Board of Directors

Brian Hall has managed the Company since 1991, leading it into Russia in 1994 and successfully exiting its main project on a profitable basis in 2001. In the 1970s he was a member of the team which developed Argyll, the UK North Sea’s first producing oilfield, since which he has worked continuously in the international oil industry. Under his management Aminex has worked in Russia, the USA, Tanzania, Kenya, Egypt, Madagascar, Tunisia and Pakistan. He has served on the boards of four publicly-traded oil companies and has held executive roles in several others. He is a Chartered Accountant and was a co-founder of Halyard Offshore, an offshore industry consulting company.

Prior to joining Aminex Mr Detmer was CEO of Sibir Energy plc, where he led the company out of crisis and concluded its successful sale to Gazprom. He started his oil industry career with Mobil Oil Corporation in various positions in Russia, Latin America and the United States. Mr. Detmer holds an MBA from the Darden School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia, a BA from Vanderbilt University and attended Leningrad State University. Mr. Detmer is Senior Independent Director of Exillon Energy plc, a London-listed oil company with interests in the Russian Federation.

Mike Rego is a Petroleum Geologist. He joined Aminex in 1998 as Resident Manager in Tatarstan (Russia), becoming Group Exploration Manager in 2001 and Group Exploration Director in 2006. He has previously worked for BP, LASMO and other oil companies and has lived and worked in Russia, Libya, Egypt and USA as well as in the United Kingdom. Mike Rego is well known in the oil industry for his work on the East African Margin. He is a geology graduate from the University of Swansea, UK.

Tony Prado has been associated with companies which are now within the Aminex group since 1984 and joined Aminex full-time in 1994 as president of the group’s US subsidiaries. He has full responsibility for the Group’s operations in the USA and is also involved in the Group’s international operations. He was formerly vice-president finance at City Exploration Company of Houston, Texas and for nine years managed its Latin American operations, including oil production in the Republic of Ecuador. He has also held a number of management roles in other US oil and gas companies. Tony Prado holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix-Arizona and became a Director of Aminex in 1996.

David Hooker has managed several oil and gas exploration and production companies, including Candecca Resources Ltd, Plascom Ltd. (a subsidiary of Tarmac plc) and Aberdeen Petroleum plc. From 1993 to 1995 he was Chairman of Bakyrchic Gold plc. He is a non-executive director of Oceaneering International Inc, a US corporation, and various other companies. David Hooker was appointed a Director of Aminex in June 2001. He is a graduate of Cambridge University and holds degrees in law and geology.

Mr Tughan was Senior Partner in Tughans, the leading law firm in Northern Ireland. He has chaired property companies, Ewart Plc and Ashquay Plc and runs two housing associations in Northern Ireland. He also served as a Belfast Harbour Commissioner for ten years. He built up development and investment property interests in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. He joined the Board of Aminex in 1991 and served as Chairman to 2006/2007

Andrew Hay has spent his career in investment banking in London and New York. Since 1999 he has been Head of Corporate Finance at LCF Edmond de Rothschild Securities Ltd., the London arm of the LCF Rothschild Group. He is a graduate of Oxford University and in the past has held senior positions at both Schroders and ING Barings. Andrew Hay has been advising Aminex since 2002 and was appointed a Director in April 2007.

Keith Phair has spent the majority of his career with major international banks, with senior global product management positions in capital markets. He holds a MBA from The London Business School and has acted as a capital markets consultant to major companies and pension funds, also advising on strategic issues. He has been an active and engaged investor in various oil and gas exploration companies for many years.

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