Mr. Chiang has served on our Board since December 2006. Additionally, in June 2007 Mr. Chiang was appointed to serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. From 2001 until his retirement in 2006, Mr. Chiang served as the China Project Manager-China Country Manager for Burlington Resources where he was responsible for managing the operations and activities of Burlington Resources in China and worked closely with and negotiated with various Chinese governmental organizations. Throughout his 36 year career in the oil and gas industry, Mr. Chiang has held various engineering and management positions with oil and gas companies, including British Gas E&P, Inc., Tenneco Oil Production and Exploration, and Exxon Oil Company, now known as Exxon Mobil Corporation. Mr. Chiang earned a BS degree in mining engineering from National Cheng Kung University and a MS degree in petroleum engineering from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. |