Works to head Rancher Energy

May 23, 2006
Rancher Energy Corp., Spokane, Wash., has appointed John Works president and chief executive. He succeeds Andrei Stytsenko, who will remain as vice-president, production.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, May 23 -- Rancher Energy Corp., Spokane, Wash., has appointed John Works president and chief executive. He succeeds Andrei Stytsenko, who will remain as vice-president, production.

Works has over 23 years of experience in the global oil and gas industry as a corporate executive, investment banker, and lawyer. He was the founder and managing director of Emerging Markets Finance International LLC of Denver, Colo., and previously was senior vice-president and head of international producer finance for Shell Capital, Houston.

Prior to Shell Capital, Works served as president and chief executive of the Rompetrol Group, Bucharest, Romania.