People: Hyperdynamics Corp (HDY)

Mr. Robert A. Solberg is Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board of Hyperdynamics Corp. He was the president of Texaco Inc.'s Worldwide Development division from 1998 until his retirement in 2002. Prior to 1998, Mr. Solberg held senior management positions at Texaco, Inc. for operations in the U.S., the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, West Africa and Europe. Mr. Solberg retired in July 2010 after serving as a director and the non-executive chairman of Scorpion Offshore, an offshore drilling company that was traded on the Oslo, Norway stock exchange. Mr. Solberg is also a director and equity participant in JDR Cables Ltd, a privately owned company which supplies custom subsea connection equipment and power cables. Mr. Solberg is a licensed petroleum engineer, and he holds a B.S Degree in Civil Engineering—University of North Dakota (1969).