People: Golar LNG Ltd (GLNG.O)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

John Fredriksen

68 2001 Chairman of the Board, President

Doug Arnell

46 2011 Chief Executive Officer of Golar Energy Management

Tom Christiansen

59 2012 Vice President - Operations of Golar Management Ltd.

Hugo Skar

44 Chief Technical Officer of Golar Management Ltd.

Brian Tienzo

38 2011 Chief Financial Officer of Golar Management Ltd.

Georgina Sousa

2013 Company Secretary, Director

Tor Troim

49 2011 Director

Hans Aas

66 2008 Independent Director

Paul Adams

53 2011 Independent Director

Kate Blankenship

48 2005 Independent Director

Stuart Buchanan

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Biographies

Name Description

John Fredriksen

Mr. John Fredriksen serves as Chairman of the Board, President of Golar LNG Limited since May 2001. He has been the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the board of directors, President and a director of Frontline Ltd since 1997. Frontline is a Bermuda based tanker owner and operator listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE). Mr Fredriksen has established Trusts for the benefit of his immediate family which indirectly control World Shipholding, the shareholder. He has been a director of Golden Ocean Group Limited, a Bermuda company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, since November 2004 and has also served as a director and the Chairman of Seadrill Limited, a Bermuda company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and recently NYSE, since May 2005.

Doug Arnell

Mr. Doug Arnell is Chief Executive Officer of Golar Energy Management, subsidiary of Golar LNG Limited . He joined Golar Energy Management as Chief Commercial Officer & Deputy Chief Executive Officer in September 2010 and became Chief Executive Officer of Golar Energy Management in February 2011. He previously worked for BG Group since 2003 in leadership roles in the areas of LNG, downstream natural gas marketing and upstream exploration and development. Prior to that, he held positions of Managing Director for El Paso's European natural gas division and Senior Business Development Director for Enron International's LNG business. In total, Doug has worked in the global natural gas industry for over 21 years.

Tom Christiansen

Mr. Tom Christiansen is Vice President - Operations of Golar Management Ltd., a subsidiary of Golar LNG Ltd. Mr. Christiansen joined Golar Management in September 2006 as Fleet Manager. Prior to joining Golar Management he held the position of Fleet Manager responsible for the LNG carrier fleet of Wilhelmsen Ship Management. Mr. Christiansen has a degree from Tønsberg Nautical college. He spent 11 years as a chief engineer at Havtor Management until 1995 when it became a part of Bergesen d.y. ASA. Mr. Christiansen remained with Bergesen as a chief engineer on LPG and LNG carriers until he became a Superintendent responsible for LPG and LNG vessels in 1995.

Hugo Skar

Mr. Hugo Skar is Chief Technical Officer of Golar Management Ltd., a subsidiary of Golar LNG Ltd. He has served as Vice President, Project Management for Golar Management since 2004 and became CTO in 2009. Mr. Skår has been responsible for the FSRU conversion projects. Mr. Skår has an MSc degree in Naval Architecture. He worked 9 years in Bergesen (Newbuilding & Project Division) and has an experience from newbuilding supervision and VLCC conversions to FPSO (Floating Production Storage Offshore). From 2001 to 2004, he served as Site Manager and Project Manager for the construction of Bergesen's new LNG carriers.

Brian Tienzo

Mr. Brian Tienzo is Chief Financial Officer of Golar Management Ltd., a subsidiary of Golar LNG Ltd., since June 2011. He previously served as the Group Financial Controller of Golar Management since 2008 having joined Golar Management in February 2001 as the Group Management Accountant. From 1995 to 2001 he worked for Z-Cards Europe Limited, Parliamentary Communications Limited and Interoute Communications Limited in various financial management positions. He is a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants.

Georgina Sousa

Ms. Georgina E. Sousa serves as Company Secretary, Director of Golar LNG Limited. She is also Head of Corporate Administration for Frontline. Up until January 2007, she was Vice-President-Corporate Services of Consolidated Services Limited, a Bermuda Management Company having joined the firm in 1993 as Manager of Corporate Administration. From 1976 to 1982 she was employed by the Bermuda law firm of Appleby, Spurling & Kempe as a Company Secretary and from 1982 to 1993 she was employed by the Bermuda law firm of Cox & Wilkinson as Senior Company Secretary.

Tor Troim

Mr. Tor Olav Troim is Director of Golar LNG Limited since September 23, 2011. He previously served as a director and vice-president of the Company from its incorporation in May 2001 until October 2009, after which time he served as a director and Chairman of the Company's listed subsidiary, Golar LNG Energy Limited. Mr. Trøim graduated as M.Sc Naval Architect from the University of Trondheim, Norway in 1985. He was formerly an Equity Portfolio Manager with Storebrand ASA (1987-1990), and Chief Executive Officer for the Norwegian Oil Company DNO AS (1992-1995). Since 1995 Mr. Troim has been a director of Seatankers Management in Cyprus. Mr. Troim serves as a director of and Chairman of ITCL, a director of Seadrill Limited, Golden Ocean Group Limited, Golden State Petro (IOM I-A) Plc, Archer Limited, Golar LNG Partners LP and as an alternate director of Frontline Ltd.

Hans Aas

Mr. Hans Petter Aas serves as Independent Director of Golar LNG Limited since September 2008. Mr. Aas has had a long career as a banker in the international shipping and offshore market, and retired from his position as Global Head of the Shipping, Offshore and Logistics Division of DnB NOR in August 2008. He joined DnB NOR (then Bergen Bank) in 1989, and has previously worked for the Petroleum Division of the Norwegian Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Energy, as well as for Vesta Insurance and Nevi Finance. Mr. Aas is also a director and Chairman of Ship Finance and Knutsen Offshore Tanker Co ASA and has recently become a director of the Norwegian Export Credit Guaranty Institute.

Paul Adams

Mr. Paul Adams is Independent Director of Golar LNG Ltd. He previously served as a director of the Company's subsidiary, Golar LNG Energy Limited ("Golar Energy"), since 2009 up to June 2011 when Golar Energy was delisted from Oslo Axess. Prior to that, he worked for 25 years in the trading department at BP, the oil supply and trading market for the Americas until 2003. Mr. Adams final role in BP was as a member of the senior executive team preparing the petrochemicals business for spin-off, completed to Ineos in 2005. After three years working in private equity and a prominent venture-capital backed biotech company in California, in 2009 he assumed the role of CEO, Parnon Holdings, the US trading subsidiary of Farahead Holdings. Mr. Adams has spent most of the past 18 years based in the United States.

Kate Blankenship

Ms. Kate Blankenship serves as Independent Director of Golar LNG Limited. She has served as a director since July 2003 and was Company Secretary from the inception in 2001 until November 2005. She served as Chief Accounting Officer from May 2001 until May 31, 2003. Ms. Blankenship has also been a director of Frontline Limited (or Frontline) since August 2003 and served as Chief Accounting Officer and Secretary of Frontline from 1994 until October 2005. Ms. Blankenship has served as a director of Ship Finance International Limited since July 2003, Seadrill Limited since May 2005, Golden Ocean Group Limited since November 2004 and Archer Limited since August 2007. She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Stuart Buchanan

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