Adolfo Menéndez
President

Mr. Menéndez is a co-founder of TRISTAR Petroleum, LLC. Mr. Menéndez is also Chairman of Global Management Partners, LLC a project development company, and of Princeton Energy Resources International, LLC an energy consulting company. Prior to his current duties, Mr. Menéndez was also a co-founder and President of K&M Engineering and Consulting Corporation, where he provided the leadership in company operations necessary for its successful international expansion and growth. He also served as the Managing Director of the Hub River Power Group, the development company for the first large private power project in Asia with a total generating capacity of 1292 MW. In this capacity he led the critical negotiations for the various project agreements, and the coordination and securing of the project financing
amounting to $1.5 billion. Prior to founding K&M, Mr. Menéndez was a senior project manager for international operations for Bechtel Power Corporation and has over twenty five years of experience in the management of large infrastructure projects. Mr. Menéndez has also served or is currently serving in the Board of Directors of various companies including KMR Power Corporation, an independent power producer which developed, managed and owned over 400 MW of generation capacity, and ThermoChem Recovery International, a technology company servicing the pulp and paper industry.

Can N. Toktar
Senior Vice President

Mr. Toktar is also a co-founder of TRISTAR Petroleum, LLC. He has extensive experience in the international oil and energy sectors. Mr. Toktar has held senior positions with Mobil Oil, Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), and Unocal Corporation. His experience also includes the International Emergency Agency (IEA) within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) where he served as the principal official in the oil markets directorate, and The World Bank where he was a senior petroleum engineer in the energy department.