Mr. Oden is a Canadian citizen and was educated at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada with a B.Sc. (Geophysics). He has twenty years of experience in domestic and international exploration. Mr. Oden started his career in 1984 as an Exploration Geophysicist with Suncor Inc. in Calgary. He relocated to Melbourne, Australia in 1991 to join BHP Petroleum (later BHP Billiton Petroleum). Mr. Oden progressed through a number of technical roles with BHPB Billiton, primarily working in offshore basins in Australia, the Gulf of Mexico and West Africa. Mr. Oden returned to Australia in 2001 as Australian Operated Asset Team Leader, and in 2003 became Team Leader for Trinidad and Tobago Operated Exploration. In 2005 he joined Gulfsands Petroleum as the Exploration Manager. He is the Senior Technical Officer in the organization and is currently based in Houston Texas, USA.

Mr Conway is a British citizen and holds a BA and MA in Physics from Oxford University, and an MSc in Finance from London Business School. He has 22 years of experience in petroleum/reservoir engineering, technical leadership and commercial roles.

Mr Conway has worked extensively on reservoir development studies in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. He started his career with BP Exploration in 1985, progressing through a number of technical, commercial and operational roles. In 1993 he joined Maersk Oil International as a Senior Reservoir Engineer. Following a period as an independent consultant, he joined ExxonMobil International Ltd in 2002, reaching the position of Lead Reservoir Advisor for the UK and Netherlands. Mr Conway joined Gulfsands Petroleum in 2009 and is currently based in London.

Mr Mahdi Hasan is a British citizen and obtained an Honours Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from Loughborough University. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in UK. Mr Hasan has over 40 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry. Of this, over 22 years was with Shell in Project and General Management with his last posting being the Vice President for Shell's Deepwater Development projects. He started his career in Pakistan with Sui Gas Transmission Company in the operation of a high pressure gas transmission pipeline and compressor stations and as Chief Engineer for a new gas transmission pipeline project.

Mr Hasan assumed the role of VP Engineering and Projects in Gulfsands from January 2011 and is based in London.