Directors and Officers
| COLIN R GOODALL † Chairman & Non-Executive Director Colin Goodall joined the Dana Board in 2002 following a successful 24 year upstream oil career with the BP group. A Chartered Accountant, Mr Goodall worked in Africa for a number of companies, including Anglo American Corporation, and became a partner at Touche Ross. He joined the finance team at BP in 1975, later becoming the first Chief of Staff within the BP group. From 1995 to 1999 he served as Chief Financial Officer of BP Europe and then as BP’s senior representative in Russia. Mr Goodall has been a lecturer and examiner for London University in the areas of management and finance. Mr Goodall is a Non-Executive Director of a number of other companies. In January 2005, he was appointed Chairman of the Group. |
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| THOMAS P CROSS † Chief Executive Officer Tom Cross co-founded Dana Petroleum in 1994. Mr Cross is a Chartered Director and Petroleum Engineer. After graduating with a First Class Honours Degree in Engineering he went on to hold senior positions with Conoco, Thomson North Sea and Louisiana Land and Exploration. From 1990 to 1993 he was Director of Engineering at the UK’s Petroleum Science and Technology Institute. Mr Cross is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, a former Chairman of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and an advisor to BBC Radio on oil affairs. In February 2005 he was elected as Chairman of BRINDEX, the Association of British Independent Oil Companies. He is also Non-Executive Chairman of AUPEC, a global advisory group on energy policy and economics and in October 2006, was appointed a Non-Executive Director of The Parkmead Group plc. |
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| DAVID A MACFARLANE Finance Director David MacFarlane, a Chartered Accountant, joined Dana in 2002. He has more than 20 years experience in financial control and management in the upstream oil and gas business. Between 1985 and 1993 he was Finance Director of the MOM Group, later becoming Finance Director for two key subsidiaries of the John Wood Group plc. He joined Dana from Amerada Hess where during the previous six years he headed finance for its fast growing international exploration and production group and latterly for its substantial N.W. Europe production business. |
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| STUART M PATON Technical & Commercial Director Dr Stuart Paton was appointed to the Dana Board as Technical & Commercial Director in May 2006, having joined the Company's senior executive team in 2003 to lead Dana's Business Development and Commercial activities. Dr Paton is a graduate of Cambridge University, where he gained a First Class Honours Degree in Natural Sciences (specialising in Earth Sciences), followed by a Phd in Geology. At Shell International, in the Hague, he worked on the quantitative assessment of exploration and development opportunities world-wide. Later at Shell in the UK, he held senior technical and commercial roles as well as being on the commercial leadership team of Shell UK, before joining Dana. |
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| ANGUS M PELHAM BURN *† Non-Executive Director (and Senior Independent Director) Angus Pelham Burn was appointed to the Dana Board in 1999, bringing a wealth of experience in international business development and financing, as well as institutional fund management. Mr Pelham Burn served as a main board Director of the Bank of Scotland from 1977 to 2000. From 1975 to 1998 he was a Director of The Scottish Provident Institution, holding the offices of Deputy Chairman and Chairman between 1991 and 1998. Mr Pelham Burn also held the post of Chairman of Aberdeen Asset Management plc between 1992 and 1999. He chairs Dana’s Remuneration and Nominations Committees. |
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| D IAN RAWLINSON *† Non-Executive Director Ian Rawlinson joined Dana in 2005, bringing some 20 years’ experience in corporate finance and investment, gained with Lazard Brothers and Robert Fleming & Co. Ian read law at Cambridge University and was called to the Bar in 1981. From 1995 he was based in Johannesburg and became responsible for managing Fleming’s Southern African corporate finance business. In 2000 he became Chief Operating Officer of Fleming Family & Partners and was later appointed Chief Executive of The Highland Star Group, a business representing the members of the Fleming family and investing principally in the resources sector. Mr Rawlinson is a Director of a number of private companies including the Good Governance Group, a strategic consultancy. He is also the Chairman of the Tusk Trust, a charity focused on conservation in Africa. He remains a key advisor to the Highland Star Group. He became Chairman of the Audit Committee in December 2005. |
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| PHILIP J DAYER *† Non-Executive Director Philip Dayer joined Dana in March 2006, bringing 20 years of public market and corporate finance experience gained with a number of prominent city institutions during which he has advised a wide range of public companies across a variety of sectors including UK and International groups active in the oil and gas sector. After graduating in Law from King's College, London, Mr Dayer qualified as a Chartered Accountant and went on to develop widespread experience as Director or Head of Corporate Finance with Barclays De Zoete Wedd, Citigoup Scrimgeour Vickers, ANZ Grindlays and Societe Generale. Latterly whilst focusing on the energy sector, Mr Dayer was Director of Corporate Finance at Old Mutual Securities and Executive Director at Hoare Govett Limited. |
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| JOHN J ARNTON Company Secretary & Group Legal Manager John Arnton joined Dana in 2000 as Group Legal Manager and was appointed Company Secretary in the same year. He began his legal career in private practice and moved to Total Oil Marine as a staff lawyer in 1985. Mr Arnton joined Occidental Petroleum in 1987 as Legal Counsel, and continued with the Elf Group following its acquisition of Occidental’s UK assets in 1991. He was appointed Legal Manager of Elf Exploration UK in 1996 and became Company Secretary of the Elf Group’s UK upstream companies. Mr Arnton is a qualified solicitor and Notary Public. He also holds a postgraduate Diploma in Petroleum Law. |
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* Independent Director and member of Audit and Remuneration Committee
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