Rex W. Canon 
Chief Executive Officer, President and Executive Director
Mr. Canon has served as the President of Maple since 1997 and is a member of Maple Energy plc's Remuneration Committee, where he acts as chairman, and the Nomination Committee. Mr. Canon has worked for Maple or its predecessor since 1987, holding various positions, including Director of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, and Executive Vice President before being promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer in 1997. While at Maple, Mr. Canon led the team that developed the Aguaytía Project, and he is currently the Chairman of the Management Committee of Aguaytía Energy, LLC. Prior to his experience with Maple, Mr. Canon served as Controller and later as Vice President of Finance for an investment and venture capital firm. In addition, he currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America and on the Advisory Board of the Center for Latin American Issues at George Washington University's School of Business and Public Management. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce of Peru from 2001 to 2007. Mr. Canon earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1982 and a Master of Business Administration in 1985 both from the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.

Senior Vice President—Operations
Mr. Hines has served as Senior Vice President of Maple since 2003, with responsibility for the management of Maple’s operations. Mr Hines has worked for the Maple organisation since July 1986, holding various positions, including, Engineer and Operations Manager for the Maple’s predecessor, Project Manager for the Aguaytía Project and Vice President of Operations, before being promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations in 2003. While serving as Engineer and Operations Manager for Maple’s predecessor, which position he held from April 1988 to April 1992. From 1981 to 1986, Mr. Hines worked as the Drilling, Production, and Reservoir Engineer and Operations Manager at Nova Energy Corporation, where he supervised the production and drilling operations for oil and gas wells. In addition, Mr Hines also serves as a member and secretary of the American School of Lima Foundation and from 2001-2004, served as a board member of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Instituto Educacional in Lima. Mr. Hines graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in radiation and nuclear technology in 1980 and attended graduate school at the University of Oklahoma in Petroleum Engineering until 1981.

Mr. Cochard has over 27 years of international financial and administrative experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Cochard joined Maple in 1994 as Chief Financial Officer. He was General Manager of The Maple Gas Corporation del Perú, Sucursal Peruana from 1998 to 1999 and currently is the Adjunct General Manager and the Chief Financial Officer. From 1986-1993, Mr. Cochard served as the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hawaiian Cement, a partnership between Lone Star Cement (Connecticut) and Adelaide Brighton Cement (Australia), where his responsibilities included accounting, finance, systems and treasury functions. Mr. Cochard earned a Master’s in Business Administration in 1976 and a B.S. degree in accounting in 1974 from California State University (Bakersfield). He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.

Mr. Ferreyros joined Maple in 1993 and has served as its General Manager since 1999. Prior to serving as Maple’s General Manager, Mr. Ferreyros was Maple’s Marketing Vice President, where his responsibilities included all sales and marketing strategies, as well as all pricing policies. Between 1992 and 1993 Mr. Ferreyros was Assistant Brand Manager for Colgate Palmolive in Mexico working on a special project to launch OTC products. Prior to this, Mr. Ferreyros worked as a marketing associate systems engineer for IBM between 1989 and 1992 in charge of developing system needs for various government and non-government entities. He currently serves on the board of directors of the National Society of Mining, Petroleum and Energy, which represents the major mining and energy companies in Peru. Mr. Ferreyros earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1993 and graduated from the Universidad del Pacífico in Lima with a degree in finance and marketing in 1987.

Mr. Katabi joined Maple in 1996 and was appointed Manager of Project Development in 1998. His responsibilities include the development of new projects and specifically the Ethanol Project. Prior to joining Maple, Mr. Katabi worked for Banque Indosuez in Copenhagen, Denmark, as a financial analyst in charge of the placement of international securities. Mr. Katabi graduated with a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University in 1995 and holds a DEA (‘Diplôme d’études avancées’) in political science from the Sorbonne University in Paris (1997). He has a ‘Diplôme de Commerce’ in International Business & Finance from the ‘Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris’ (1991).

Ms. Guzmán joined Maple in 1994 and was appointed Legal Manager with responsibility for management of all legal issues involving Maple companies domiciled in Peru including oil & gas activities, licenses and permits, contracts, environmental, taxes, labour, administrative and civil litigation. In the last few years her responsibilities were extended to legal corporate related issues regarding Maple companies domiciled abroad from Peru. Prior to joining Maple, Ms. Guzmán worked for Occidental Petroleum Corporation of Peru as a legal adviser between 1989 and 1994, where she was responsible for negotiating and drafting contracts and for tax and import related legal issues. Ms. Guzmán graduated with a Master’s in International Law from the Southern Methodist University in 1993 and graduated with full honours from the Universidad de Lima, with a degree in Law and Political Science, in 1987.

Mr. Morante joined Maple in 2001 and is in charge of the treasury, risk management and financing activities of Maple Energy plc. Prior to joining Maple, Mr. Morante worked in NBK Bank Peru in several positions including Foreign Exchange and Bond Trader, Corporate Finance Analyst and Treasury Market Risk Controller. Mr. Morante earned a Master's of Business Administration, obtaining the Valedictorian Award, from Thunderbird University (USA) and Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico) in 2007 and graduated from the Universidad del Pacífico in Lima, with a degree in economics in 1997.