Charle A. Gamba founded Canacol Energy Ltd. Currently, Dr. Gamba is President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at this company. Dr. Gamba is also on the board of 5 other companies.

In his past career Dr. Gamba occupied the position of Vice President-Exploration of Occidental Petroleum Corp., Vice President-Exploration at Occidental Oil & Gas Co., Chief Executive Officer & Director at Shona Energy Co., Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer at Brazalta Resources Corp. and Geologist at Imperial Oil Ltd.

Charle A. Gamba received a doctorate from the University of Toronto.