People: Iona Energy Inc (INA.V)

Mr. Alan Curran serves as Chief Operating Officer of Iona Energy Inc., since March 1, 2012. Mr. Curran has more than 29 years of experience in the oil and gas exploration and production industry. He has been involved in a senior management capacity with a number of companies active in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea. Mr. Curran graduated from Edinburgh University with a bachelor of science honours degree in chemical engineering. After graduation he joined Shell U.K. Ltd. where he worked in petroleum engineering, production operations and new field development roles. In 1992, Mr. Curran moved to Oryx Energy which was acquired by Kerr-McGee Corp. in 1999. During his time at Kerr-McGee, Mr. Curran worked in a range of subsurface, asset management and commercial roles progressively becoming a key member of the U.K. leadership team. His final duties with Kerr-McGee entailed the sale of the U.K. business in 2005 to Maersk Oil North Sea U.K. Ltd. and Centrica PLC. Following the sale, Mr. Curran worked with Maersk until March, 2006, when he joined Lundin Britain Ltd. as managing director, a position he held until March, 2009. Prior to joining Iona, Mr. Curran was chief executive of Wood Group (John) PLC'S North Sea subsidiary.