Tullow Oil plc Annual Report 2011 - The Group

4CORPORATE GOVERNANCEAnn GrantNon-executive DirectorAge: 63Nationality: BritishTenure: 3 yearsTerm of office: 3 yearsLetter of appointment:Dated 19 April 2011Re-election to Board: AnnualAnn Grant was appointed as a non-executiveDirector in May 2008. She joined the UKDiplomatic Service in 1971; from 1998, sheworked at the Foreign and CommonwealthOffice in London as Director for Africaand the Commonwealth, and from 2000 to2005 was British High Commissioner toSouth Africa.Committee membership: Audit andNominations Committees.Other directorships and offices: In 2005,Ann joined Standard Chartered Bank asvice chairman, Standard Chartered CapitalMarkets. She is a board member of theOverseas Development Institute and anindependent trustee on the UK DisastersEmergency Committee.David BamfordNon-executive DirectorAge: 65Nationality: BritishTenure: 7 yearsTerm of office: 3 yearsLetter of appointment:Dated 30 June 2010Re-election to Board: AnnualDavid Bamford was appointed as a nonexecutiveDirector in 2004. With a PhD inGeological Sciences, he has had over 23years’ exploration experience with BP wherehe was chief geophysicist from 1990 to 1995,general manager for West Africa from 1995to 1998, and acted as vice president,exploration, directing BP’s global explorationprogramme, from 2001 to 2003.Committee membership:Remuneration Committee (Chairman).Other directorships and offices: Davidis a director or adviser to several smallcompanies, including his own consultancy,and he writes regularly for journals such asOilVoice and GeoExpro. He co-founded FindingPetroleum and OilEdge as vehicles for onlinecommunication in the oil and gas industry.Tutu AgyareNon-executive DirectorAge: 49Nationality: GhanaianTenure: 1 yearTerm of office: 3 yearsLetter of appointment:Dated 24 August 2010Re-election to Board: AnnualTutu Agyare was appointed as a nonexecutiveDirector in August 2010. He iscurrently a managing partner at NubukeInvestments, an asset management firmfocused solely on Africa, which he foundedin 2007. Previously, he had a 21-year careerwith UBS Investment Bank, holding anumber of senior positions, most recentlyas the head of european emerging markets,and a member of the investment bankboard. Tutu brings a wealth of experienceto the Tullow Board as the Group continuesto expand its business in Africa. He has adegree in Mathematics and Computing.Committee membership: Audit andRemuneration Committees.Other directorships and offices: Tutuis a director of the Nubuke Foundation,a Ghanaian-based cultural andeducational foundation.83www.tullowoil.com