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Henry H. Hamilton III, Chairman
Mr. Hamilton served as CEO of TGS from 1995 through June of 2009. Hank began his career as a Geophysicist with Shell Offshore before he moved to Schlumberger where he ultimately held the position of VP and General Manager for all seismic product lines in North and South America. Hank joined TGS as its CEO in 1995 and remained in the position following the 1998 merger with NOPEC International that created the initial public listing for TGS. Mr. Hamilton serves as a board member for two non-profit organizations: the Society of Exploration Geophysics (SEG) Foundation and Defy Ventures. He was first elected as a director in 1998 and as Chairman in 2009.
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Bengt Lie Hansen, Director
Mr. Hansen is currently a Non-Equity Partner at Selmer Law Firm. He is a former President of Statoil Russia and has also served in various executive positions within Norsk Hydro including Vice President Finance and Control, E&P Division, Senior Vice President Mid and Northern Norway (responsible for the Ormen Lange Project) and Senior Vice President International E&P. Prior to joining Norsk Hydro, he was Vice President at Deminex and Head of Division at Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum. Mr. Hansen serves as a board member for Agora Oil & Gas AS, Odfjell Drilling Ltd. and Eastern Europe Group AS. In addition Mr. Hansen is on the Board of Norwegians Worldwide (Nordmannsforbundet). He was first elected as a director in 2010.
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Elisabeth Harstad, Director
Ms. Harstad is an Executive Vice President of DNV Kema in the Netherlands, a subsidiary of Det Norske Veritas (DNV). She has held various positions within DNV since 1981, interrupted by one year as research and industry coordinator at Neste Petroleum AS in 1992. Ms. Harstad serves as a board member for Yara ASA. She was first elected as a director in 2007. |
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Mark Leonard, Director
Mr. Leonard is currently the President of Leonard Exploration Inc. and an Executive Director of Indiana University Geologic Field Station. He retired in 2007 from Shell Oil Company after 28 years of service. During his tenure at Shell, Mark held a number of executive positions including Director of New Business Development in Russia/CIS, Director of Shell Deepwater Services, Director of Shell E&P International Ventures and Chief Geophysicist for Gulf of Mexico. He was first elected as a director in 2009. |
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Dr. Colette Lewiner, Director
Dr. Lewiner is currently the Vice President and Global Leader of the Energy, Utilities and Chemical sector at Capgemini. Previously she held the positions of assistant professor at Paris University, Executive Vice President at Electricité de France and Chairperson and CEO of SGN-Eurisys. Dr. Lewiner serves as a board member for Bouygues, Colas, Lafarge, Eurotunnel and Nexans and is non-executive Chairwoman at TDF. She was first elected as a director in 2006.
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Vicki Messer, Director
Mrs. Messer is presently an independent consultant. She has 32 years of geophysical industry experience in various executive, management and supervisory positions for CGG Veritas, Veritas DGC, Halliburton Energy Services/Halliburton Geophysical and Geophysical Services Inc. She was first elected as a director in 2011. |