Directors

Mr Mark S. Savage Non-Executive Chairman

B.Bus

Mr Savage was born and educated in the United States of America where he received a business degree from the University of Colorado and was a senior executive for a number of US banks before he joined an Australian based merchant bank. Mr Savage has experience in debt and equity markets as well as in the corporate advisory area. He has held directorships with a number of public companies. Mr Savage was appointed a director of the Company on 23 November 1999.

Mr Peter Hill Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

MA Law (Oxon)

Mr Hill has extensive experience in the energy sector as a senior executive with a significant track record worldwide in high-level M&A and business development roles, primarily in the oil industry. Most recently Mr Hill was the global head of Corporate M&A for Statoil ASA, where he was responsible for several large transactions, being a key member of the team responsible for Statoil’s merger with Norsk Hydro Oil & Gas in December 2006, and leading the acquisition of EnCana’s Gulf of Mexico deepwater assets in 2005.  Prior to agreeing to join Global, Mr Hill was responsible for supervising execution of the IPO of Statoil’s Energy & Retail division in the latter part of 2010.

Previously Mr Hill set up the international business of Waterous & Co as Managing Director in the UK, and before that worked for Enterprise Oil plc for many years, latterly as Head of International New Ventures.  Mr Hill started in the energy industry with Total Oil Marine and is a UK qualified Solicitor, having commenced his career with Clifford Chance.  He holds an MA in Law from Oxford University.

Mr Hill was appointed a Director of Global with effect from 1 September 2011

Mr Peter Blakey Non-Executive Director

BSc CEng

Mr Blakey is a Joint Chairman of TM Services Ltd, an international oil and gas consulting company. In 1991, he was a founding member and Director of TM Oil Production Ltd, which became Dana Petroleum Plc. This company was subsequently purchased by KNOC in October 2010 for £1.87b. He was also founding member and Director of Consort Resources Ltd, which became a significant North Sea gas production company, and of Planet Oil which was merged with Hardman Resources in 1998. Mr Blakey was appointed as a director of the Company on 4 October 2001.

Mr Peter Taylor Non-Executive Director

BSc CEng

Mr Taylor is a Joint Chairman of TM Services Ltd, an international oil and gas consulting company. In 1991, he was a founding member and Director of TM Oil Production Ltd, which became Dana Petroleum Plc. This company was subsequently purchased by KNOC in October 2010 for £1.87b. He was also founding member and Director of Consort Resources Ltd, which became a significant North Sea gas production company, and of Planet Oil which was merged with Hardman Resources in 1998. Mr Taylor was appointed as a director of the Company on 4 October 2001.

Mr Peter Dighton Non-Executive Director

LLB (QUT)

Mr Dighton is a lawyer who specialises in upstream petroleum and LNG projects.  He was previously a Non-Executive Director of Global from 2003-8 and has also served on the board of the listed entities Falkland Oil & Gas Limited and Texon Petroleum Limited.  He is currently a director of OSD Pipelines Pty Ltd and is the Australasian representative of the floating LNG developer Flex LNG Limited.

Mr Damien Cronin Non-Executive Director / Company Secretary

MQLS, MAICD

Mr Cronin is a solicitor who has over 25 years experience in the oil and gas, and resources sectors and has held senior legal and commercial roles with Rio Tinto, Shell, Duke Energy and Incitec Pivot.  He has previously served as Company Secretary to a number of public companies in the oil and gas sector, including Sunshine Gas Limited and Blue Energy Limited and as Secretary to the Operating Committee of a number of mining joint ventures, including that for the Sonoma Coal Mine.

Committees

The Board considers that the Company is not currently of a size, nor are its affairs of such complexity to justify the formation of separate or special committees at this time. The Board as a whole is able to address the governance aspects of the full scope of the Company's activities and to ensure that it adheres to appropriate ethical standards.

Board Responsibilities

The Board’s responsibilities are contained in the Board Charter which is available in the Corporate Governance section.