Mr. Brussa is a Senior Partner of Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP, a Calgary-based law firm, specializing in the area of taxation. Mr. Brussa attended the University of Windsor where he received his law degree in 1981. He has been with Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP since 1982 and his current practice includes structured finance, taxation of international energy operations, corporate and income trust restructuring and reorganization, dispute resolution and acquisitions and divestitures. He has lectured extensively to the Canadian Tax Foundation, the Canadian Institute, the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society and Insight. Mr. Brussa is also a director of a number of energy and energy-related corporations and income funds. In addition, Mr. Brussa is a past Governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation and is a director or trustee of a number of charitable or non-profit organizations.

Mr. Andrew is the Vice Chairman of Penn West Exploration. Mr. Andrew is a Professional Engineer with 35 years of oil and natural gas industry experience. He received his engineering diploma from the University of Prince Edward Island in 1973 and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mining from the Technical University of Nova Scotia in 1975. Prior to joining Penn West, Mr. Andrew worked as a petroleum engineer with a number of integrated and independent oil and gas companies and served as Vice President with Opinac Exploration, a private exploration company. Since Penn West was recapitalized in December 1992, Mr. Andrew has served as the Senior Executive Officer of the company that led the company from a very small cap explorer to one of Canada's largest senior oil and natural gas exploration and production companies. Mr. Andrew is currently serving his second term as Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island, Director of The Fathers of Confederation Buildings Trust, Board of Management member of the Alberta Economic Development Authority and honorary co-chair of The L.M. Montgomery Land Trust fundraising campaign. He has served as a Trustee of the Grace Hospital as well as on the Board of Governors of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, and is a former Director of the Canadian Wind Institute.

Mr. Allard is an independent director and business advisor. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. Mr. Allard has focused his career on international finance in the petroleum industry for the past 40 years, during which he has served as the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and/or a director of a number of publicly traded and private companies. Over the past nine years he has served on the board of the Alberta Securities Commission, acted as the sole external trustee and advisor to a mid sized pension plan and served as a director and advisor to several companies. From 1981 to 1995, Mr. Allard served as a senior executive officer of Amoco Corporation and as a director of Amoco Canada, which at that time was Canada's largest natural gas producer.

Since 1984, Mr. Brookman has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of West Canadian Industries Group Inc., a commercial digital printing and graphics company. In 1984, Mr. Brookman acquired West Canadian Industries Group and under his leadership, it has become one of Canada's largest privately held digital printing and imaging service companies. He is also a partner in Vistek, a major retail camera operation with stores in Toronto, Ottawa, Mississauga, Calgary and Edmonton. He was also the founder of Commonwealth Legal Inc., Canada's only national litigation support services company. Prior to acquiring West Canadian Industries Group, Mr. Brookman was involved for many years in the commercial development industry in the Real Estate Group at Manulife and later as the Vice President of ATCO Development Ltd. In addition to his 35 years of business experience, Mr. Brookman has been active in the community and is currently the President and Chairman of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. In addition, Mr. Brookman is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Mr. Gilbert has been active in the western Canadian oil and natural gas sector for over 30 years, working in reserves evaluation with Gilbert Laustsen Jung Associates Ltd. (now GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd.) ("GLJ"), an engineering consulting firm, from 1979 to 2005. Mr. Gilbert served as President and Chief Executive Officer of GLJ from 1994 to 2005. Since 2005, Mr. Gilbert has been an independent businessman and investor, and serves as a director for a number of public and private entities. Mr. Gilbert is a graduate of the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Alberta.

Mrs. McClellan is Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the University of Alberta for the Faculties of Agriculture and Rural Economy and the School of Business. She lectures primarily in Rural Economy and the School of Business. Mrs. McClellan brings to Penn West the experience gained over 20 years of distinguished service to the Province of Alberta. Her career included the offices of Deputy Premier of Alberta from 2001 to 2007, Minister of Finance of Alberta from 2004 to 2007 and Chair of the Treasury Board and Vice-Chair of the Agenda and Priorities Committee of the Government of Alberta. Mrs. McClellan served a total of six terms as a Member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly representing the constituency of Drumheller-Stettler. Over this time period, she held numerous other portfolios, including Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations, Minister of Community Development, and Minister of Health.

Murray is a Professional Geologist with 30 years of growth oriented oil and natural gas experience, and brings to Penn West a long history of consistent success as an exploration and operational executive. His broad geotechnical exposure includes international oil and natural gas portfolio management with Unocal. From 1993 to 2002, Murray held a series of management positions at Rio Alto Exploration Ltd. including Senior Vice President of Exploration and Development and Chief Operating Officer. Since 2003, he has been involved in the formation and direction of several successful public and private oil and gas companies. Murray was a member of the Board of Directors of Penn West from 2005 until January 2008 when he joined Penn West in his current capacity as President and Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Potter has a background in international banking in Europe, the Middle East and the United States. He managed the international business of one of Canada's principal banks before being appointed Executive Director of the World Bank in Washington where he served for nine years. Mr. Potter subsequently served as a Senior Advisor at the Department of Finance for the Canadian government. He is currently the Chairman of Emerging Markets Advisors, Inc., a Toronto based consultancy that assists corporations in making and managing direct investments internationally. Mr. Potter serves on a number of boards, including Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited, the Royal Ontario Museum and Softchoice Corporation.

Mr. Schanck has been the Managing Partner of Tecton Energy ("Tecton") since March 2007, following the merger of SouthView Energy and Tecton. Mr. Schanck brings over 31 years of experience in the US and Canadian international oil and natural gas industry, as a geologist and an experienced manager. Prior to joining Tecton, Mr. Schanck was Chief Executive Officer of SouthView Energy, an independent oil and natural gas investment vehicle funded by Jefferies Capital Partners and Quantum Energy Partners. For over five years before starting SouthView Energy, Mr. Schanck served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Samson Investment Company ("Samson"), a large private oil and natural gas company based in the U.S. Prior to his work with Samson, Mr. Schanck held a variety of technical and managerial positions, over a 23 year period with Unocal Corporation, including President of Spirit Energy (the domestic exploration and production portion of Unocal), Executive Vice President, International, Executive Vice President, World Wide Exploration, and President of Unocal Canada.

Mr. Smith is a Chartered Accountant with over 35 years of experience in public accounting and industry. Since 1998, he has been a business consultant and independent director to a number of public and private companies operating in the oil and natural gas industry. From February 2002 to June 2006, he served as the Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Mercury Energy Corporation, a private oil and natural gas company. Mr. Smith also held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Segue Energy Corporation, a private oil and natural gas company, from January 2001 to August 2003. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Smith was the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Probe Exploration Inc., a publicly traded oil and natural gas company. Mr. Smith served as the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Crestar Energy Inc. from its inception in 1992 until 1998, during which time the company completed an initial public offering, was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and completed several major debt and equity financing transactions.