Board of Directors

Mr. William L. S. Guinness, Non-Executive Chairman

Mr. Guinness, age 68, has been Chairman of Sibir since March 1999, having previously been a Non-Executive Director of Pentex Energy plc and Pentex Oil plc. He is a director of Boston Life Sciences, Inc. and numerous private companies involved in a wide range of commercial activities.

Mr. Henry O. Cameron, Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Cameron, age 68, is a Scottish solicitor by profession. Before devoting his full attention to the oil sector Mr. Cameron founded and was senior partner of Peterkins, a large firm of solicitors in Scotland. Peterkins had clients deeply involved with the former Soviet Union which enabled Mr. Cameron to acquire a rare working knowledge of doing business in Russia. He has had association with the oil sector since the earliest beginnings of the North Sea. In 1989 he assumed control of the Pentex Oil group of companies, which in turn led to the creation of Sibir Energy plc. Mr. Cameron spends most of his time in the company's offices in Moscow.

Mr. L. Stuard Detmer, Deputy CEO

Mr. Detmer, age 45, has extensive experience in the oil industry, having previously worked with Mobil in the US, Latin America and Russia. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from the University of Virginia. Mr. Detmer speaks fluent Russian and Spanish. 

Mr. Alexander Betsky, CA, Finance Director

Mr. Betsky, age 38, is a Canadian chartered accountant. Before joining Sibir in July 2000, he worked as a corporate finance executive at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson in Moscow and earlier as an investment banking associate with Bank Menatep in Moscow. Mr. Betsky also has three years of accounting and audit experience with Ernst & Young and Lippman Leebosh April in Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Graduate Diploma in Public Accounting, both from McGill University. He is also a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr. Betsky speaks fluent Russian and French.

Mr. Chalva P. Tchigirinski, Non-Executive Director

Mr. Tchigirinski, age 59, is the representative of the largest shareholder in Sibir. In this capacity he is a Director of Yugraneft, a Director of both Evikhon and Salym Petroleum Development NV. He is also President of both Moscow Oil Company and Central Fuel Company (which controls the Moscow refinery) neither of which are in competition with Sibir. His interests in the sector include a key role in British Petroleum's impressive fuel retail network in Moscow. Mr. Tchigirinski speaks fluent English.