Fernando Araujo serves as Berry’s Chief Executive Officer and is also a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Fernando joined Berry in September 2020 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, a position he held until his appointment to CEO effective January 1, 2023. Fernando has more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining to Berry, Fernando was the Executive Director for Schlumberger Production Management (SPM), last responsible for world-wide E&P assets in 10 countries with a gross production of 280,000 BOED. From August 2000 to August 2018, Fernando worked for Apache Corporation in roles of increasing responsibility. In his last assignment with Apache, he served as the General Manager and Managing Director for Apache’s operating company in Egypt, with a gross production of 260,000 BOEPD. From 2013 to 2017, Fernando worked with Apache in Calgary, last serving as Apache’s President in Canada, focusing on the development of unconventional, conventional, and EOR fields in the Western Canadian Basin. Fernando started his professional career with Shell Oil Company in Bakersfield, California in 1991 as a production engineer, and then gained international experience with Repsol S.A. leading asset teams focused on asset development and acquisitions. Fernando graduated from Pomona College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology, then from California State Polytechnic University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, and then from California State University, with a Master of Business Administration.

Fernando currently serves on the Board of Cadence Bank (NYSE:CADE) as an independent director, as well as the Board of the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), a non-profit trade association that represents companies that account for the bulk of petroleum activity in the five western states of Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.