircraft, mining, oil and gas, and since 2015 Downstream.

Fernando Vargas Rubio

President

Fernando has more than 30 years of professional experience working in highly regulated environments. Prior to joining Petroil´s team, Fernando worked as the commercial attaché for Global Affairs Canada (GAC) in Colombia.

Ricardo Leal Villarreal

Business Vice President

Ricardo Business Administration, has more than 30 years of professional experience in the Financial, Real and Colombian Public Sector in national and multinational companies. 

Paola Andrea Guardiola Nuñez

Administrative and financial manager

Paola joined Petroil’s team in 2020, and currently works as the Financial & Administrative manager, where she oversees the accounting division and supervises day to day operations from the administrative point of view. 

Gabriel Manjarrés

HR manager

Gabriel has a bachelor´s degree in Clinical Psychology and a Master of Science (Msc) in Organizational Management. Gabriel has over 17 years of experience in Human Resources Management and Strategic Planning, both in the public and private sector.”

Per Christensen

International Policy & Strategy Consultant

He has for more than 30 years assisted governments and corporations throughout Europe, the Americas and the Middle East in developing and implementing country and corporate strategies.

Luis Alberto Hincapié Carvajal

Chairman & CEO

  • Luis Alberto has extensive experience in developing businesses in multiple sectors, especially infrastructure, sale, and lease of aircraft, mining, oil and gas, and since 2015 Downstream; is an experienced entrepreneur who has worked in financing and project development and risk management, creating sophisticated structures for Emerging Markets for the last 26 years, thanks to his financial formation.
  • Luis Alberto has extensive experience working with multinational organizations; high-level banking executives (commercial and investment), entrepreneurs, private investors, asset managers, non-bank financial institutions (insurance companies, private equity funds), and regulators in various countries.
  • Luis Alberto is recognized for his significant experience in the financial, commercial, and legal fields as a business structurer and contract negotiator; Due to his mature sense of responsibility, respect for human diversity, and strategic personality, he has been able to achieve proven results in different business environments in almost 30 years of work experience.

Fernando Vargas Rubio

President

  • Fernando has more than 30 years of professional experience working in highly regulated environments. Prior to joining Petroil´s team, Fernando worked as the commercial attaché for Global Affairs Canada (GAC) in Colombia. 
  • Fernando facilitated Canadian direct investment into Colombia (CDIA) in the oil, gas and mining sectors, in excess of CAD 13 billion during his 15+ years working for GAC. 
  • Fernando has held regional managerial positions in transnational corporations and actively participates in the boards of directors of companies and industry associations. 
  • Fernando holds a MSC title in Strategic Marketing from CESA, is a certified trade profesional (CITP) from Concordia University and has a Bachelor´s degree title in Business Administration from the University of Los Andes.

Ricardo Leal Villarreal

Business Vice President

  • Ricardo Business Administration, has more than 30 years of professional experience in the Financial, Real and Colombian Public Sector in national and multinational companies.
  • He has worked in important organizations such as: Chase Manhattan Bank in risk areas; GEA as Treasury Manager at Corfinsura; CEO and founder of the first broker in Colombia dedicated to trading Public Debt, Derivatives Market and Exchange Market; INTL FCStone responsible for the commercial area in the commodity markets; Constructora Nio as Commercial Vice President, marketing more than 700,000 homes and Vice President of Business of CISA, managing the assets of extinction of domain and non-productive assets of the state. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of G&J, the most important steel marketer in Colombia.
  • Ricardo has extensive experience leading teams in areas such as: commercial, marketing, credit, risk, investment banking, projects and treasury, among others.
  • Ricardo has an MBA in Marketing and Commercial Management at EUDE (European Business School), Postgraduate in International Business at EAN and Financial Management and Project Evaluation with Chasse.

Paola Andrea Guardiola Nuñez

Administrative and financial manager

Paola is a Chartered Public Accountant (CPA), with a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Financial Management from Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Colombia. Paola has more than 8 years of professional experience in different sectors of the economy, such as Health, Tourism, Industrial and in tax legislation among others. 

Paola joined Petroil’s team in 2020, and currently works as the Financial & Administrative manager, where she oversees the accounting division and supervises day to day operations from the administrative point of view.

Gabriel Manjarrés

HR manager

Gabriel has a bachelor´s degree in Clinical Psychology and a Master of Science (Msc) in Organizational Management. Gabriel has over 17 years of experience in Human Resources Management and Strategic Planning, both in the public and private sector.”

Gabriel joined Petroil´s team in September 2022, where he assumed responsibility for Human Resources Management, overseeing the well-being of employees and their families.

Per Christensen

International Policy & Strategy Consultant

Per Christensen is an international Policy & Strategy Consultant. He has for more than 30 years assisted governments and corporations throughout Europe, the Americas and the Middle East in developing and implementing country and corporate strategies, acquiring equity holdings, entering Joint Ventures, undertaking physical cargo trading of crude and crude products, and establishing other forms of Strategic Alliances. Through his network he has access to most countries in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East.

Per has worked as Chief Executive at the European Project Development, as Business Development for South Amerika at Maersk, and as Business Development and Physical Cargo Trading set-ups, at United Cargo Trading.

Per is a Certified Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming: Systems, and holds PgC in Strategic Management, University of Derby, United Kingdom.