Manas Petroleum Corp. - Board of Directors

About Manas Our Team Board of Directors Advisors To The Board Corporate Management Local Management Mission & Strategy Code of Conduct

Heinz Juergen Klaus Scholz, Chairman

Mr. Heinz Juergen Klaus Scholz is a Physicist and Engineer. In the 1980s Mr. Scholz built factories and telecommunication networks in the Former Soviet Union. After the German Reunification he also advised Soviet Ministries regarding the negotiations on the sale of Russia's East German telecommunication network to Deutsche Telecom. He has worked in collaboration with scientific institutes in the Russian Federation. Mr. Scholz plays a critical role in targeting, appraising and subsequently acquiring the rights to major oil and gas assets in the Former Soviet Union and its satellite countries.

Dr. Werner Ladwein, Non-Executive Director

Dr. Werner Ladwein received his doctorate in Geology and Mineralogy from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and holds a MBA from the Webster University, USA.

Dr. Ladwein has more than 30 years of business experience in the oil and gas industry. From 1992 to 2004 he served OMV Group, an Austrian oil and gas company, as General Manager in Libya, Albania and Pakistan. From 2004 to 2008 Dr. Ladwein was Executive Director of Exploration and Production at Petrom, largest oil and gas producer in South Eastern Europe, and Member of the Board. Since 2009 Dr. Ladwein is an independent oil and gas consultant.

Dr. Richard Schenz, Non-Executive Director

Dr. Richard Schenz studied technical physics in Vienna and finished with a Ph.D.
In 1969 he started his career with the Austrian oil & gas company OMV, and was its CEO from 1992 to 2001. In 2001, Dr. Schenz was appointed representative for the Austrian Capital Market by the Austrian government. Dr. Schenz holds the positions of vice President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and President of the International Chamber of Commerce in Austria (ICC-Austria). In 2002, he was appointed Chairman of the Austrian commission for corporate governance.

Michael J. Velletta, Executive Director, Legal Counsel

Mr. Velletta was called to the Bar of British Columbia,Canada in 1990 and presented to the Supreme Court as a Barrister and Solicitor that same year. Mr. Velletta's private practice with the law firm of Velletta & Company, focuses on corporate and commercial law, and commercial litigation. He is a Governor of the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia, and is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, Association of international Petroleum Negotiators and the International Institute of Business Advisors. Mr. Velletta serves on the Board of Directors of several corporations and is a Governor of the University Canada West Foundation