Kea Petroleumn Board of Directors

The current composition of the Board is as follows:

• Ian Gowrie-Smith (61) Chairman, Non-Executive Director

  Ian has been a founder and developer of mining and pharmaceutical public companies over the past 30 years. He was the founding Chairman of SkyePharma plc. Prior to establishing SkyePharma, Ian was founding Chairman of Medeva plc and Griffiths Bros. Limited, which listed TiO2 Corporation, a company responsible for the largest illmenite deposit in Western Australia. He was also Chairman of Rift Oil plc prior to its successful sale to Talisman Energy in 2009.

• Dr David Bennett (63) Chief Executive Officer

  Dave Bennett is the former Exploration Manager of NZOG (New Zealand Oil and Gas Ltd), a company listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange and the Australian Stock Exchange, and former Chief Executive of Austral-Pacific Energy Ltd, and a past Director of Rift Oil plc. Dave has also been a university lecturer and a government scientist, but since 1982 has been involved in oil and gas exploration in New Zealand and elsewhere around the Pacific Rim. Dave has played a prominent role in a number of successful oil and gas discoveries in New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Dave is a New Zealand resident.

• Peter Wright (40) Finance Director

  Peter Wright holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Economics from the University of Cape Town. Peter was previously Finance Director of Triple Plate Junction plc and prior to joining Triple Plate Junction, Peter acted as a consultant on audit, accountancy and corporate finance matters for a number of AIM listed companies. Peter was also previously Finance Director of Rift Oil plc prior to its successful sale to Talisman Energy in 2009.

• David Lees (62) Executive Director

  David has extensive experience in the management and promotion and financing of public companies. David was a founding Director of Griffiths Bros. Limited, Medeva plc, NamesCo plc, Rift Oil plc, SkyePharma plc and Triple Plate Junction plc, and is, together with his role in Kea Petroleum currently Chairman of Asia Digital Holdings plc, and a Director of Metis plc, Network Estates Limited and Accident Exchange plc.

• Dr John Conolly (73) Non-Executive Director

  Dr John Conolly is the Executive Chairman of Rawson Resources Limited, a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. John has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry in Australian and international arenas. Between 1980 and 1988 he was an executive director of Sydney Oil Company LimitedJohn is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia and an associate of the Energy & Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah’s College of Engineering. Throughout his career John has published widely and has consulted to Australian government agencies and the oil industry.

• John Bentley (61) Non-Executive Director

  John has over 30 years experience in the natural resources sector in Africa, South America, North America and Europe including 20 years with the Gencor Group and Energy Africa Limited, which he took through the listing process in South Africa. John was Chief Executive Officer of Energy Africa for five years, building it up to be one of the leading independent exploration and production companies in the region. John is currently chairman or director of a number of public companies including Artumas Group Inc, Faroe Petroleum plc, Resaca Exploitation Inc, CDS Oil & Gas Group plc and Scotgold Resources Ltd. John was previously a Non-Executive Director of Rift Oil plc.

• Peter Mikkelsen (57) Non-Executive Director

  Peter is a geologist with 30 years of upstream oil industry experience, including 15 years at exploration manager level or equivalent. Peter joined Carless Exploration Ltd, working on its UK onshore and offshore portfolio and was primarily responsible for onshore discoveries in the early 1980s. Peter became Vice President of Exploration of Carless’s US subsidiary in 1986 and then returned to the UK to join Brabant in 1988. As exploration director, Peter was involved in a number of North Sea discoveries, including Malory, Hannay and Goldeneye, together with an expansion of Brabant’s international portfolio into Europe and Tunisia.

  Since leaving Brabant/EDC in 1999, Peter now specialises in the initiation and development of exploration projects at an early stage, particularly in regional evaluation, government negotiation and licence application. Peter was previously a Non-Executive Director of Rift Oil plc.