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Directors & Management Directors & Management
Walter DeBoni
Stewart G. Gibson
Teck Soon Kong
Raj K. Agrawal
Robert B. Carter
Graeme Phipps
David Miller
Mike Azancot
Stephen Birrell
Sherry L. Cremer
David A. Findlater
Ian C. Hornby-Smith
George Kesteven
John Rapach
Christine Shinnie
Patrick Whitley

DIRECTORS

Walter DeBoni

Walter DeBoni

Chairman and Director of Sterling Resources Ltd.

Chairman and Director of Sterling Resources (UK) Ltd.

Independent businessman. Formerly Vice President Canada Frontier & International Business of Husky Energy Inc. Forty years experience in the oil and gas industry and has held numerous executive positions with both domestic and international corporations.

Mike Azancot

Mike Azancot

President and Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Resources Ltd.

Managing Director, Company Secretary and Director of Sterling Resources (UK) Ltd.

A Petroleum Engineer (Master of Engineering) specialising in Upstream business optimisation. 30 years of broad experience in the E&P sector holding senior management positions in International businesses with Occidental, LASMO and Petrokazakhstan in the North Sea, China, Indonesia and Kazakhstan.

Stewart Gibson

Stewart G. Gibson

Director of Sterling Resources Ltd.

Thirty-five years of broad management and technical experience encompassing all aspects of the upstream oil and gas business. Wide international experience with most focus on Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Executive positions held in companies ranging from start up independent to major.

Teck Soon Kong

Teck Soon Kong

Director of Sterling Resources Ltd.

Director of Sterling Resources (UK) Ltd.

Independent businessman.  Currently Executive Chairman of Noble Denton.  Over forty years of international oil and gas experience including senior positions with Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Nimir Petroleum, and as an Advisor in the Minister's Office of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia.

Raj K. Agrawal

Raj K. Agrawal

Director of Sterling Resources Ltd.

Forty years of industry experience. President NRG Engineering Ltd., which provides both reservoir engineering expertise and economic analysis for oil and gas properties and corporate acquisitions.

Robert Carter

Robert B. Carter

Director of Sterling Resources Ltd.

Independent businessman. Formerly, Chief Financial Officer, Cirrus Energy Corporation. Prior thereto, Vice President Finance of Vanguard Oil Corporation. Over twenty-five years experience in financial management positions in the oil and gas industry.

Graeme Phipps

Graeme Phipps

Director of Sterling Resources Ltd.

President and CEO of PetroKamchatka PLC. a public oil and gas company with assets in Kamchatka, Russia.  A professional Geologist/Geophysicist with over thirty five years of experience in the Canadian and International oil and gas industry including senior roles with Petro-Canada, Nexen, and Esso Resources (Exxon).

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David Miller

Director of Sterling Resources (UK) Ltd.

After graduating from the London School of Economics, David Miller spent the first 15 years of his career in market research and economic consultancy working for many industrial clients including Shell, ICI and BP. He then joined the British Government’s Department of Trade and Industry where, after spells dealing with the aerospace, iron and steel, and space industries, he was appointed as Licence Administrator responsible for UK oil and gas licensing. After leaving the Civil Service, he worked as a consultant for a number of oil companies before joining Sterling Resources (UK) Ltd as a Non-Executive Director.

MANAGEMENT

John Rapach

John Rapach

Chief Operating Officer of Sterling Resources Ltd.

Chief Operating Officer of Sterling Resources (UK) Ltd.

Over twenty-five years of operations experience in both offshore and onshore environments. He is an industry renowned specialist in the preparation of reserve assessments, well testing, field development and performance enhancement.

Stephen Birrell

Stephen Birrell

Vice President Romanian Operations of Sterling Resources Ltd.

Petroleum geoscientist with over twenty years of technical and management experience in the international oil and gas industry including exploration, field appraisal and development with acquisition and divestment activities.

Sherry L. Cremer

Sherry L. Cremer

Treasurer and Corporate Secretary of Sterling Resources Ltd.

Assistant Company Secretary of Sterling Resources (UK) Ltd.

Over twenty-five years in the oil and gas industry and responsible for a wide veriety of financial and corporate functions.

David Findlater

David A. Findlater

Vice President Exploration of Sterling Resources Ltd.

Vice President Exploration and Business Development of Sterling Resources (UK) Ltd.

Over twenty-five years of experience as an explorationist principally with Exxon and Veba in the UK.

Ian C. Hornby-Smith

Ian C. Hornby-Smith

Chief Financial Officer of Sterling Resources Ltd.

Vice President Finance of Sterling Resources (UK) Ltd.

Over twenty-five years of international financial experience, concentrated in the upstream oil and gas sector, where he has held senior financial positions.

George Kesteven

George Kesteven

Manager, Corporate and Investor Relations

Prior to joining Sterling in mid-2008 George was Manager, Investor Relations at PrimeWest Energy, a position he had held since 2001. Concurrent to much of his tenure with PrimeWest, he served as President/Chair of the Canadian Association of Income Funds (CAIF) from 2004 to 2008.  Prior to this he held senior roles in corporate finance and investor relations with TransCanada Pipelines and Petro-Canada respectively. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds both an MBA and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Calgary.

Christine Shinnie

Christine Shinnie

Controller of Sterling Resources (UK) Ltd.

CIMA qualified Accountant with over 15 years experience in the upstream oil and gas sector. Wide range of operator experience including Treasury, Joint Venture Accounting, Financial and Management Accounting, Business Analysis, Planning and Economic Modelling.

Patrick Whitley

Patrick Whitley

Vice President Exploration (International) of Sterling Resources (UK) Ltd.

Certified Petroleum Geologist with 35 years experience in International Exploration and Production, mostly with Conoco in major operating business units world wide.

Overseas assignments included Houston and Ponca City, USA... Cairo, Egypt... Stavanger, Norway... Chad in Africa and short term assignments to Dubai... Jakarta, Indonesia... Beijing, China... and Australia.

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