Ray Leonard joined Hyperdynamics as President and Chief Executive Officer in July 2009.

Ray Leonard was born in New York, of a family of Ukrainian ancestry. He received a Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Arizona and a Master of Arts in Geology from the University of Texas at Austin. His 19-year career with Amoco was entirely associated with international projects. Initial assignments were in Trinidad, Norway and West Africa.

In 1989, he was appointed the Director of New Ventures for the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and China. He was in a unique position to view the political and economic changes taking place. In 1995, he was appointed Vice President for Resource Acquisitions, Amoco Eurasia. In June 1998, he accepted a position as Exploration Vice President for First International Oil Company (FIOC), a newly formed company in Almaty, Kazakstan. He accepted a position as Vice President-Exploration and New Ventures in Moscow for YUKOS, the second largest Russian Oil Company in January 2001 with responsibility for diversifying the YUKOS upstream portfolio out of the core areas of West Siberia and Samara, specifically to East Siberia, the Russian Shelf and Central Asia, and concluding partnership agreements with non-Russian companies.

In January 2005 he joined MOL, the Hungarian Oil and Gas Company with the highest market capitalization (approx 11 billion USD) of any company in Eastern Europe as Senior Vice President for International Exploration and Production. During his two-year tenure the company acquired assets in Russia, Kazakhstan, Oman and Pakistan, made new field discoveries in Pakistan and Kazakhstan and reached peak production of 55,000 BOPD in its Russian venture. He accepted a position in December 2006 with Kuwait Energy Company as Vice President–Eurasia and Exploration.

Mr. Reinbolt joined Hyperdynamics in August 2011 after more than 30 years with Marathon Oil Corporation, most recently serving as Vice President-Finance and Treasurer. Reinbolt joined Marathon in 1980 and held various positions in finance, treasury and accounting within the Marathon corporate family, which once included USX Corporation and U.S. Steel. His assignment locations included New York, London and Houston.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is on the Board of Directors of Oil Investment Corporation Ltd. and Oil Casualty Investment Corporation Ltd.

Mr. Davis began his career with Deloitte & Touche and spent five years in public accounting. Subsequently, he has served in various financial positions for several companies including the Assistant Controller at Isolagen, Inc., the Director of SEC Reporting at Texas Genco, LLC, and the Controller at Particle Drilling Technologies, Inc. Mr. Davis also served as the interim Chief Financial Officer for Particle Drilling Technologies, Inc.

Mr. Davis holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Taxation from the University of Houston and is a licensed certified public accountant in the state of Texas.

David W. Wesson was appointed Hyperdynamics' Controller in April 2010.

Mr. Wesson began his career with Tenneco Oil E&P and spent seven years in various oil and gas accounting assignments there. Subsequently, he joined Swift Energy Company in 1988 and served 21 years in various progressive financial positions, including serving as its Controller from January 2001 to December 2009.

Mr. Wesson holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Texas Tech University and is a licensed certified public accountant in the state of Texas.

Michael W. Palmer has been working for 30 years in operations and production as a production engineer and manager.

After graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in Chemical Engineering, he started in the oil industry as a production engineer with Amoco Production Company in 1980 in Powell, Wyoming. During his 19 years with Amoco he worked on various oil projects around the world including the US, Gabon, and Russia. Subsequently he went to work for Nations Energy Company for 9 years initially as the head of the Kazakhstan operation before taking over their Azerbaijan project. Michael was named as one of the top 21 oilmen in Kazakhstan during their first 10 years of existence. Prior to coming to work for Hyperdynamics, Michael was the Chief Operating Officer for SIPC (Syria) in Damascus.

Stephen F. Barrett has been working for 27 years in the exploration and production business as a geologist and manager.

He started in the oil industry as a geologist with Amoco Production Co. where he served in a variety of exploration and production positions, and was exploration manager for several different geographic areas. Subsequently he worked in a number of independents (First International Oil Co., Nations Petroleum, Golden Gate Petroleum) responsible for projects in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Southeast Asia, and the U.S. Gulf Coast onshore. He has 11 years of experience as manager of exploration and production projects for Amoco, Nations, and Golden Gate, and was VP and Project General Manager for Nations. His industry experience includes extensive evaluation and start-up of exploration and production new ventures. His international experience is similarly broad, principally in the Former Soviet Union, Latin America, and Southeast Asia as well as Africa.

He has a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Chicago, M.S. from Univ. of Massachusetts, and B.A from Dartmouth College. Barrett served in the military as an officer and pilot in the USAF.

Mr. Orlov joined Hyperdynamics in February of 2011. Mr. Orlov most recently was a Regional Director of Foster Wheeler, a global engineering and construction firm, and prior to that, Vice President for Business Development in the former Soviet Union with SNC Lavalin, Canada's largest engineering firm. He has more than 15 years of international project and business development experience for the oil and gas industry in Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Mr. Kourouma was hired in August 2005 as the Company's Vice President of African Affairs. Born and raised in the Republic of Guinea, Mr. Kourouma's father is the former Guinea Ambassador to the United States. He speaks French, German, English and several different African dialects. He was one of the Hyperdynamics team to travel to Guinea in August of 2005 and he met with many government officials including President Lansana Conté on numerous occasions. He prepared the way for the Company's Chief Executive to first come to Guinea in September 2005. Mr. Kourouma has handled governmental affairs and public relations in Guinea and has given the Company a deep understanding of the West African culture there. His work was mission critical to the development of the Company's operating strategies in Guinea and he facilitated all critical communications with the Government of Guinea. Mr. Kourouma's strategic advice was paramount to the Company's successful negotiations in Guinea. He served a vitally important role in these African based negotiations, beginning in 2005 and extending into 2006. On September 22, 2006, he signed the 2006 Production Sharing Contract together with Guinea's minister of the Mines and of the Geology, and Minister of Finance.

Mr. Kourouma earned a B.S. and M.S. in Biopharmacology from the University of Greifswald in Greifswald, Germany. He subsequently went on to attend the University of Texas for his Ph.D. studies.

Paolo G. Amoruso joined Hyperdynamics in June 2010.

Mr. Amoruso began his career with Shell Oil Company in 1998 as Tax Counsel focusing on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions. Subsequently, he spent 7 years with Devon Energy as Assistant General Counsel for the International Division focusing on West Africa, China, Europe, and the Middle East.

Mr. Amoruso holds an LL.M. in Taxation from the New York University School of Law, as well as a Juris Doctorate, Masters in Business Administration, and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Houston. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas.