Howard J. Mayson

With more than 40 years of North American and international oil and gas exploration, development and production knowledge, Howard Mayson provides broad expertise and perspective to the board regarding domestic and international oil and gas operations, safety and reserves oversight and reporting. Mr. Mayson is a corporate director and an independent businessman, with experience that includes serving as an advisory board

member and part-time operating partner with Azimuth Capital Management LLC since 2014. He has held various senior leadership roles with BP Exploration & Production, PLC, including chief executive officer of BP Russia, president of BP Angola, director of BP’s Exploration & Production Technology Group and leader of BP’s Global Subsurface Function. Prior to joining BP, Mr. Mayson was an engineer with Schlumberger Limited from 1977 to 1981 and a non-executive director of several private U.K. and North American energy-related companies from 2010 to present.