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| Dr.
Horst
A. Schmid - Chairman
of the Board |
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| Dr.
Horst A. Schmid has served as director and
Chairman of the Board since February 6, 2004
to
present. Since June 29, 2005 to present he has
been the Chief Executive Officer and President
of Deep Well. From September
1996 to present, Dr. Schmid has been a director,
President and Chief Executive Officer of
Portwest Investments Ltd., a private firm,
located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Prior to
that, Dr. Schmid spent 15 years as Cabinet
Minister for the Government of Alberta and 10
years as Commissioner General for Trade and
Tourism. During that time he was involved in
numerous successful overseas negotiations for
the Alberta Oil & Gas Industry, achieving
major contracts for Alberta
Equipment/Production/Service Companies. He is
the recipient of many Canadian and International
Awards for his accomplishments. Dr. Schmid
received an Honorary Law Degree from the
University of
Alberta. |
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| Mr.
Said Arrata, P.Eng., - Director |
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| Mr. Said Arrata, P.Eng., is a highly experienced energy executive who brings a sophisticated understanding of energy company development to the Deep Well Board of Directors. Mr. Arrata is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Sea Dragon Energy Inc., a firm domiciled in Calgary, devoted exclusively to overseas production, concentrated in Egypt. In 2007 the company he co-founded, Centurion Energy, was sold for $ 1.2 billion to Dana Gas and Mr. Arrata subsequently established Sea Dragon Energy Inc. Reputed as a company-builder, focused on building maximum value for shareholders during his more than 40 years in the oil & gas
industry during which he held management and
board positions with major oil and gas companies
in Canada and overseas. Mr. Arrata holds a
B.Sc. degree in Petroleum Engineering along
with several post-graduate accreditations at
various universities in North America and is
an active member of several professional engineering
and industry associations. |
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| Mr.
Satya Brata Das - Director |
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Mr.
Satya Brata Das offers strategic advice and
guidance to public and private sector leaders
as co-founder and Principal of Edmonton based
Cambridge Strategies Inc. A public policy expert
on the sustainable development of heavy oil
and the oil sands, he is author of “Green
Oil: Clean Energy for the 21st Century?” A
frequent commentator on air, in print and on
podiums, Satya brings his deep experience and
insight on public policy issues to the Deep
Well Board. A former columnist, foreign correspondent
and editorialist, Mr. Das has advised at the
highest levels of municipal, provincial and
national governments in Canada.
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| Mr.
David Roff, C.A., BA - Director |
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| Mr.
David Roff is currently serving as director of
Deep Well since his
reappointment on April 3, 2006. He was the
former President and Sole Director of Deep Well
Oil & Gas Inc. from September 10, 2003 until
February 6, 2004. Mr. Roff is the co-president
of Brave Consulting, a private consulting and
investment corporation and has held his position
since 2001. Brave Consulting was engaged by Deep
Well in July 2005 and provided services to our
Company until March
2009. Mr. Roff has extensive experience working
with small cap public companies for more than
ten years. Prior to that, Mr. Roff was a
management consultant for Coopers & Lybrand
Consulting where he advised large financial
institutions, investment fund complexes and
other organizations on technology and internal
control strategies. Mr. Roff is an officer and
director of Arkson Nutraceuticals and Hudson’s
Grill International. Mr. Roff is a Chartered
Accountant with a B.A. degree from the
University of Western Ontario. |
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| Mr.
Curtis
J. Sparrow, P.Eng., MBA - Director and
Chief Financial Officer |
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| Mr.
Curtis J. Sparrow served as director of Deep
Well Oil & Gas Inc. from February 6, 2004
until June 29, 2005. On July 1, 2005, Mr.
Sparrow accepted a reappointment back to the
Board of Directors. From February 9, 2004 to
present Mr. Sparrow has been the Chief Financial
Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer of
Deep Well. Since before May
1994, Mr. Sparrow has been a self-employed
management consultant. Mr. Sparrow has been
involved in the oil and gas industry in various
capacities for over 30 years. He held
directorships and senior officer positions with
junior exploration and development companies
before becoming a self-employed consultant. He
has since participated in the marketing side
of
the oil and gas industry, and was part of an
acquisition team formed to assess and develop
a
bid for a multi-billion dollar integrated oil
company. His experience also includes corporate
and project management, international businesses
and mining. Mr. Sparrow receives his Bachelor
of
Science Degree in Engineering and Masters Degree
in Business Administration from the University
of Alberta. Mr. Sparrow is also a registered
Professional Engineer. |
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| Mr.
Malik Youyou - Director |
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| Mr.
Youyou is an experienced international
entrepreneur, investor and director of several
companies. With more than three decades of
business experience in highly competitive global
markets, beginning in his native France, Mr.
Youyou brings a strong international perspective
to Deep Well's Board. Mr. Youyou has created and
led several companies involved in the
development, branding, and marketing of luxury
goods from leading international houses
including Baume & Mercier, Cartier, Piaget,
Alfred Dunhill, Mont Blanc, Van Cleef and Arpels,
Chloe and Vacheron Constantin. Over the last two
decades Mr. Youyou successfully established the
luxury goods business in Russia and related
markets that emerged from the former Soviet
Union. |
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