Board of Directors - Boart Longyear

Board of Directors

The Boart Longyear™ Board of Directors bring a wealth of experience from a diverse group of industries and are tasked to grow and lead the business into the future.

Barbara Jeremiah	Bruce Brook	Roger Brown	Roy Franklin
Tanya Fratto	David McLemore	Peter St. George

	Barbara Jeremiah Mrs. Jeremiah was appointed a director of the Company on October 1, 2011. Her professional career includes several senior executive roles for Alcoa, Inc., a Fortune 100 company that is the world’s primary producer of primary aluminium and fabricated aluminium. She retired as Alcoa’s Executive Vice President for Corporate Development in 2009 and in that role was responsible for leading Alcoa’s worldwide acquisition and divestiture activity as well as its strategic analysis of its business. Prior to her corporate development responsibilities, she held several senior positions in Alcoa’s legal department, including corporate secretary and assistant general counsel. Mrs. Jeremiah is a non-executive director of EQT, Inc. (New York Stock Exchange), Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (New York Stock Exchange), and First Niagara Financial Group (NASDAQ). She also serves on the board of two non-profit organizations in the United States. Mrs. Jeremiah is based in Pittsburgh in the United States and received a Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Brown University.
	Bruce Brook Mr. Brook was appointed a director of the Company on February 21 2007, and is Chairman of the Audit, Compliance & Risk Committee and a member of the Environment, Health & Safety Committee. He is currently a director of Snowy Hydro Limited (appointed May 2006), Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (appointed March 2010), Programmed Group (appointed June 2010) and the Deep Exploration Technologies Co-operative Research Centre (since May 2010). Mr. Brook is also a member of the Financial Reporting Council and a member of the Audit Committee of the Salvation Army (Southern Territory). Mr. Brook was a director of Lihir Gold Limited from 2005 to 2010, chairman of Energy Developments from 2009 to 2010 and a director of Consolidated Minerals from 2005 to 2008. Mr. Brook was the Chief Financial Officer of WMC Resources Ltd from 2002 to 2005 and has approximately 30 years of experience in various management roles, including Deputy Chief Financial Officer of ANZ Banking Group Limited, Group Chief Accountant of Pacific Dunlop Limited, General Manager, Group Accounting at CRA Limited and General Manager, Accounting and Services at Pasminco Limited. Mr. Brook gained his B. Comm and B. Accounting at the University of Witwatersrand and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
	Roger Brown Mr. Brown was appointed a director of the Company on July 1 2010, and is a member of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee and the Environment, Health & Safety Committee. He currently holds board positions with McDermott International Inc. (NYSE), and Ultra Petroleum Corporation (NYSE). Prior to that, Mr. Brown served as President of Smith Technologies, a business unit of Smith International, Inc., which prior to its acquisition by Schlumberger, Ltd. was a Fortune 500 company that was a leading worldwide supplier of products and services to the oil and gas industrial markets. In addition, Mr. Brown has held board positions for I.E. Miller Services, Sandvik/Smith Ltd and the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association. Mr. Brown received his Bachelor of Science in Economics, History, and Political Science, along with his Juris Doctorate, from the University of Oklahoma.
	Roy Franklin Mr. Franklin was appointed a director of the Company on October 15 2010 and is a member of the Environment, Health & Safety Committee and the Audit, Compliance & Risk Committee. He is currently Chairman of the Board for Keller Group PLC (London Stock Exchange) and a director of Santos Ltd (ASX) and Statoil ASA (Oslo Stock Exchange). He previously held directorships on a number of other corporate boards, including International Energy Group and Novera Energy. Mr. Franklin also served as Chief Executive of Paladin Resources from 1997 to 2006, was Managing Director of Clyde Petroleum from 1991 to 1997, and held a number of executive roles with British Petroleum earlier in his career. Mr. Franklin is based out of England and received his Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Southampton.
	Tanya Fratto Ms Fratto was appointed a director on June 1, 2011 and is a member of the Environmental, Health, and Safety Committee and the Remuneration & Nominations Committee. She most recently served as President and CEO of Diamond Innovations, a position she held between 2004 and April 2011. Diamond Innovations is located in Columbus, Ohio, and is the inventor and world’s leading supplier of manufactured diamond, cubic boron nitride (CBN), and polycrystalline products. Prior to joining Diamond Innovations, Ms Fratto was an officer at GE and held a number of leadership position over her 20+ years with the company, including general management, operations, sourcing, product management, and marketing. Ms Fratto is a graduate of General Electric’s Manufacturing Management Program and received her BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Alabama.
	David McLemore Mr. McLemore was appointed a director on February 21 2007 and is currently Chairman of the Company and Chairman of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee. He has 35 years of industrial and broad operational experience. He has held a number of positions with various Advent International portfolio companies for more than 10 years and was involved with Advent International’s acquisition of the Boart Longyear Group from Anglo American plc. in 2005. Mr. McLemore served at various times as Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Boart Longyear Group from 2005 until 2007. He also served as a General Manager of General Electric’s Power Systems division from 1985 to 1997. Mr. McLemore received his BS from Oklahoma State University.
	Peter St. George Mr. St. George was appointed a director of the Company on February 21 2007, and is a member of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee and the Audit, Compliance & Risk Committee. Mr. St. George has also served as a director of First Quantum Minerals Limited (listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange) since October 2003. He was appointed a director of Dexus Group (listed on the Australian Securities Exchange) in April 2009. He was a director of Spark Infrastructure Group and associated companies from December 2005 until December 2008. He also served as a director and Chairman of Walter Turnbull, an Australian accounting and financial services firm, from August 2002 until October 2008 and was a director of SFE Corporation Limited from 2000 until its merger with ASX Ltd in July 2006. Mr. St. George served as Chief Executive/Co-Chief Executive of Salomon Smith Barney Australia/NatWest Markets Australia from 1995 to 2001. In addition, he has more than 20 years of experience in senior corporate advisory roles within NatWest Markets and Hill Samuel & Co in London. Mr. St. George qualified as a Chartered Accountant in South Africa and received his MBA from the University of Cape Town.