Our Board

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  Non-Executive Chairman - Tim Eggar

  Tim Eggar joined the Board as Non-Executive Chairman on 1 May 2011. He was also appointed as Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.
  
  Tim Eggar had a distinguished parliamentary career from 1979 to 1997 which included the key Government appointment of Minister for Energy from 1992 to 1996. He has extensive international experience including being Global Head of Integrated Energy Corporate Finance at ABN AMRO, Chief Executive of Monument Oil and Gas, Chairman of Harrison Lovegrove and Chairman of Indago Petroleum. Tim Eggar is currently Chairman of 3 Legs Resources plc, the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce, MyCelx Technologies Corporation and Trent Consulting Ltd. He is also a Non-Executive Director of SoyuzNeftegaz and TAG Energy Solutions Limited, and a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of Braemar Energy Ventures.

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  Acting Chief Executive - Brendan Connolly

  Brendan Connolly joined Cape as a Non-Executive Director on 16 November 2011 and was subsequently appointed acting Chief Executive on 29 March 2012. Brendan Connolly is currently Regional President for the Middle East, FSU, Eastern Europe and Russia for Intertek, which provides testing, inspection and certification to clients in all industry sectors. Brendan was previously Chief Executive Officer of Moody International which was acquired by Intertek in May 2011. Prior to Moody International, Brendan was the UK Managing Director of the Sema Group and subsequently Atos Origin, an IT integrator, for 3 years, and previously spent more than 25 years of his career in the oil & gas sector with Schlumberger, in senior International roles over three continents. Brendan holds a BSc in Economics and Sociology from Southampton University, UK. He was intially appointed as a member of Cape's Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees from 16 November 2011, but stood down upon his appointment as acting Chief Executive.

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  Chief Financial Officer - Richard Bingham

  Richard Bingham was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in June 2008. With a background in reorganisation and restructuring, he has previously held executive and non-executive roles at several public and privately owned companies as well as that of CFO of a national law firm. Prior to this, Richard Bingham spent several years in professional practice with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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  Non-Executive Director - David McManus

  David McManus was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in 2004 and served as a Non-Executive Chairman between 2006 and 2008. He was appointed Senior Independent Director with effect 10 June 2011. David McManus was until recently Executive Vice President of Pioneer Natural Resources, a US listed oil & gas company, with responsbiliy for international operations. He is a Non-Executive Director of Rockhopper Exploiration plc, Flex LNG and Caza Oil & Gas. Prior to these appointments he was also Executive Vice President with BG Group where he was responsible for developing technical and commercial capabilities within the Company and directing assets in the Eastern Hemisphere. Previously David McManus was president of ARCO Europe until ARCO's merger with BP in 2000.

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  Non-Executive Director - Michael Merton

  Michael Merton joined Cape as a Non-Executive Director on 10 January 2011. He is Chairman of the Audit and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. He is a Chartered Accountant with significant experience in the international resources industry, having spent the majority of his executive career at Rio Tinto, where he held senior operational roles around the world, including Head of Global Business Services from 2005 to 2009, and was a member of the Executive Committee. Michael Merton is currently a Non-Executive director of BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust plc, a trustee of the Rio Tinto Pension Fund and the HALO Trust, and Chairman of the J Sainsbury Pension Scheme.