C Thompson - Pioneer Energy Independent Director

Mr. C. John Thompson is an Independent Director of Pioneer Energy Services Corporationration Mr. Thompson has served as one of our directors since May 2001. Mr. Thompson currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ventana Capital Advisors, Inc., a capital advisory company he founded in June 2004. He also serves as an executive officer of Siempre Energy, LLC, a small, privately held company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2017 and emerged from bankruptcy in February 2018. Mr. Thompson has 40 years of experience in the energy capital business. Mr. Thompson has worked as a business consultant, in the energy capital business with Enron, in the investment banking services business with a company he cofounded, Sagestone Capital Partners, and as the manager of the energy commercial banking business with InterFirst Bank in Houston. Mr. Thompson brings an important institutional knowledge to the Board. His work as an executive in the oil and gas industry, and his experience in the energy capital business including more than ten years in energy commercial banking, provides him with insights relating to many of the same issues facing our business, including capital markets, operational, regulatory, industry, technological, and financial. Mr. Thompson also serves as a member of the Audit Committee and qualifies as an audit committee financial expert. Mr. Thompson holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration with a major in finance from Texas Tech University and a Masters Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance and accounting from the University of Texas at Austin, which enables him to provide guidance to the Board on finance, accountingrelated and capital structure matters. Mr. Thompsons experience as founder of a capital advisory company and as a consultant provides the Board with a unique perspective into different industries and an understanding of various capital strategies. since 2001.