Hal Kvisle was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Talisman Energy Inc. in September 2012. Mr. Kvisle has worked in the oil and gas industry since 1975 and in the utilities and power industry since 1999. Prior to joining Talisman, Mr. Kvisle was President and CEO of TransCanada for 10 years, President of Fletcher Challenge Energy Canada Inc., and played a leadership role with Dome Petroleum. Mr. Kvisle is a member of the Board of ARC Resources Ltd. and the Bank of Montreal. He also occupies a Board position with Northern Blizzard Resources and is Chairman of The Nature Conservancy of Canada.

Paul Blakeley joined Talisman Energy (UK) Limited in 1994 as Manager, Operations, becoming Talisman’s senior representative and Vice-President, North Sea in 1998. In January 2006, Mr. Blakeley was appointed Vice-President, Southeast Asia, based in Kuala Lumpur. In April that same year, he accepted the position of Executive Vice-President, International Operations (East), which was renamed Asia-Pacific in 2013. The area comprises Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Vietnam, and Papua New Guinea, as well as our non-operated assets in Algeria. Under Mr. Blakeley’s leadership, the company has added significant assets in Southeast Asia over the past three years.

Richard Herbert leads the Exploration and Development team, which provides technical advice, support, and assurance in exploration, field development, drilling, completions, reservoir engineering, and reserves determination. Before joining Talisman in March 2009, Mr. Herbert was a member of the TNK-BP Management Board and Executive Vice-President, Technology, based in Moscow, Russian Federation. Mr. Herbert’s career started with Phillips Petroleum in 1980. He moved to BP in 1984, before joining TNK-BP in 2003.

Robert (Bob) Rooney is responsible for Talisman’s legal, internal audit, corporate security, corporate affairs, and government relations functions. Mr. Rooney has substantial experience in mergers and acquisitions, international energy transactions, joint ventures, financings, governance, and corporate reorganizations. In addition, he has served as a director of several public and private corporations, and has presented numerous papers on energy law and transactions. Mr. Rooney has been rated by Lexpert as one of Canada’s leading corporate commercial lawyers, by Chambers Global and Who's Who as one of the world’s leading energy transactional lawyers, and by In Brief as an energy specialist.

Paul Smith is responsible for the Talisman’s North American portfolio, with accountability for exploration, development, operations, and business development. Mr. Smith started his career at BP in Aberdeen in 1993, where he held positions of increasing responsibility in various international locations. He served as Vice-President and Director, Upstream Projects, and later as CFO for BP’s Trinidad operations, helping to deliver the world’s largest offshore gas pipeline and develop a strategic framework for gas expansion. He also served as a business unit leader in the North Sea and as Upstream Vice-President for TNK-BP, where he was responsible for West Siberia operations.

Paul Warwick joined Talisman in June 2012 as Executive Vice-President, International Operations (West), which was renamed Europe-Atlantic in 2013. His role includes responsibility for exploration, development, production, and business development in the UK, Norway, Colombia, and the Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq. In addition, Mr. Warwick leads Talisman’s businesses in Peru and Poland as well as Talisman’s global projects, health, safety, environment and operational assurance activities.

Helen Wesley has nearly 20 years of experience in the international oil and gas industry. Ms. Wesley joined Talisman in 2010 in the role of Executive Vice-President, Corporate Services, reporting to the President and CEO. Her responsibilities include global oversight for human resources, supply chain management, business services, corporate communications, and information technology. Prior to joining Talisman, Ms. Wesley was Vice-President and Treasurer for Suncor Energy Inc. following the merger with Petro-Canada. During her 10 years with Petro-Canada, Ms. Wesley served in a variety of senior strategic and operational leadership positions, including Vice-President, Finance, International and Offshore, based in London, England.