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.

Adel Chaouch

Adel Chaouch

President, CEO and Director

Dr. Adel Chaouch previously headed Marathon Oil Company’s interests in the MENA region. He presided over Marathon Oil Kurdistan, a business that he has been overseeing since 2011, and in that capacity was ShaMaran’s partner in the Atrush block. He was the chairman of the consortium of private owners for the Waha operating company in Libya until early 2018. Dr. Chaouch was instrumental in establishing the mega gas hub in Equatorial Guinea and also directed the opportunity team that successfully re-entered Gabon through operated and non-operated interests in deep water exploration off the Gulf of Guinea. Dr. Chaouch was previously the director of Corporate Social Responsibility for Marathon’s worldwide activities and Sustainable Growth Manager for Marathon Central Africa Operations based in Equatorial Guinea.

Dr. Chaouch has a Ph.D. in Engineering, with a focus on Oil & Gas offshore geo-hazards, and gas hydrates from Texas A&M University and a Master of Engineering with a focus on deepwater structures from Texas A&M University, which he earned simultaneously with his Engineering degree at the E.S.T.P. in Paris, France. He is a board director of the Bi-lateral chamber of Commerce, and director of the board of Ophir Energy.

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 Chief Operating Officer of International Petroleum Corp. (“IPC”), an international oil and gas exploration and production company with a portfolio of assets located in Canada, Europe and South East Asia. William has been with IPC since 2018 as a project engineer - production operations. Preceding IPC, Mr. Lundin operated with Black Pearl Resources Inc., at its Onion Lake prospect located in Onion Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. Mr. Lundin has held mining engineering intern and intern positions with Lundin Mining Corporation and Denison Mines Corp., respectively. Mr. Lundin holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mineral Resource Engineering from Dalhousie University.

Nick Walker

Nick Walker

Director

Mr. Walker was most recently President and CEO of Lundin Energy AB, a publicly traded oil and gas company focused on Norway. Mr. Walker has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and previously served as Chief Operating officer of Africa Oil Corp., and between 1994 and 2011 worked with Talisman Energy Inc. where he held various senior roles including Executive Vice President International Operations and country manager positions in the UK and Malaysia/Vietnam. Between 2012 and 2015 he worked as Chief Operating Officer with Africa Oil Corp. and joined Lundin Energy as Senior Vice President Development and Operations in 2015. Later the same year, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer, a position he held until being appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer for Lundin Energy in January 2021. His education includes degrees in Mining Engineering from Imperial College London, Computer Science from University College London as well as an MBA from City University Business School, London.

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