People: Magellan Petroleum Corp (MPET.PH)

MPET.PH on Philadelphia Stock Exchange

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1 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

J. Robinson West

 66 2010 Independent Chairman of the Board

J. Thomas Wilson

 60 2011 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Antoine Lafargue

 38 2010 Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Treasurer

C. Mark Brannum

 46 2012 Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

Walter McCann

 75 2010 Lead Independent Director

Milam Pharo

 60 2012 Director

Robert Mollah

 71 2006 Independent Director

Ronald Pettirossi

 69 1997 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

J. Robinson West

 Mr. J. Robinson West is Independent Chairman of the Board of Magellan Petroleum Corporation. Mr. West is the Chairman, Founder, and Chief Executive Officer of PFC Energy, Inc. (“PFC”), a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm serving oil and gas companies and governments with 14 offices around the world. Before founding PFC in 1984, Mr. West served in the Reagan Administration as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Budget, and Administration (1981-83), with responsibility for U.S. offshore oil policy. Mr. West is currently a member of the National Petroleum Council and the Council on Foreign Relations. He also serves as a director of Key Energy Services, Inc., a rig-based well service company also based in Houston, Texas. Mr. West served as a director of Cheniere Energy, Inc., an operator of onshore LNG receiving terminals and natural gas pipelines based in Houston, Texas from 2001 to 2010 and as a director of Lambert Energy Advisors, a financial advisory firm to the energy industry, which is based in the U.K, from 2002 to 2010. Mr. West received his B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his J.D. from Temple University.

J. Thomas Wilson

 Mr. J. Thomas Wilson is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Magellan Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Wilson, a former senior consultant to the Company and a resident of Denver, Colorado, was appointed President/CEO effective September 27, 2011, the date of Mr. Hastings’ resignation. Mr. Wilson served as First Vice President of Young Energy Prize S.A. (“YEP”), the Company’s strategic investor, from July 2009 to January 15, 2011. He also served on YEP’s Board of Directors from 2007 to November 2008. He is a veteran in the energy sector with a geology and international business development background. Mr. Wilson, acting as an advisor, assisted Nikolay Bogachev, another Company Director, in building value for the Khantiy Mantsisk Oil Company in partnership with Enterprise Oil (now Shell) and Marathon Oil. During the period 2003 to 2006, Mr. Wilson was also involved with developing Tambeyneftegas, possibly the first Russian LNG liquefaction project, ultimately sold to Gazprom. Earlier, he was a principal in development of new international and domestic projects for Andeman International in Denver, led new international strategy and development for Apache Corporation, and was a Project Manager for Shell Oil.

Antoine Lafargue

 Mr. Antoine J. Lafargue is Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer of Magellan Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Lafargue has served in a number of senior financial management positions during a career in the United States and Europe. From July 2009 to July 2010, Mr. Lafargue served as the Chief Financial Officer of Falcon Gas Storage, a natural gas storage company based in Houston, Texas. Prior to serving in that role, Mr. Lafargue served from 2006 to 2009 as a principal of Arcapita, a financial services firm based in London, focusing on investments in the energy and infrastructure sectors. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Lafargue served in various financial and strategic advisory roles in the energy sector based in London working for Bank of America, Societe Generale, and Credit Suisse/Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Lafargue holds master’s degrees in Finance from the Ecole Superieure de Commerce De Paris and in Social and Political Sciences from the Institut d’Études Politiques, both located in France.

C. Mark Brannum

 Mr. C. Mark Brannum is Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Magellan Petroleum Corporation. From 2007 to September 2012, Mr. Brannum held various positions with SM Energy Company, including Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. From 1995 to 2007, Mr. Brannum was a shareholder with Winstead P.C., a business law firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with a practice in banking and corporate restructuring matters

Walter McCann

 Mr. Walter McCann is Lead Independent Director of Magellan Petroleum Corporation. Mr. McCann, a former business school dean, was the Chief Executive Officer of Richmond, the American International University, located in London, England, from January 1993 until September 2002. From 1985 to 1992, he was President of Athens College in Athens, Greece. Mr. McCann has been a director of MPAL since 1997. He is a retired member of the Massachusetts Bar.

Milam Pharo

 Mr. Milam Randolph Pharo is Director of Magellan Petroleum Corporation. He has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, with an emphasis in the Rocky Mountain region. He has served in private legal practice focusing on oil and gas matters and as general counsel to public oil and gas companies. He most recently served as the Company's Vice President - General Counsel and Secretary from November 30, 2011, to September 5, 2012. From 1996 to 2010, he held various positions with SM Energy Company, including Vice President - Land and Legal and Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Mr. Pharo received his B.A. degree from the University of Texas at Austin and his J.D. degree from Southern Methodist University.

Robert Mollah

 Mr. Robert J. Mollah is Independent Director of Magellan Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Mollah is a geophysicist with broad petroleum exploration experience, both within Australia and internationally. From 1995 until 2003, Mr. Mollah was the Australian Executive Director of the Timor Gap Joint Authority which covered the administration of petroleum exploration and production activities in the Timor Sea Joint Development Zone between Australia and Indonesia/East Timor. Prior to 1995, he served as a Petroleum Explorationist and Manager with broad experience in the oil and gas business in Australia and Asia. Mr. Mollah has been a Director of MPAL since November 2003 and was elected to serve as Chairman of the MPAL Board of Directors in September 2006.

Ronald Pettirossi

 Mr. Ronald P. Pettirossi is Independent Director of Magellan Petroleum Corporation since 1997. Mr. Pettirossi has been President of ER Ltd., a consulting company since 1995. Mr. Pettirossi has been a director of MPAL since August 2004. Mr. Pettirossi is a former audit partner of Ernst & Young LLP and worked with public and privately held companies for 31 years. Mr. Pettirossi served on the Board of Directors and as Chair of the Audit Committee of One IP Voice, Inc. (formerly, Farmstead Telephone) from 2003 to 2007.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

J. Robinson West

 --

J. Thomas Wilson

 586,382

Antoine Lafargue

 872,050

C. Mark Brannum

 --

Walter McCann

 --

Milam Pharo

 459,252

Robert Mollah

 --

Ronald Pettirossi

 --
As Of 29 Jun 2012

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price

WEST JOHN ROBINSON

 34,313 $0.00

BASSO DONALD V

 34,313 $0.00

MOLLAH ROBERT J

 34,313 $0.00

PETTIROSSI RONALD PAUL

 34,313 $0.00

MCCANN WALTER

 34,313 $0.00

BRANNUM C MARK

 50,000 $0.00

WILSON J THOMAS

 100,000 $0.00

WILSON J THOMAS

 596,804 $1.52

PETTIROSSI RONALD PAUL

 21,875 $1.60

MOLLAH ROBERT J

 15,000 $0.00

WILSON J THOMAS

 15,000 $0.00

MCCANN WALTER

 15,000 $0.00

BASSO DONALD V

 15,000 $0.00

WEST JOHN ROBINSON

 15,000 $0.00

PETTIROSSI RONALD PAUL

 25,000 $1.59

HASTINGS WILLIAM H

 12,000 $1.68
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