People: Barnwell Industries Inc (BRN)

BRN on American Stock Exchange

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22 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Morton Kinzler

87 2002 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

Alexander Kinzler

54 2002 President, Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel, Director

Russell Gifford

58 2003 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director

Martin Anderson

89 1985 Independent Director

James Barnwell

67 Independent Director

Murray Gardner

80 1996 Independent Director

Ahron Haspel

69 2006 Independent Director

Robert Inglima

53 2007 Independent Director

Diane Kranz

72 2003 Independent Director

Kevin Takata

56 2004 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Morton Kinzler

Mr. Morton H. Kinzler is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Barnwell Industries, Inc. He is Chairman of the Board of the Company since 1980 and Chief Executive Officer since 1971. Mr. Kinzler, an attorney, is a founder of the Company, and has served in various capacities including Vice President, Secretary, President, CEO and Chairman. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since the Company was founded.

Alexander Kinzler

Mr. Alexander C. Kinzler is President, Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel, Director of Barnwell Industries, Inc. He is President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since December 2002 and General Counsel of the Company since December 2001. Mr. Kinzler, an attorney, has been employed by the Company since 1984 in various capacities including Vice President, Executive Vice President. He has served on the boards of directors of business groups including the Hawaii Leeward Planning Conference.

Russell Gifford

Mr. Russell M. Gifford is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director of Barnwell Industries, Inc. He has been Secretary of the Company since December 2002. Executive Vice President since December 1997, Treasurer since November 1986 and Chief Financial Officer since August 1985. President of Water Resources International, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company since December 1999. Mr. Gifford, a Certified Public Accountant, has been employed by the Company since 1982 in various capacities including Vice President, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and has also served as President of the Company’s water well drilling subsidiary since 1999. Mr. Gifford has substantial financial and accounting experience, including experience working in public accounting as an auditor at Touche Ross & Company prior to his employment by the Company.

Martin Anderson

Mr. Martin Anderson is Independent Director of Barnwell Industries, Inc. He is Investor; Partner, Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel LLP, Honolulu, Hawaii (attorneys) from September 2008 until January 2011; Of Counsel from January 2007 until August 2008 and Partner from 1955 until December 2006; Distinguished Overseer, Hoover Institution of Stanford University; Trustee and Secretary, Hawaii Pacific University; Trustee, Oceanic Institute (scientific research facility).

James Barnwell

Mr. James S. Barnwell III is Independent Director of Barnwell Industries, Inc. He is Investor in oil and gas and real estate since 1967. Served on the board of directors and as president of the Larry D. Large Foundation (charitable 501(c)(3) corporation) from 2004 to 2010. Mr. Barnwell, who has a B.S. in geology and an M.B.A., spent 29 years in the telecommunications industry with AT&T and its successor Lucent Technologies. He worked in the oil and gas industry as part of the Company’s founding Barnwell, served as director of various civic organizations, including the Louisiana Chamber of Commerce and Municipal Affairs Committee Shreveport, and is a certified member of the American Production and Inventory Control Society.

Murray Gardner

Dr. Murray C. Gardner, Ph.D., is Independent Director of Barnwell Industries, Inc. He is Geothermal resource and oil and gas exploration and reservoir consultant and investor, self-employed since 1995. Dr. Gardner has a Ph.D. in geology.

Ahron Haspel

Mr. Ahron H. Haspel is Independent Director of Barnwell Industries, Inc. He is Attorney in private practice since January 2011. Of Counsel, Jones Day (attorneys) from January 2010 to January 2011; Partner, Jones Day from February 2005 to December 2010. Mr. Haspel, a Certified Public Accountant and attorney-at-law, was a partner of KPMG LLP (certified public accountants) from 1977 to 2005 and a member of KPMG’s Board of Directors and leadership team. Mr. Haspel also has experience dealing with the management and boards of directors of multinational corporations on matters of taxation, mergers and acquisitions, and this experience has been invaluable to the Company in facing complex issues and challenges.

Robert Inglima

Mr. Robert J. Inglima, Jr., is Independent Director of Barnwell Industries, Inc. He is Investor; Sole practitioner, Robert J. Inglima, Jr., Attorney-at-Law, since October 2002; Attorney in private practice since 1985. Mr. Inglima also has experience in real estate and corporate law, and has advised numerous clients on matters of business, finance and taxation as well. Mr. Inglima has experience representing clients with respect to real estate development and land use, commercial transactions, taxation, contract law, general corporate, and business formation and planning. He has represented domestic as well as international companies, government agencies and individuals in complex business transactions.

Diane Kranz

Ms. Diane G. Kranz is Independent Director of Barnwell Industries, Inc. She is Senior Partner, Kranz & Co., LLP (certified public accountants), since 1970. Ms. Kranz, a Certified Public Accountant is senior partner of an accounting firm since 1970. Ms. Kranz also has consensus-building skills from her experience in tax accounting and her service with various charitable organizations.

Kevin Takata

Mr. Kevin K. Takata is Independent Director of Barnwell Industries, Inc. He is First Deputy Prosecutor, County of Kauai, since December 3, 2012; Deputy Attorney General, State of Hawaii, from October 2010 to November 30, 2012; Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu, from 1987 to October 2010, Trials Division Chief from 1997 to 2006. Instructor, National Advocacy Center since 2000. Mr. Takata, an attorney, has broad leadership, management and consensus-building skills from his years as Trials Division Chief of the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu.

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