Terry Thoem (age 65), Vice President, Health, Safety and Environment
Mr. Thoem has served as Frontera’s Vice President, Health, Safety and Environment since January 2000. Mr. Thoem has almost 40 years of professional and managerial experience in the environmental, health and safety field working in 35 countries all over the world. This includes 23 years with Conoco Inc. where he served as Conoco’s corporate environmental manager and upstream international HSE manager; 10 years with the US Environmental Protection Agency, and; 5 years of consulting for international energy companies.
During his career Mr. Thoem also served leading roles in a number of global industry groups and trade organizations, including the International Oil and Gas Producers Association (OGP, formerly E&P Forum), SPE, API, and the Western Hemisphere EH&S Forum. He has worked closely with organizations such as Conservation International, Conservation Fund, WWF, and World Bank. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering (BS Iowa State University) and Environmental Engineering (MS University of Washington).
In 1999, Mr. Thoem founded Thoem and Associates, an Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S) consultancy firm. He maintains this practice in addition to his duties at Frontera.