Directors

The following tables list the directors of InterOil Corporation. A short background description for each appears after the table.

Phil E. Mulacek is the Chairman of our Board of Directors and our Chief Executive Officer. He has held these positions since 1997. Mr. Mulacek is the founder and President of Petroleum Independent Exploration Corporation based in Houston, Texas. Petroleum Independent Exploration Corporation was established in 1981 for the purposes of oil and gas exploration, drilling and production, and operated across the southwest portion of the United States. Petroleum Independent Exploration Corporation led the development of our refinery and the commercial activities that were necessary to secure the refinery’s economic viability. Mr. Mulacek has over 25 years experience in oil and gas exploration and production and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University.

Christian M. Vinson is Executive Vice President of InterOil and head of Corporate Development & Government Affairs. Since 1995 to August 2006 he has been our Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Vinson joined us from Petroleum Independent Exploration Corporation, a Houston, Texas based oil and gas exploration and production company. Before joining Petroleum Independent Exploration Corporation, Mr. Vinson was a manager with NUM Corporation, a Schneider company involved in mechanical and electrical engineering automation, in Naperville, Illinois where his responsibilities included the establishment of the company’s first office in the United States. As our Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Vinson has responsibility for government and community relations and corporate development in Papua New Guinea. Mr. Vinson has played a key role in the development of our company. Mr. Vinson has developed long standing relationships with key government and industry leaders in Papua New Guinea over the last ten years. Mr Vinson earned an Electrical and Mechanical Engineering degree from Ecole d’Electricité et Mécanique Industrielles, Paris, France.

Gaylen J. Byker is President of Calvin College, a liberal arts institution of higher learning, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dr. Byker has obtained four university degrees including a PhD in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania and a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the University of Michigan. Dr. Byker is a former partner of Offshore Energy Development Corporation where he was head of Development, Hedging and Project Finance for gas exploration and transportation projects offshore.
Prior to joining OEDC, he was co-head of Commodity Derivatives at Phibro Energy, Inc., a subsidiary of Salomon, Inc. and head of the Commodity-Indexed Transactions Group at Banque Paribas, New York, with worldwide responsibility for hedging and financing transactions utilizing long-term commodity price risk management. Dr. Byker was manager of Commodity-Indexed Swaps and Financings for Chase Manhattan Investment Bank, New York, and was also a lawyer at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Roger N. Grundy is the Managing Director of Breckland Ltd, a UK-based engineering consulting firm, and is an internationally recognized expert in the area of refinery efficiency. Mr. Grundy serves as the Technical Director for our refinery and has acted as a consultant to more than 145 existing refineries on six continents for major oil companies, independents and the World Bank. Mr. Grundy has 38 years experience in all areas of oil refinery and petrochemical operations and construction and holds an Honours Degree in Mechanical Engineering from University College, London. He is also a Fellow of the UK Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and a Member of the Institute of Petroleum.

Edward N. Speal is based in Toronto, Ontario and is President and CEO of BNP Paribas (Canada). Previously, Mr. Speal was Managing Director responsible for the Energy, Project Finance and Corporate Banking businesses for BNP Paribas in Canada. Mr. Speal was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Paribas Bank of Canada from 1996 to 2000. Mr. Speal worked in New York for Banque Paribas running its Commodity Index Trading Group from 1992 until 1996. From 1989 to 1991, he was managing director of R. P. Urfer & Co., working on an exclusive basis for Banque Paribas as Advisory Director assisting in the establishment and development of its global commodity derivatives business. From 1983-1989, Mr. Speal worked for the Chase Manhattan Bank of Canada. Mr. Speal is a Canadian citizen and is a graduate of Queen's University at Kingston.

Donald R. Hansen is based in Calgary, Alberta and is the Chief Executive Officer of Red Deer River Energy Corp., a self owned private oil and gas consulting company. Mr. Hansen was previously Vice President International Energy Operations with Unocal Corporation until the acquisition by Chevron Corporation in late 2005. He joined Unocal in 2000 after Unocal purchased Northrock Resources Ltd., a publicly traded Canadian E&P company. Don was Chief Executive Officer of Northrock and helped grow the company from a start-up to over 30,000 boed before selling to Unocal.
Mr. Hansen has had over 26 years of Exploration and Production experience. He joins InterOil with significant board experience having served on the boards of Black Gold Energy LLC, several Unocal domestic and foreign subsidiaries, Asia Society Texas, Houston, the Unocal Foundation and Northrock Resources Ltd.. Don has also served two terms as Governor, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers in Calgary, and has served on the boards of; YMCA, Calgary, North West Family Church, Calgary, and a private technology company, Outland Technologies Inc.. In 1980, Don earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from the University of Saskatchewan with great distinction.

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