TNK-BP

Ed Cazier credits Amigos de las Americas with rescuing him from a dissolute life spent surfing off southern California, and redirecting him to a meaningful career spent living and working around the world. Ed learned about AMIGOS from a high school Spanish teacher in Los Angeles, and worked two summers as a Volunteer in Honduras (1976) and Ecuador (1977). During 1978, he was a route leader in the inaugural water well drilling project on the Caribbean coast of Honduras, and returned the following summer as Assistant Project Director. In 1981, Ed was the Project Director of the first AMIGOS project in Panama. He was elected to the Board of Directors in 2003. Cazier graduated from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York in 1981, with degrees in Geology and French Literature. This was followed by a master's degree in Geology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1984, and a mid-life MBA from Rice University in 2002. Since 1984, Ed has worked for BP in a series of technical and managerial roles in Alaska, Texas, Colombia and Venezuela. At present, Cazier is a Geology Manager for TNK-BP in Moscow, Russia, where he directs oil and gas field development projects in Western Siberia. While in AMIGOS, Ed met, and, in spite of strict adherence to the AMIGOS code of conduct, later married, Suky Umana Cazier, of La Ceiba, Honduras. They recently celebrated their 20th anniversary. They have two high-school age children: Maria Isabella and Brendan, both of whom wish to follow as nomadic a life as their parents.

Alexander M. Knaster is Chairman and CEO of Pamplona Capital Management, an investment management firm with private equity and fund of funds operations. Mr. Knaster also serves as director of TNK-BP and of several subsidiaries of Alfa Group Holding Company, one of Russia's largest conglomerates with interests in telecoms, banking, insurance as well as the Russian oil and gas producing entity TNK-BP. Mr. Knaster holds a PhD in economics from the Russian Academy of Science, an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Appointment and election : Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited and chairman designate from January 2009 until February 2009. Jim resigned from the boards of Rio Tinto prior to his election at the 2009 annual general meetings. Skills and experience : Jim is chairman of Tata Steel Europe and deputy chairman of Tata Steel of India, following the Corus takeover by Tata in 2007. He is Chairman of Doncasters Group Ltd, an international specialist engineering company. He is also non executive director of Alstom SA where he chairs the nominations and remuneration committees, a Senior Adviser of HSBC and a member of their European Advisory Council and chairman of the European Advisory Board of AEA, a New York based Private Equity Partnership. Past directorships include Hanson PLC, where he was the senior independent director, Pilkington plc and IMI plc. In an executive capacity, he was CEO of Laporte plc, an international specialty chemical company from 1995 until 2001 and prior to joining Laporte he was the CEO of Low & Bonar plc. His early business years were spent at John Waddington where he was responsible for a number of subsidiary companies.