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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Stapleton, George 55 2009 Chairman of the Board
Thornton, R. William 54 2009 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Kerr, Kelly 2009 Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance
Orr, George 48 2008 Director
Evans, Brian 59 2007 Director
McCrank, Neil 66 2008 Director
Zeidman, Fred 63 2009 Director
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Name Description
Stapleton, George Mr. George T. Stapleton is Chairman of the Board of Megawest Energy Corp. Mr. Stapleton was the President of the company from December 21, 2006 to February 8, 2008 and the Chief Executive Officer from December 21, 2006 to January 23, 2009. Mr. Stapleton received his civil engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1975 and has 34 years of international experience in the offshore oil construction and service industry, project development, oil and gas exploration and production and energy infrastructure related projects. He is the Managing Member of Silicon Solutions, LLC and serves as a director of Exousia Advanced Materials, Inc., Valcent Products Inc. and PetroBeam, Inc. He was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of MegaWest from December 2006 until January 2009. He was the Chief Operating Officer and a Director of Deerfield Energy LLC from 2005 and the President and a director of Trinity Sands Energy LLC from 2006 until each was acquired by MegaWest. He was formerly the President and remains a Director since 2004 of E-T Energy Ltd., a private Canadian company testing an electro-thermal approach to the production of bitumen from the Athabasca tar sands. From 2000 to 2002 he was responsible for the development of simulation based training packages for the energy and industrial sectors for Simulis, LLC. He was President - Products & Services for NEOppg Ltd. from 1998 to 2000 where he was responsible for the development of the services side of the company's business plan, focusing on a proprietary multilateral system, heavy oil production systems and artificial lift products. Prior to that he was Vice-President, Operations for Asian Tiger Energy Company, an independent oil company developing oil and gas projects, operating primarily in Southeast Asia.
Thornton, R. William Mr. R. William Thornton is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Megawest Energy Corp. Mr. Thornton was appointed President of the company on February 8, 2008 and Chief Executive Officer on January 23, 2009. Mr. Thornton was the company's Chief Operating Officer from January 1, 2007 to January 23,2009. Mr. Thornton received his Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Alberta in 1977 and Masters of Engineering (reservoir) 1989 from the University of Calgary. He also completed the University of Calgary Executive Development Program in 1988. He has held senior management and executive positions in all aspects of oil and gas development and in particular enhanced recovery of heavy oil. He was General Manger – Petroleum Engineering with Western OilSands, Vice-President Engineering with Petrovera Resources and Director of Primary Heavy Oil with Gulf Canada. Prior to these positions he worked for 17 years with Murphy Oil on their various enhanced recovery projects and technology development. During this time, Mr. Thornton spent 3 years working in Murphy's El Dorado, Arkansas and New Orleans, Louisiana offices overseeing engineering and operations on a large portion of Murphy's onshore U.S. production. Mr. Thornton also has international experience, having worked in drilling operations in interior Peru and as part of a team negotiating a production sharing agreement in northern Iraq.
Kerr, Kelly Mr. Kelly D. Kerr has been apointed as Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance of MegaWest Energy Corp.,since October 13, 2009. Mr. Kerr has held senior executive positions in junior public oil and gas companies since 1992 with Deep Basin Energy Inc., TriQuest Energy Corp., Innova Exploration Ltd. and Action Energy Inc. In addition, Mr. Kerr spent four years as Corporate Finance Associate at Rogers & Partners Securities, providing him with a broader perspective of the finance and investment industry. He received his B. Comm. Degree from the University of Calgary and progressed into his first role as Corporate Controller after working at KPMG. Mr. Kerr brings strong public market experience and a solid background in corporate accounting, internal controls and corporate finance to MegaWest, having previously been involved in various corporate restructurings and public equity and debt financings. Mr. Kerr has oversight of finance, accounting and treasury functions and will focus on investor relations and corporate governance for MegaWest.
Orr, George Mr. George Orr is Director of MegaWest Energy Corp. since December 21, 2006. He was Chief Financial Office and Treasurer of the company from December 21, 2006 to October 22, 2008. Mr. Orr is a chartered accountant and has several years experience dealing with public company reporting and administrative requirements. Mr. Orr is currently: a director and the Chief Financial Officer of Valcent Products Inc., a company listed on the OTC Bulletin Board that is engaged in the business of the design, development and marketing of innovative products intended for the mass consumer appeal; and has been a director, since August 9, 2007, of Pacific Copper Corp., a mining company engaged in exploration in Peru and Chile. Additionally, Mr. Orr provides advisory services to a number of other reporting issuers and private companies.
Evans, Brian Mr. Brian J. Evans is Director of MegaWest Energy Corp., since February 19, 2007. Since August 2006, Mr. Evans has served as the Executive Director of the Werklund Group, a private investment group and prior to that was a partner and associate counsel with Miller Thomson LLP, a national law firm. Since 1997, Mr. Evans has been a director of CCS Income Trust, an income trust group that was until November 20, 2007 (when it ceased to be a public company) listed on the TSX and that provided energy and environmental waste management services, and Canadian Crude Separators Inc and CCS Inc. (the predecessors of CCS Income Trust). Mr. Evans was a director of Tusk Energy Corporation until April, 2009 when the TSX-listed oil and gas producer with operations in western Canada was sold to Polar Star Canadian Oil and Gas Inc.
McCrank, Neil Mr. Neil McCrank is Director of MegaWest Energy Corp., since July 17, 2008. Mr. McCrank is Counsel to Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, a national law firm and he is a director of Alta Gas Income Trust, one of Canada’s largest integrated infrastructure and services companies. He is Chairman of the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI), the Chair of the World Petroleum Council Canadian Association and a member of a number of associations including the Law Society of Alberta, the Canadian and Calgary Bar Association, and the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta. Mr. McCrank is a director of Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. From 1998 to 2007, Mr. McCrank was Chairman of Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (AEUB) where he was responsible for the direction and coordination of the board’s mandate governing energy resource development and utility matters in Alberta. Mr. McCrank holds a science degree in Electrical Engineering and a law degree, both from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Zeidman, Fred Mr. Fred S. Zeidman of Houston, Tex., has been appointed to the board of directors of MegaWest Energy Corp. Mr. Zeidman will serve on the Audit and Reserves committees in addition to his participation on the board. Mr. Zeidman has held leadership positions in a number of energy-related companies. He is Chairman of the board of Sulphco Inc., an innovative crude oil service company. He is the former Chairman of the board of Houston-based Seitel Inc., a provider of seismic data and related geophysical expertise to the petroleum industry. He also served as Chairman of the board of Unibar Corp., the domestic independent drilling fluids company, until its sale in 1991 to Anchor Drilling Fluids. He currently serves as a Director and interim President for Nova Biosource Fuels Inc., a publicly traded refiner and marketer of renewable biodiesel fuel products. Mr. Zeidman is also a Senior Director for governmental affairs at Ogilvy Government Relations in Washington, D.C. In addition, in March, 2002, Mr. Zeidman was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as the Chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, which is the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's governing board. A prominent Houston-based business and civic leader, he has served as managing partner of WoodRock & Company; Chairman, Southwest Region Anti-Defamation League; Vice-Chairman of the board of regents, Texas Southern University; Texas State Chairman, Israel Bonds; and the Vice-Chairman, Republican Jewish Coalition. He also serves as Vice-Chairman of the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, and ViceChair of the audit and finance committee of the University of St. Thomas; on the executive committees of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC); the Houston Jewish Community Foundation; and the Houston Ear Research Foundation. He has played a leadership role in a number of other organizations, including the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston and the American Jewish Committee.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Stapleton, George 189,231
Thornton, R. William 250,000
Kerr, Kelly --
Orr, George 66,965
Evans, Brian --
McCrank, Neil --
Zeidman, Fred --
As Of 29 Apr 2009

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Stapleton, George 1,000,000 0
Thornton, R. William 1,500,000 0
Kerr, Kelly 0 0
Orr, George 1,500,000 200,000
Evans, Brian 0 0
McCrank, Neil 0 0
Zeidman, Fred 0 0

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