Skills and Qualifications:
Mr. Kilpatrick has over 30 years of executive, management and operating
experience in the oil and gas industry and brings significant executive-level and consulting experience in the oil and gas industry to our Board.
Andrew
Langham
is a member of our Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. Langham has been General Counsel of Icahn Enterprises L.P. (a diversified holding company engaged in a variety of businesses, including investment, automotive, energy,
gaming, railcar, food packaging, metals, real estate and home fashion) since 2014. From 2005 to 2014, Mr. Langham was Assistant General Counsel of Icahn Enterprises. Prior to joining Icahn Enterprises, Mr. Langham was an associate at
Latham & Watkins LLP focusing on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters. Mr. Langham serves as a director of: Newell Brands, a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of
well-known brands, since March 2018; Welbilt, Inc. (formerly Manitowoc Foodservice, Inc.), a global leader in foodservice equipment and systems, since February 2016; CVR Partners LP, a nitrogen fertilizer company, since September 2015; and CVR
Refining, LP, an independent downstream energy limited partnership, since September 2014. From September 2014 to August 2017, Mr. Langham was a director of CVR Energy, Inc., a diversified holding company primarily engaged in the petroleum
refining and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing industries. From October 2015 to March 2018, Mr. Langham was a director of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a natural resource company. Mr. Langham received a B.A. from Whitman College and a J.D. from
the University of Washington.
Skills and Qualifications:
Mr. Langham brings a unique perspective to our Board based on his significant corporate
governance, compliance, regulatory, finance and mergers and acquisitions expertise.
Courtney R. Mather, CAIA, CFA
is a director nominee.
Mr. Mather has served as Portfolio Manager of Icahn Capital, the entity through which Carl C. Icahn manages investment funds, since December 2016, and was previously Managing Director of Icahn Capital from April 2014 to November 2016.
Mr. Mather is responsible for identifying, analyzing, and monitoring investment opportunities and portfolio companies for Icahn Capital. Prior to joining Icahn Capital, Mr. Mather was at Goldman Sachs & Co. from 1998 to 2012, most
recently as Managing Director responsible for Private Distressed Trading and Investing, where he focused on identifying and analyzing investment opportunities for both Goldman Sachs and clients. Mr. Mather has been a director of: Newell Brands
Inc., a global marketer of consumer and commercial products, since March 2018; Conduent Incorporated, a provider of business process outsourcing services, since December 2016; Herc Holdings Inc., an international provider of equipment rental and
services, since June 2016; TER Holdings I, Inc. (formerly known as Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc.), a company engaged in the business of owning and operating casinos and resorts, since February 2016; Freeport-McMoRan Inc., the worlds
largest publicly traded copper producer, since October 2015; and Ferrous Resources Limited, an iron ore mining company with operations in Brazil, since June 2015. Mr. Mather was previously a director of: Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation, a
supplier of automotive powertrain and safety components, from May 2015 to January 2017; Viskase Companies Inc., a meat casing company, from June 2015 to March 2016; American Railcar Industries, Inc., a railcar manufacturing company, from July 2014
to March 2016; CVR Refining, LP, an independent downstream energy limited partnership, from May 2014 to March 2016; and CVR Energy, Inc., a diversified holding company primarily engaged in the petroleum refining and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing
industries, from May 2014 to March 2016. TER Holdings, Ferrous Resources Limited, Federal-Mogul, American Railcar Industries, CVR Refining, CVR Energy and Viskase are each indirectly controlled by Carl C. Icahn. Mr. Icahn also has a
non-controlling
interest in each of Newell Brands, Conduent, Herc Holdings, and Freeport-McMoRan through the ownership of securities. Mr. Mather received a B.A. from Rutgers College, and attended the United
States Naval Academy. Mr. Mather holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) professional designations.
Skills and Qualifications:
Mr. Mather brings significant experience in finance to our Board and experience providing strategic advice and guidance to
companies through his service as a director on various public company boards.
Donald F. Robillard, Jr.
is the Chairman of our Audit Committee.
Mr. Robillard served as a director and the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. (Hunt), a private holding company with interests in oil and gas exploration and
production, refining, real estate development, private equity investments and ranching, from July 2015 until his retirement on January 31, 2017. Mr. Robillard began his association with Hunt in 1983 as Manager of International Accounting
for Hunt Oil Company, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hunt. Serving nine of his 34 years of service to the Hunt organization in Yemen in various accounting, finance and management positions, Mr. Robillard returned to the United States to
join Hunts executive team in 1992. Mr. Robillard was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hunt in April 2007. Mr. Robillard also served, from February 2016 through August of 2017, as Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of ES Xplore, LLC, a direct hydrocarbon indicator technology company which in 2016 spun out of Hunt. Mr. Robillard is currently on the board of directors of Helmerich & Payne, Inc., a publicly-traded oil and gas drilling
company. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, Financial Executives International and the National Association of Corporate
Directors. Mr. Robillard received a B.B.A. from the University of Texas, Austin.
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