People: Cairn Energy PLC (CNE.L)

Ms. M. Jacqueline Sheppard, QC, has been appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of Cairn Energy PLC, with effect from May 20, 2010. She was previously Executive Vice President, Corporate and Legal at Talisman Energy Inc., a post she held for 15 years from 1993 to 2008. She holds a BA from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, BA and MA in Jurisprudence from Oxford University and LLB from McGill University. Jackie was admitted to the Law Society of Alberta Canada in 1982 and was appointed Queen’s Counsel for the Province of Alberta in 2008. Jackie is a director of Emera Inc, a public Canadian based international energy generation, transportation and distribution company. She is a founder and director of two privately financed upstream oil and gas exploration companies, Marsa Energy Inc. and Black Swan Energy Inc. Jackie is also chairperson of the Research and Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador, a Crown Corporation. Jackie is chair of both the Remuneration Committee and the Governance Committee.