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.

David McLemore	Craig Kipp	Bruce Brook	Roger Brown
David Grzelak	Peter St. George

	David McLemore Mr. McLemore was appointed a director on February 21, 2007 and is currently Chairman of the Company and Chairman of the Remuneration and Nominations 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 ten 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. Mr. McLemore also served as a General Manager of a General Electric’s Power Systems division from 1985 to 1997. Mr. McLemore received his BS from Oklahoma State University.
	Craig Kipp Mr. Kipp was appointed a director of the Company on June 28, 2008. He was appointed the Company's Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2009, prior to which time he was President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Kipp joined the Company in 2005 after 22 years with General Electric, where he was employed in various capacities, including President and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Nuclear Fuel division and General Manager of operations in Hungary and China. Mr. Kipp received his BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of North Dakota and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
	Bruce Brook Mr. Brook was appointed a director of the Company on 21 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 and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Lihir Gold Limited (appointed December 2005), director of Snowy Hydro Limited (appointed May 2006) and Chairman of Energy Developments Limited (appointed April 2009). As of 1 March 2010, he was appointed a director of the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation. Mr. Brook is also a member of the Financial Reporting Council, a member of the Finance Committee of the University of Melbourne, and a member of the Audit Committee of the Salvation Army (Southern Territory). Mr. Brook was the Chief Financial Officer of WMC Resources Ltd. from 2002 to 2005 and has approximately 30 years of experience in various 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 resigned as a director and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Energy Developments Limited on February 17, 2010 (appointed a director in April 2009 and Chairman in September 2009) and as a director of Consolidated Minerals Limited on February 20, 2008 (appointed December 2005). 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 and 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 for Smith Technologies, a Fortune 500 Company that is the 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 for 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.
	David Grzelak Mr. Grzelak was appointed a director of the Company on November 13, 2008, and is Chairman of the Environment, Health & Safety Committee and member of the Audit, Compliance & Risk Committee. He is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Komatsu America Corp. and has held a variety of senior executive positions with Komatsu since joining the company in 1991. Prior to joining Komatsu, he worked in General Electric’s Transportation Systems business for approximately 20 years. Mr. Grzelak has served as a director of the Alamo Group Inc. (NYSE) and has been a member of its Audit, Compensation & Nomination committees since 2006. Mr. Grzelak earned his BS in industrial engineering from Penn State University and an MBA from Gannon 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 a director of Spark Infrastructure Group, Powercor Australia Limited, Citipower Pty Ltd. and CHEDHA Holdings Pty Ltd. from December 2005 until December 31, 2008. He also served as a director and Chairman of Walter Turnbull, an Australian accounting and financial services firm, from August 2002 until October 31, 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 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 an MBA from the University of Cape Town.