Board of Directors

Chris Bruijnzeels

Chris Bruijnzeels

Chairman and Director

Mr. Bruijnzeels was previously acting as Senior Vice President Development of Lundin Petroleum. Mr. Bruijnzeels was born in the Netherlands in 1959 and is a graduate of Delft University where he obtained a degree in Mining Engineering. Mr. Bruijnzeels joined Lundin Petroleum in 2003 and was responsible for Lundin Petroleum’s operations, reserves and the development of its asset portfolio. From 1985 until 1998, Mr. Bruijnzeels worked for Shell International in the Netherlands, Gabon and Oman in several reservoir engineering functions. In 1998, he joined PGS Reservoir Consultants in the UK where he worked as Principal Reservoir Engineer and Director of Evaluations. Mr. Bruijnzeels has over 34 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.

Garrett Soden

Garrett Soden

President, CEO and Director

Mr. Garrett Soden has worked with the Lundin Group since 2007 and has extensive experience as a senior executive and board member of various public companies in the natural resources sector. Mr. Soden is currently Chairman of Africa Energy Corp. and a Non-Executive Director of Panoro Energy ASA. He holds a BSc honors degree from the London School of Economics and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Mr. Soden has been President, CEO and Director of ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. since May 2023.

Keith C. Hill

Keith C. Hill

Director

Mr. Hill is currently President and CEO of Africa Oil Corp., a publicly traded oil and gas company focused on Africa. Mr. Hill previously served as President of Valkyries Petroleum, BlackPearl Resources and Shamaran Petroleum. Mr. Hill currently serves as a board member for several public oil and gas companies. Mr. Hill has over 30 years experience in the oil industry including over 18 years with the Lundin Group as well as international new venture management and senior exploration positions at Occidental Petroleum and Shell Oil Company. His education includes a Master of Science degree in Geology and Bachelor of Science degree in Geophysics from Michigan State University as well as an MBA from the University of St. Thomas in Houston.

Mike Ebsary

Mike Ebsary

Director

Mr. Ebsary was previously the Chief Executive Officer, and a director of Oryx Petroleum Corporation Limited during the years 2010 through 2016. Mr. Ebsary served as the Chief Financial Officer of Addax Petroleum Corporation, an international oil and gas exploration and production company, for eleven years between 1998 and 2009, after having held various positions in project finance and treasury with oil companies Elf Aquitaine and Occidental Petroleum, both in France and the United Kingdom. He began his working life in multinational banking institutions in Canada and the United Kingdom. Mr. Ebsary is a graduate of Queen’s University in Canada.

William Lundin

William Lundin

Director

Mr. Lundin is the President and Chief Executive Officer of International Petroleum Corp. (“IPC”), an international oil and gas exploration and production company with a portfolio of assets located in Canada, Malaysia and France. William has been with IPC since 2018 as a project engineer in production operations. Prior to IPC, Mr. Lundin operated with BlackPearl Resources Inc. at its Onion Lake prospect located in Onion Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. Mr. Lundin holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mineral Resource Engineering from Dalhousie University.

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