Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> May 6, 2002

Robert Gerry Iii – Vaalco Energy Inc (veix)

ROBERT L. GERRY III has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Vaalco Energy, Inc., since August 1997. Until August 1997, Mr. Gerry had been Vice Chairman of Nuevo Energy Company from February 1994, prior to which he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Nuevo since its formation in March 1990. He has been Senior Vice President of Energy Assets International Corporation since January 1989. For 10 years prior to joining EAIC, Mr. Gerry was active as an independent investor concentrating on energy investments. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Nuevo Energy Company, a position he has held since 1990, and Earth Satellite Corporation and as a trustee of Texas Children's Hospital. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of VAALCO

and then a picture of what you're doing at the present time?

Mr. Gerry: VAALCO was founded in the mid-1980s offshore