Previously Mr. Hill was founder, President and CEO of Valkyries Petroleum Corp., a publicly traded oil and gas company which was the subject of an $800 million takeover. Mr. Hill previously served as General Manager of Lundin Oil AB's operations in Malaysia and Sudan. Mr. Hill has over 25 years experience in the oil industry including international new venture management and senior exploration positions at Occidental Petroleum and Shell Oil Company. In addition, Mr. Hill was a senior director of Tanganyika Oil which was the subject of a $2 billion takeover by Sinopec. 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.

Mr. Kabra has over 24 years experience in the oil industry including senior operational and international new venture management positions at Addax Petroleum, Lundin Oil and International Petroleum. He is a Chartered Accountant from India and has a Bachelors degree in Law from the University of Delhi, India. He has also completed his LLM in Petroleum Law and Policy from the University of Dundee, UK. Prior to his joining ShaMaran Petroleum, Mr. Kabra was working as the General Manager Kurdistan in Addax Petroleum and was involved in the development of the Taq Taq field. He was also the director of Taq Taq Operating Company Limited, the operator of the Taq Taq / Kewa Chirmila PSC in Kurdistan.

Mr. Johnstone is a Canadian Chartered Accountant and a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan, where he obtained bachelor degrees in both commerce and arts. Mr. Johnstone has a broad range of experience in the oil and gas industry. Most recently Mr. Johnstone held the position of CFO of Avante Petroleum SA, an international upstream oil and gas company with offices in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to moving to Geneva, Mr. Johnstone was employed in the audit and assurance departments of Deloitte & Touche in their Dublin, Ireland and Saskatoon, Canada offices.