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Golar Management (UK) Ltd.

Graeme McDonald (Chief Technical Officer)
Graeme McDonald is our Group Technical Director. He was previously general manager of the fleet, a position he held with Osprey, since 1998. He has worked in the shipping industry since 1973 and held various positions with Royal Dutch Shell companies, including manager of LNG shipping services at Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Ltd. and manager of LNG marine operations at Shell Japan Ltd.

Graham Robjohns (Chief Financial Officer)
Graham Robjohns has served as our Group Financial Controller since May 2001, as our Chief Accounting Officer since June 1, 2003 and as our Chief Financial Officer since November 2005. He was financial controller of Osprey Maritime (Europe) Ltd from March 2000 to May 2001. From 1992 to March 2000 he worked for Associated British Foods Plc. and then Case Technology Ltd (Case), both manufacturing businesses, in various financial management positions and as a director of Case. Prior to 1992, he worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in their corporation tax department. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Jan Flatseth (Chief Operating Officer)
Jan Flatseth joined the company in September 2006 as General Manager Fleet. Prior to joining Golar he held the position of Assistant Technical Director and Fleet Manager responsible for the LNG/C fleet of BW Gas. Mr. Flatseth has a M.Sc. degree in Naval Architecture/Marine Engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology. He spent 13 years at DNV and was the Head of Section Gas and Chemical Carriers until 1982. After leaving DNV, he served in senior management positions at Helge R. Myhre/Kværner Shipping from 1982 -1995. The company was a subsidiary of the industrial group, Kvaerner, set up to own and operate gas carriers. Mr. Flatseth remained with the company when Havtor acquired Kvaerner Shipping and a year later when it all became part of the large shipping group Bergesen DY ASA (BW Gas).

Blake Blackwell (Vice President, Business Development)
Blake Blackwell joined Golar LNG in September 2007 as Commercial Manager responsible for project development.  Prior to joining Golar LNG, he worked for ExxonMobil across shipping, power, and LNG disciplines. His most recent assignment was as an LNG Marketer, based in Doha, Qatar. Prior to ExxonMobiI, he served as a U.S. Naval Officer. He holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina.     

Ian Walker (Vice President, Chartering)
Ian Walker joined Golar in 2001 as Commercial Manager responsible for Project development and short & long term fixings of Golar LNG Vessels.  Prior to joining Golar he worked with Shell in various projects including (Hazira LNG import terminal), Nigeria LNG (LNG Sales) and BG (latterly in their Atlantic LNG Project developing their Train 1 LNG Sales and Gas Sales through the interconnector).

Hugo Skar (Vice President, Projects)
Hugo Skar joined Golar in 2004 as Project Manager. Mr. Skaar has an MSc degree in Naval Architecture. He has worked 9 years in Bergesen (Newbuilding & Project Division) and has an extensive experience from newbuilding supervision and VLCC conversions to FPSO (Floating Production Storage Offshore). From 2001 to 2004, he served as Site Manager and Project Manager for the construction of Bergesen’s new LNG carriers.



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27.11.2009
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