People: VAALCO Energy Inc (EGY)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Robert Gerry

 74 1997 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

W. Russell Scheirman

 56 2008 President, Chief Operating Officer, Director

Gregory Hullinger

 58 2008 Chief Financial Officer

Gayla Cutrer

 70 2011 Executive Vice President, Corporate Secretary

Robert Allen

 2003 Independent Director

Frederick Brazelton

 2008 Independent Director

Luigi Caflisch

 77 2005 Independent Director

O. Donaldson Chapoton

 75 2006 Independent Director

John Myers

 54 2010 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Robert Gerry

 Mr. Robert L. Gerry is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of VAALCO Energy, Inc., since August 1997. Mr. Gerry serves on the board of directors of Integrity Bank, a formed independent bank located in Houston, Texas and on the board of Texas Children’s Hospital. Mr. Gerry is a member of the University of Texas Advisory Council. Mr. Gerry served on the board of directors of Plains Exploration and Production Company from 2004 through December 31, 2010. From February 1994 until August 1997, Mr. Gerry served as Vice-Chairman of Nuevo Energy Company. Prior to being appointed Vice-Chairman of Nuevo, Mr. Gerry had served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Nuevo since its formation in March 1990. Mr. Gerry served as Senior Vice President of Energy Assets International Corporation (“EAIC”) from January 1989 until March 1990. For ten years prior to joining EAIC, Mr. Gerry was active as an independent investor concentrating on energy investments.

W. Russell Scheirman

 Mr. W. Russell Scheirman is President, Chief Operating Officer, Director of VAALCO Energy, Inc. Mr. Scheirman has served as the President of VAALCO since 1992, and as a Director since 1991. In 2008, Mr. Scheirman was named the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. From 1991 to 1992, Mr. Scheirman served as Executive Vice President of VAALCO. Prior to joining VAALCO, Mr. Scheirman was an Associate at McKinsey & Company, Inc. from 1989 to 1991, an investment banker with Copeland, Wickersham and Wiley from 1984 to 1989, and a Petroleum Reservoir Engineer for Exxon Company, U.S.A. from 1978 to 1984. Mr. Scheirman holds a B.S. (Summa Cum Laude) and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University (1977 and 1978, respectively) and an M.B.A. from California Lutheran University (1984).

Gregory Hullinger

 Mr. Gregory R. Hullinger is Chief Financial Officer of VAALCO Energy, Inc. Mr. Hullinger joined VAALCO in October 2008 after30 years of finance and accounting experience at Shell Oil Company and its parent company, Royal Dutch Shell. Notable positions held by Mr. Hullinger at Shell Oil include Controller, Treasurer, CFO - Shell Deer Park Refining Company and CFO - Pecten Cameroon Company (West Africa). For Royal Dutch Shell, Mr. Hullinger held the positions of International Audit Manager and as the Manager for Group Accounting, the unit responsible for the financial consolidations, results and reporting. Mr. Hullinger was twice elected Chairman of the Accounting Committee of the American Petroleum Institute. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Louisiana State University.

Gayla Cutrer

 Ms. Gayla M. Cutrer is an Executive Vice President, Corporate Secretary of VAALCO Energy, Inc. Ms. Cutrer joined Alcorn International, Inc., predecessor to VAALCO Energy, Inc., in 1986 and served as executive support and administrative advisor for the newly founded international energy company. She was named to the board of directors on March 20, 1990 and served on the board during the Company’s transition from a privately held company to a publicly traded company. Ms. Cutrer was named Vice President and Corporate Secretary of VAALCO Energy, Inc. in 1990 and was named Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary of VAALCO Energy, Inc. in 2011.

Robert Allen

 Mr. Robert H. Allen is no longer Independent Director of VAALCO Energy, Inc., effective June 5, 2013. Mr. Allen is the managing partner of Challenge Investment Partners, which is active in mining ventures in Canada, Greenland, Mexico, South America and Indonesia. From 1957 to 1982 he was with Gulf Resources and Chemical Corporation, a diversified natural resource based company. During that affiliation, Mr. Allen served as Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman of the Board. In the past 20 years he has been instrumental in the start-up of several natural resource oriented companies, the most notable, Getty Resources Ltd., Toronto, Canada. Mr. Allen is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Baylor College of Medicine. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, and of the Development Council of the Mays School of Business at Texas A&M University. He has served on many boards including Federal Express Corporation and Gulf Canada Resources Ltd. He served as Chairman of the Board of Gulf Indonesia Resources Ltd., and Chairman of the Board of The University of Texas Investment Management Company. He served as Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Brown Foundation. Mr. Allen received his B.B.A. degree in 1951 from Texas A&M University. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the Texas Society of CPA’s.

Frederick Brazelton

 Mr. Frederick W. Brazelton is an Independent Director of VAALCO Energy, Inc., since June 27, 2008. Mr. Brazelton is the Co-Founder and President of Platform Partners, LLC, a private holding company that makes equity investments in middle-market companies. Prior to founding Platform in August 2006, Mr. Brazelton was a Partner of The CapStreet Group, LLC, an institutional private equity fund focused on investing in middle-market companies where he had worked from August 2000 until July 2006. Prior to joining CapStreet, Mr. Brazelton worked for the private equity firms of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst and Willis Stein & Partners after starting his career in investment banking at CS First Boston in its Natural Resources Group. Mr. Brazelton serves on the boards of directors of Landmark FBO, LLC, Encino Energy, LLC, Evergreen Environmental, LLC, Santa Barbara Tax Products Group, LLC and the Small Steps Nurturing Center. He received his BBA from the Business Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin and his MBA from Stanford University.

Luigi Caflisch

 Mr. Luigi P. Caflisch is an Independent Director VAALCO Energy, Inc., since April 6, 2005. He has spent 45 years in the petroleum industry in exploration, research and development, and management. For Gulf Oil Co., he worked in the U.S.A., Europe, North Africa, Nigeria, Angola and the Far East. In 1978, Mr. Caflisch served as Vice President of Geoman, a Gulf affiliate providing technical assistance to OPEC countries, mainly in Kuwait and Venezuela. Beginning in 1982, Mr. Caflisch served as Gulf’s General Manager for Exploration of the North Sea. After Chevron’s acquisition of Gulf in 1984, Mr. Caflisch served as Chevron’s Deputy Managing Director of Europe. Beginning in 1987, Mr. Caflisch served as Assistant to Chevron’s VP of Overseas Exploration. In 1988, he became Managing Director of Africa for Chevron and in 1995 he became Managing Director of Africa and Middle East for Chevron. As a member of Chevron’s Management Team, he shared responsibilities for directing worldwide Upstream operations. Since his retirement from Chevron in 1999, Mr. Caflisch has offered consulting and management assistance to a of companies; as a member of the board of directors or advising on target areas for exploration, acquisition or divestiture. He holds a Doctorate in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Milan.

O. Donaldson Chapoton

 Mr. O. Donaldson Chapoton is an Independent Director of VAALCO Energy, Inc., since February 15, 2006. He joined Baker Botts, LLP in early 1960’s specializing in tax law. Mr. Chapoton served as Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy at the U.S. Treasury Department from 1987 to 1989. He rejoined Baker Botts, LLP as the partner-in-charge of the firm’s Washington office in 1989 and served in that position through 2000. In 2006, Mr. Chapoton joined Breen Investors, LLC, an asset management firm, as a partner where he participates in strategic and business development matters and sits on the firm’s executive committee. Mr. Chapoton received his LL.B., with honors, from the University of Texas School of Law.

John Myers

 Mr. John J. Myers is an Independent Director of VAALCO Energy, Inc., since March 3, 2010. Mr. Myers was founder and Managing Partner for Treaty Oak Capital Management, an energy investment hedge fund based in Austin, Texas from 2002 through 2009. In 2007 Mr. Myers founded Tectonic Capital Management investment fund. Mr. Myers, a Chartered Financial Analyst, was engaged for 20 years as an equity analyst having served with RBC Dain Rauscher Wessels, Morgan Keegan, Petrie Parkman & Co. and Southcoast Capital. Mr. Myers holds a Masters degree in Management from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He also holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Robert Gerry

 1,419,440

W. Russell Scheirman

 1,162,860

Gregory Hullinger

 767,909

Gayla Cutrer

 666,493

Robert Allen

 --

Frederick Brazelton

 --

Luigi Caflisch

 --

O. Donaldson Chapoton

 --

John Myers

 --
As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Robert Gerry

 2,083,334 4,441,220

W. Russell Scheirman

 1,061,667 2,560,430

Gregory Hullinger

 0 0

Gayla Cutrer

 87,300 143,475

Robert Allen

 0 0

Frederick Brazelton

 0 0

Luigi Caflisch

 0 0

O. Donaldson Chapoton

 0 0

John Myers

 0 0

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