OUR GOAL IS TO BE A GROWTH-LEADING COMPANY.
Generating superior shareholder returns, with a world class level of efficiency, in terms of low costs and lower carbon emissions.
We aim to become a net-zero emissions company by 2026 (scope 1 and 2).
We consolidate a team of professionals that is the fundamental basis of our performance-based work culture, and we forge a strong bond in the communities where we operate while developing our strategy focused on sustainability.
We aim to become a net-zero emissions company by 2026 (scope 1 and 2).
We consolidate a team of professionals that is the fundamental basis of our performance-based work culture, and we forge a strong bond in the communities where we operate while developing our strategy focused on sustainability.
WE HAVE A LEADING POSITION IN ARGENTINA WITH A CLEAR FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHALE OIL IN VACA MUERTA.
Vista is a leading independent operator, with its main assets in Vaca Muerta, the largest shale oil and shale gas play under development outside North America. The company was listed as a SPAC in Mexico in 2017 and subsequently listed on the NYSE in 2019, after having purchased two companies with a full operating platform in Argentina in 2018.
Vista’s investment thesis is to develop its high-return shale oil drilling inventory of up to 1,150 wells spanning 205,600 Vaca Muerta acres, with focus on cost efficiency and lower carbon intensity production.
Since 2018, Vista ignited a strong growth trajectory, showing solid production results to date. By December 2023, the company had tied-in 99 wells in Vaca Muerta delivering best-in-basin productivity, proving the top-quality of its acreage and its growth capabilities.
In Mexico, Vista acquired a 100% interest of the contract for block CS-01 in the Macuspana basin.
Vista’s investment thesis is to develop its high-return shale oil drilling inventory of up to 1,150 wells spanning 205,600 Vaca Muerta acres, with focus on cost efficiency and lower carbon intensity production.
Since 2018, Vista ignited a strong growth trajectory, showing solid production results to date. By December 2023, the company had tied-in 99 wells in Vaca Muerta delivering best-in-basin productivity, proving the top-quality of its acreage and its growth capabilities.
In Mexico, Vista acquired a 100% interest of the contract for block CS-01 in the Macuspana basin.
Executive Team Bios
Board of Directors Bios
Executive Team
Board of Directors
Founder – Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer
Miguel Galuccio
Currently an independent member of the board of directors of Schlumberger, a global oil services firm. Mr. Galuccio served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of YPF, Argentina's largest oil company, from May 2012 to April 2016. Under his leadership, YPF became the largest producer of hydrocarbons from shale formations outside North America.
Prior to joining YPF, Mr. Galuccio was an employee of Schlumberger and held a number of international positions in North America, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Russia, and China, serving as President of Schlumberger Production Management at the time of his departure from the company. Other senior roles held by Mr. Galuccio at Schlumberger include President of Integrated Project Management, General Manager for Mexico and Central America, and Real Time Reservoir Manager. Prior to his employment at Schlumberger, he served in various executive positions at YPF and its subsidiaries, including YPF International, where he participated in its internationalization process as Manager within Maxus Energy. Mr. Galuccio is also a founder and board member at GridX, a company that invests in next-generation biotech start-ups.
Mr. Galuccio holds a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Prior to joining YPF, Mr. Galuccio was an employee of Schlumberger and held a number of international positions in North America, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Russia, and China, serving as President of Schlumberger Production Management at the time of his departure from the company. Other senior roles held by Mr. Galuccio at Schlumberger include President of Integrated Project Management, General Manager for Mexico and Central America, and Real Time Reservoir Manager. Prior to his employment at Schlumberger, he served in various executive positions at YPF and its subsidiaries, including YPF International, where he participated in its internationalization process as Manager within Maxus Energy. Mr. Galuccio is also a founder and board member at GridX, a company that invests in next-generation biotech start-ups.
Mr. Galuccio holds a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Co-founder – Chief Financial Officer
Pablo Vera Pinto
Mr. Vera Pinto was previously the Head of Business Development at YPF Argentina from October 2012 to February 2017 and, prior to that, served as Director of Transformation at YPF from May 2012 until September 2012. Mr. Vera Pinto was a member of the board of directors at Profertil (a joint venture between Agrium of Canada and YPF to produce fertilizers), at power generation company Central Dock Sud S.A. (a joint venture between Enel of Italy, YPF, and Pan American Energy) and at gas distributor Metrogas S.A. (controlled by YPF, acquired from British Gas in 2012). Overall, Mr. Vera Pinto led the execution of over 20 mergers and acquisitions transactions during his time at YPF.
Previously, Mr. Vera Pinto worked at a private investment firm focused on restructuring acquired businesses, where he had experience as Restructuring Manager, Chief Financial Officer, and General Manager of the firm’s-controlled businesses. Mr. Vera Pinto also worked for management consultancy McKinsey & Company in Europe and investment banking firm Credit Suisse First Boston NA based in New York.
Mr. Vera Pinto holds a degree in economics from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina and an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.
Previously, Mr. Vera Pinto worked at a private investment firm focused on restructuring acquired businesses, where he had experience as Restructuring Manager, Chief Financial Officer, and General Manager of the firm’s-controlled businesses. Mr. Vera Pinto also worked for management consultancy McKinsey & Company in Europe and investment banking firm Credit Suisse First Boston NA based in New York.
Mr. Vera Pinto holds a degree in economics from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina and an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.
Co-founder – Chief Operating Officer
Juan Garoby
Mr. Garoby served as Interim Vice President of Exploration & Production of YPF from August 2016 to October 2016, Head of Drilling and Completions from April 2014 to August 2016, and Head of Unconventional from June 2012 to April 2014 (when he also served as President of YPF Servicios Petroleros S.A., a YPF-owned drilling contractor).
Prior to his time at YPF, Mr. Garoby worked at Schlumberger as Operations Manager for Europe and Africa. Mr. Garoby has also held several positions at Baker Hughes, including Director of Baker Hughes do Brasil, Country Manager of Baker Hughes Centrilift Brazil, and Country Manager of Baker Hughes Centrilift Ecuador & Peru, among others.
Mr. Garoby holds a degree in petroleum engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Prior to his time at YPF, Mr. Garoby worked at Schlumberger as Operations Manager for Europe and Africa. Mr. Garoby has also held several positions at Baker Hughes, including Director of Baker Hughes do Brasil, Country Manager of Baker Hughes Centrilift Brazil, and Country Manager of Baker Hughes Centrilift Ecuador & Peru, among others.
Mr. Garoby holds a degree in petroleum engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Co-founder – Strategic Planning & Investor Relations Officer
Alejandro Cherñacov
Mr. Cherñacov served as Chief Financial Officer at Jagercor Energy Corp, a small-cap Canadian Securities Exchange-listed E&P company, from January 2015 to February 2017.
Previously, Mr. Cherñacov served as Investor Relations Officer of YPF, where he was responsible for repositioning the company in the local and international capital markets. Mr. Cherñacov previously held several positions in the Exploration and Production Vice presidency at YPF, where his last role was being in charge of the management of the upstream portfolio in Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia.
Mr. Cherñacov holds a degree in economics from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, a master’s degree in finance from the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, and a strategic decision and risk management professional certificate from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
Previously, Mr. Cherñacov served as Investor Relations Officer of YPF, where he was responsible for repositioning the company in the local and international capital markets. Mr. Cherñacov previously held several positions in the Exploration and Production Vice presidency at YPF, where his last role was being in charge of the management of the upstream portfolio in Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia.
Mr. Cherñacov holds a degree in economics from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, a master’s degree in finance from the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, and a strategic decision and risk management professional certificate from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
Founder – Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer
Miguel Galuccio
Currently an independent member of the board of directors of Schlumberger, a global oil services firm. Mr. Galuccio served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of YPF, Argentina's largest oil company, from May 2012 to April 2016. Under his leadership, YPF became the largest producer of hydrocarbons from shale formations outside North America.
Prior to joining YPF, Mr. Galuccio was an employee of Schlumberger and held a number of international positions in North America, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Russia, and China, serving as President of Schlumberger Production Management at the time of his departure from the company. Other senior roles held by Mr. Galuccio at Schlumberger include President of Integrated Project Management, General Manager for Mexico and Central America, and Real Time Reservoir Manager. Prior to his employment at Schlumberger, he served in various executive positions at YPF and its subsidiaries, including YPF International, where he participated in its internationalization process as Manager within Maxus Energy. Mr. Galuccio is also a founder and board member at GridX, a company that invests in next-generation biotech start-ups.
Mr. Galuccio holds a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Prior to joining YPF, Mr. Galuccio was an employee of Schlumberger and held a number of international positions in North America, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Russia, and China, serving as President of Schlumberger Production Management at the time of his departure from the company. Other senior roles held by Mr. Galuccio at Schlumberger include President of Integrated Project Management, General Manager for Mexico and Central America, and Real Time Reservoir Manager. Prior to his employment at Schlumberger, he served in various executive positions at YPF and its subsidiaries, including YPF International, where he participated in its internationalization process as Manager within Maxus Energy. Mr. Galuccio is also a founder and board member at GridX, a company that invests in next-generation biotech start-ups.
Mr. Galuccio holds a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Independent Member of Vista's Board
Susan L. Segal
Was appointed President and CEO of Americas Society / Council of the Americas in 2003, after working in the private sector in Latin America and other emerging markets for more than 30 years. Prior to her current appointment, she was a Partner at Chase Capital Partners / JPMorgan Partners with a focus on private equity in Latin America and pioneering venture capital investments in the region. During her career as a banker, she focused on investment banking, founding a trading unit for emerging market bonds and, was actively involved in the Latin American debt crisis in the 1980s and 1990s, serving as President of the Board for the Advisory Committees of Chile and the Philippines. Ms. Segal is a member of the Board of Americas Society / Council of the Americas, the Tinker Foundation, Scotiabank (retiring in April 2023), Mercado Libre and Ribbit Leap Ltd., as well as Chairman of the Board of Scotiabank USA, a whollyowned private subsidiary of ScotiaBank. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Ms. Segal graduated from Sarah Lawrence University and received a master’s degree in business administration from Columbia University in the United States. In 1999, she was awarded the Orden Bernardo O’Higgins, Grado de Gran Oficial in Chile. In 2009, Colombia honored her with the Orden de San Carlos and in 2022 the Orden of Bocayá. In 2012, Mexico bestowed on her the Orden Mexicana del Águila Azteca. In 2013, the North American-Chilean Chamber of Commerce recognized her as the Honorary Chilean of the Year. In 2018, Susan was awarded Peru’s Order of “Merit for Distinguished Services” in the rank of Grand Official.
Independent Member of Vista's Board
Mauricio Doehner Cobian
Is Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Enterprise Risk Management and Social Impact at CEMEX and is a member of its Executive Committee, reporting directly to the CEO. Mr. Doehner began work with CEMEX in 1996 and has held various executive positions in areas such as Strategic Planning, Institutional Relations and Communications and Business Risk Management for Europe, Asia, Middle East, South America, and Mexico. While acting in such capacities, he has led 146 interactions and collaboration with several governments worldwide, as well as engaging in evaluation of tax structures, public policy initiatives, corporate social responsibility, communications, and crisis management. Further, he worked in Mexico’s Presidential Administration in 2000, leading its relationship with Mexican NGO’s, dealing with diverse issues such as government reforms and the national budget. Mr. Doehner also worked at Violy Byorum & Partners Investment Bank. Currently, he is the Vice President of the Mexican Employers’ Confederation (COPARMEX), Vice-president of the Confederation of Industrial Chambers (CONCAMIN) and a member of the boards of the Trust for the Americas organization affiliated to the Organization of American States (OAS), the Center of Citizen Integration (CIC), the Industrials Club of Monterrey, the Museum of Modern Art of Monterrey (MARCO), the Mexican Business Coordinating Council (CCE), the School of Social Sciences and Government at Tecnológico de Monterrey, and a member of the GAP Group within the Consejo Mexicano de Negocios (CMN). He is also a contributor to Expansión Magazine. Mr. Doehner holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Tecnológico de Monterrey, a master’s degree in business administration from IESE/IPADE, a professional certificate in competitive intelligence from the FULD Academy of Competitive Intelligence in Boston, Massachusetts and, a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School.
Independent Member of Vista's Board
Pierre-Jean Sivignon
Was an advisor to the Chairman and CEO of Carrefour Group in Paris until December 2018, where he previously held the positions of Deputy CEO, CFO and Member of the Executive Board as well as Chairman of the Board of their publicly traded subsidiary in Brazil. Prior experience includes positions as the Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Management at both Royal Philips Electronics in Amsterdam and at Faurecia (now Forvia) Group in Paris. He also held various high level financial and managerial positions with the Schlumberger Group in different locations, including New York and Paris. Mr. Sivignon served in the past as an independent director of the Supervisory Boards of Imerys, Technip FMC (both companies traded on the Paris Stock Exchange), and Imperial Brands plc (which traded on London Stock Exchange). Mr. Sivignon graduated from French baccalaureate with honors in France and received an MBA from ESSEC (Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales) also in France.
Independent Member of Vista's Board
Gerard Martellozo
Developed his career at Schlumberger for over 40 years, retiring in 2019 as Vice President of Human Resources globally. Prior to assuming this position in 2014, he served as Senior Advisor to Schlumberger’s chief executive officer, based in Houston, Texas, United States. Gérard joined Schlumberger in 1979 after completing a Master in Engineering at the Ecole Nationale Superieure de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace (Sup’Aero), France. He began his oilfield career as a wireline field engineer, quickly progressing into operations management with assignments in Spain, Italy, France, Nigeria, Algeria and Venezuela. After his experience in industry operating matters, he transitioned into Human Resources and worked with most of the company’s oilfield services business sectors over the next 20 years. From 2010 to 2012 he was HR Director of the company’s drilling group and responsible for integrating the several major oilfield services companies purchased by Schlumberger including Cameron, Smith, M-I and Geoservices. Gérard Martellozo is currently the Chairman of the Board for the Schlumberger Foundation. Before that, he joined the board of the Foundation in March 2014 to continue to lend his support to Schlumberger’s long-term commitment to promoting women in technology in the world at large. He was also co-founder of Partnerjob.com, for which he served as treasurer from 2003 to its sale in 2017 to NetExpat.
Independent Member of Vista's Board
Germán Losada
Is a Co-founder, COO and Chairman at VEMO, a leading integrated clean mobility company in Latin America. Mr. Losada has 12 years of experience in private equity, focused on the energy sector in Europe, United States and Latin America, with a strong expertise in building start-ups. He was a founding team member of Riverstone’s Latin America efforts, where he led the decarbonization growth equity and infrastructure investments. Mr. Losada serves as Chairman of VEMO and is a member of the Boards of Directors of Energía Real, White River Renewables and A2 Renovables. Previously, Mr. Losada worked in the European private equity group of First Reserve and in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs in its Global Natural Resources and Latin America groups. Mr. Losada graduated from the University of San Andres in Argentina, where he earned a degree in Business Administration.