People: EPL Oil & Gas Inc (EPL.N)

EPL.N on New York Stock Exchange

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1 Aug 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Gary Hanna

55 2013 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

Tiffany Thom

40 2011 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

David Cedro

45 2012 Chief Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Corporate Secretary

Andre Broussard

51 2011 Senior Vice President - Geosciences

W. Mac Jensen

55 2011 Senior Vice President - Business Development

Chad Williams

45 Senior Vice President - Production

Steven Pully

53 2013 Lead Independent Director

Charles Buckner

68 2009 Independent Director

Scott Griffiths

58 2009 Independent Director

William Wallace

73 2011 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Gary Hanna

Mr. Gary C. Hanna is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. He has been appointed as Chairman of the Board effective May 4, 2013. He joined the Company in September 2009 as Chief Executive Officer and was named President and Chief Executive Officer in 2011. He was elected as a director in June 2010. He has nearly 30 years of executive experience in the energy sector. From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Hanna served as President and Chief Executive Officer for Admiral Energy Services, a start-up company focused on the development of offshore energy services. From 1999 to 2007, Mr. Hanna served in various capacities at Tetra Technologies, Inc., an international oil and gas services production company, including serving as Senior Vice President from 2002 to 2007. Prior to 2002, Mr. Hanna served as President and Chief Executive Officer for Tetra’s affiliate, Maritech Resources, Inc., and as President of Tetra Applied Technologies, Inc., another Tetra affiliate. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Hanna served as the President and Chief Executive Officer for Gulfport Energy Corporation, a public oil and gas exploration company. From 1995 to 1998, he also served as the Chief Operations Officer for DLB Oil & Gas, Inc., a mid-continent exploration public company. From 1982 to 1995, Mr. Hanna served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hanna Oil Properties, Inc., a company engaged in the development of mid-continent oil and gas prospects.

Tiffany Thom

Ms. Tiffany J. Thom is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. She joined the Company as a senior asset management engineer in October 2000, and has since held various positions with the Company: Director of Corporate Reserves (September 2001 to March 2006), Director of Investor Relations (April 2006 to June 2008) and Vice President, Treasurer and Director of Investor Relations (July 2008 to June 2009). In July 2009, she was designated as the Company’s principal financial officer, and, in September 2009, she was appointed to be a Senior Vice President. Ms. Thom was appointed Chief Financial Officer in June 2010. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Thom was a senior reservoir engineer with Exxon Production Company and ExxonMobil Company and held operational roles, including reservoir engineering and subsurface completion engineering, for numerous offshore Gulf of Mexico properties. Ms. Thom holds a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. in Management with a concentration in Finance from Tulane University.

David Cedro

Mr. David P. Cedro is Chief Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Corporate Secretary of EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. He joined the Company in October 2008 as its Vice President, Controller and principal accounting officer. In September 2009, Mr. Cedro was appointed to be a Senior Vice President of the Company. In June 2010, Mr. Cedro was appointed Chief Accounting Officer. In 2011, he was also appointed to be Treasurer. In 2012, he was appointed to the additional position of Corporate Secretary. Immediately prior to joining the Company, he was Corporate Controller for Bayou Steel, LLC, a steel manufacturing company acquired by ArcelorMittal, SA in 2008. From March 2003 to March 2008, Mr. Cedro held various positions with The Shaw Group Inc., global provider of engineering and construction, procurement and construction management services to a broad range of industrial clients: Vice President — Financial Reporting (October 2004 to March 2007, August 2007 to March 2008); Vice President and Chief Financial Officer — Power Group (March 2007 to August 2007); and Vice President and Controller — Engineering, Construction and Maintenance Segment (March 2003 to October 2004). Prior to joining The Shaw Group Inc., Mr. Cedro was a Senior Manager with Ernst & Young LLP after serving in Big 4 audit practices from 1992 to 2003. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Louisiana and holds a B.S. and M.S. in Accounting from the University of New Orleans.

Andre Broussard

Mr. Andre J. Broussard is Senior Vice President - Geosciences of EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. He joined the Company in February 2011 as Senior Vice President, Geosciences. Most recently he was with Probe Resources serving as Vice President, Exploration from March 2008 to February 2011. From April 2006 to October 2007, he served as Hydro GOM’s Exploration and Development Manager, GOM Shelf and from October 2007 to February 2008 he served as Shelf, Technology, and Eastern Gas Manager with StatoilHydro. Mr. Broussard was with Spinnaker Exploration Company from 1997 until April 2006 as an explorationist focused on that company’s portfolio in the GOM shelf. He began his career in 1984 at CNG Producing Company working on a variety of GOM shelf exploration and development projects. Mr. Broussard worked at CNG Producing until he joined Spinnaker Exploration in 1997. Mr. Broussard earned a Bachelor’s degree in Geology from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.

W. Mac Jensen

Mr. W. Mac Jensen is Senior Vice President - Business Development of EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. He joined the Company in May 2011 as Senior Vice President, Business Development. From December 2008 through April 2011, he was President of Jensen Energy Advisors LLC, providing acquisition and capital formation advisory services to oil and gas companies, including the Company since June 2010. From January 2007 to November 2008, Mr. Jensen served as a Managing Director for FBR Capital Markets Corporation in its energy investment banking group. From 2002 until 2006, he was with Capital C Energy, LLC as a principal and for a portion of that time served as the Senior Vice President of Belden & Blake Corporation, which had been acquired by Capital C Energy Holdings, LLC. Prior to that, Mr. Jensen spent a part of his career executing public offerings and mergers and acquisitions. From 1981 to 2002, he served at various investment banking and consulting firms, including more recently as an Executive Director at CIBC World Markets and a Managing Director at the predecessor to RBC Capital Markets. Mr. Jensen holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Kansas and a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Tulsa.

Chad Williams

Mr. Chad E. Williams is Senior Vice President - Production of EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. He joined the Company in November 2000 as Production Superintendent. He was promoted to Production Manager in April 2002 and Vice President, Production in July 2008. He is currently serving as Senior Vice President, Production and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Company’s field production, construction, and plugging, abandonment and decommissioning activities. Prior to joining the Company, he worked with Chevron USA in positions of increasing responsibilities ranging from offshore drilling and workover supervisory roles to production and reservoir engineering leadership roles within offshore asset management teams. Mr. Williams holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Marietta College, Ohio.

Steven Pully

Mr. Steven J. Pully, CPA, is Lead Independent Director of EPL Oil & Gas, Inc., since May 4, 2013. Mr. Pully has served since July 2008 as the General Counsel of Carlson Capital, L.P. (“Carlson Capital”), an asset management firm. From October 2007 until June 2008, Mr. Pully was a consultant, working primarily in the asset management industry. From December 2001 to October 2007, Mr. Pully worked for Newcastle Capital Management, L.P., an investment partnership, where he served as President from January 2003 through October 2007. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of New Century Equity Holdings Corp. from June 2004 through October 2007. Mr. Pully also worked for almost twelve years as an energy investment banker at various investment banks and worked for four years at a Houston-based law firm. In addition to his service as a director of the Company, Mr. Pully has served on several public-company boards of directors during the past five years: Cano Petroleum, Inc., from June 2009 to August 2010; Ember Resources Inc., from September 2008 to June 2011; Peerless Systems Corporation from February 2008 to June 2008; New Century Equity Holdings Corp., from June 2004 to February 2009; and Geoworks Corporation from April 2003 to February 2008. Mr. Pully is licensed as an attorney and Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas and is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. He holds a B.S. with honors in Accounting from Georgetown University and a J.D. degree from the University of Texas.

Charles Buckner

Mr. Charles Oliver Buckner, CPA., is Independent Director of EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. Mr. Buckner, a private investor, retired from the public accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP in 2002 after 35 years of service in a variety of client service and administrative roles, including chairmanship of Ernst & Young’s United States energy practice. Mr. Buckner is a director of Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. Mr. Buckner also served on the board of directors of Global Industries, Ltd. from May 2010 to November 2011; Gateway Energy Corporation from June 2008 to September 2010; Whittier Energy Inc. from June 2003 to December 2007; and Horizon Offshore Inc. from December 2003 to December 2007. Mr. Buckner is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas and holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Texas and an M.B.A. from the University of Houston.

Scott Griffiths

Mr. Scott A. Griffiths is Independent Director of EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. Mr. Griffiths has almost 30 years of experience in the energy sector. Mr. Griffiths served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Hydro Gulf of Mexico, L.L.C. from December 2005 to December 2006. From 2003 through December 2005, Mr. Griffiths served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Spinnaker Exploration Company. From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Griffiths served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Exploration for Ocean Energy, Inc. Mr. Griffiths joined Ocean following the 1999 merger of Ocean and Seagull Energy Corporation, where he began working in 1997. At Seagull, Mr. Griffiths served as Vice President, Domestic Exploration. From 1984 to 1997, Mr. Griffiths was with Global Natural Resources, Inc. where he served in various capacities, including Vice President for Domestic Exploration, before Global merged with Seagull in 1997. Mr. Griffiths was also an Exploration Geologist with Shell Oil Company from 1981 to 1984. Mr. Griffiths is a director of Copano Energy, LLC. He holds a B.S. in Geology from the University of New Mexico, an M.A. in Geology from Indiana University and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

William Wallace

Mr. William F. Wallace is Independent Director of EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. Since 2008, Mr. Wallace has been a director of Western Zagros Resources Ltd., where he serves on the Health, Safety, Environment and Security Committee, as well as on the Governance Committee. Since 2007, Mr. Wallace has been a director, as well as advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, of Taylor Energy Company LLC. From 2004 through 2006, Mr. Wallace served as a director of Markwest Hydrocarbon, Inc. and the Kerr-McGee Corporation; he was a member of both the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee of each board. From 1999 until its merger with the Kerr-McGee Corporation in 2004, Mr. Wallace served on the board of Westport Resources Corp., where he chaired both the Governance and Compensation Committees and was a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Wallace has 48 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and has served on numerous boards of directors in addition to those mentioned above, including as a member of the board of directors of each of Khanty Mansiysk Oil Corporation, Input/Output, Inc., Vessels Energy Inc., Forcenergy Inc. and Barrett Resources Corporation/Plains Petroleum Company. Mr. Wallace has also worked as a consultant to The Beacon Group, an energy venture capital fund, where he advised on identifying energy investment opportunities. Prior to 1994, Mr. Wallace spent 23 years with Texaco Inc., an integrated oil and gas company, including six years as Vice President of Exploration for Texaco USA and as Regional Vice President of Texaco’s Eastern Region prior to his retirement. Mr. Wallace holds a B.A. in Geology from Middlebury College and an M.S. in Geology from Stanford University and completed the Advanced Management Program at the University of Illinois.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Gary Hanna

2,600,020

Tiffany Thom

1,124,920

David Cedro

445,438

Andre Broussard

894,746

W. Mac Jensen

760,109

Chad Williams

717,068

Steven Pully

--

Charles Buckner

--

Scott Griffiths

--

William Wallace

--
As Of 30 Dec 2012
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