Dr. Peter Hill has served as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Triangle Petroleum since February 2013. From April 2012 to February 2013, Dr. Hill served as the Executive Chairman of the Board and from December 2009 to April 2012 as Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Board. Dr. Hill has over 39 years of experience in the international oil and gas industry, having begun his career in 1972 with British Petroleum. He spent 22 years in senior positions at British Petroleum including as Chief Geologist, Chief of Staff for BP Exploration, President of BP Venezuela and Regional Director for Central and South America. Dr. Hill then worked as Vice President – Exploration at Ranger Oil Ltd. in England (1994‐1995), Managing Director – Exploration and Production at Deminex GMBH Oil in Germany (1995‐1997), Technical Director / Chief Operating Officer – Hardy Oil and Gas plc (1998‐2000), President and Chief Executive Officer – Harvest Natural Resources Inc. (2000‐2005), Director / Chairman – Austral Pacific Energy Ltd. (2006‐2008), as an independent advisor to Palo Alto Investors, LLC, a hedge fund founded in 1989 (2008‐2009) and as Non‐Executive Chairman – Toreador Resources Corporation (2009 to July 2011). Dr. Hill has a BSc (Honors) in Geology and a PhD.