BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Bill Gammell
Sir Bill Gammell
Chief Executive (57)
Sir Bill Gammell holds a BA in Economics and Accountancy from Stirling University and was awarded a knighthood in 2006 for services to industry in Scotland. Sir Bill has over 25 years experience in the international oil and gas industry.  He founded Cairn and was appointed Chief Executive on its initial listing in 1988.  He is the non-executive Chairman of Cairn India Limited and is a member of the Asia Task Force and the UK India Business Council.  Sir Bill, who is an ex Scotland rugby internationalist, is also Chairman of the Winning Scotland Foundation, a director of sportscotland and Glasgow 2014 Limited and a member of the British Olympic Advisory Board.
Mike Watts
Dr Mike Watts
Deputy Chief Executive (54)
Dr Mike Watts holds a First Class Hons degree and a PhD in Geology. He joined Shell in 1980, Burmah in 1985 and Premier in 1986.  In 1991 he was appointed Managing Director of the Amsterdam listed Holland Sea Search NV, which was acquired by Cairn in 1996.  Mike was appointed Exploration and New Business Director of Cairn in 1997 and Deputy Chief Executive from March 2009.  He has been closely associated with the emergence of Cairn as the pre-eminent foreign owned oil and gas company in India and the major holder of frontier exploration acreage in Greenland.  Mike is also a non-executive director of SOCO International plc.  As an executive director of Cairn, Mike has particular responsibility for providing assurance to the Board on health, safety, environment (including climate change), community and human rights matters.
Malcolm Thomas
Malcolm Thoms
Chief Operating Officer (54)
Malcolm Thoms holds a BSc Hons in Physics from Edinburgh University and an MBA from Heriot-Watt University and is currently Trustee of the University of Edinburgh Development Trust.  He started his career as a field engineer with Schlumberger and subsequently became manager of their businesses in Qatar and Brunei.  He joined Cairn in 1989 and held a number of senior management positions prior to his appointment as an executive director in 2000.  Malcolm is a non-executive director of Cairn India Limited and has recently been appointed as a non-executive director of Agora Oil & Gas AS, a privately owned and unquoted oil and gas exploration company focused on exploration in Norway and the UK.  As an executive director of Cairn, Malcolm has particular responsibility for security matters.
Phil Tracy
Phil Tracy
Engineering and Operations Director (60)
Phil Tracy holds an MSc in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College, a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Leeds University and is currently an Honourary Professor in the Petroleum Engineering Department of Heriot-Watt University.  He is a Chartered Engineer with over 36 years experience in the international oil and gas industry.  He originally joined Cairn in 1988 and served as an executive director from 1989 until 1999. He subsequently became managing director of Providence Resources P.l.c. before rejoining Cairn in 2002 as Chairman of Cairn Energy India Pty Limited, a post he held until May 2006. He was appointed Engineering & Operations director in 2004 and served as Rajasthan Project Director until December 2006 and again in from December 2007 to June 2009, when he was seconded to Cairn India Limited.  Phil is currently Chairman of the Rajasthan Project Review Board.
Jann Brown
Jann Brown
Finance Director (53)
Jann Brown was appointed Finance Director of Cairn in 2006 and is also a non-executive director of Cairn India Limited.  She holds an MA from Edinburgh University and a diploma in accounting from Heriot-Watt University.  She joined Cairn in 1998 after a career in the accountancy profession, mainly with KPMG.  She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and the Chartered Institute of Taxation.  As an executive director of Cairn, Jann has particular responsibility for employee matters.  In addition to her roles within the Cairn Group, she is the Senior Independent Director of Hansen Transmissions International nv, a Belgian engineering company that is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Simon Thomson
Simon Thomson
Legal & Commercial Director (44)
Simon Thomson was appointed Legal & Commercial Director of Cairn in 2006.  He holds a LLB Hons from Aberdeen University and a Diploma in Legal Practice from Glasgow University.  He joined Cairn in 1995 as a lawyer before becoming Group Commercial Manager.  Prior to his appointment as Legal & Commercial Director, he served on the Group Management Board (now the Chief Executive's Committee) for six years.  Simon was recently appointed a non-executive director of Graham's The Family Dairy Limited and is also a director of the Winning Scotland Foundation.
Norman Murray
Norman Murray
Non-Executive Chairman (62)
Norman Murray was appointed an independent non-executive director of Cairn in 1999 and Chairman in 2002.  He was a co-founder and former Chairman of Morgan Grenfell Private Equity Limited and was also a director of Morgan Grenfell Asset Management Limited and a non-executive director of Bristow Helicopter Group Limited. He is a past Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and a past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.  He is a non-executive director of Greene King PLC and Robert Wiseman Dairies plc.
Todd Hunt
Todd Hunt
Non-Executive Director (57)
Todd Hunt was appointed an independent non-executive director of Cairn in 2003.  He is President and joint owner of Atropos Exploration Company and Atropos Production Company based in Dallas, Texas.  He has over 30 years experience in the oil and gas industry.
Iain McLaren
Iain McLaren
Non-Executive Director (59)
Iain McLaren was appointed an independent non-executive director of Cairn on 1 July 2008. He was formerly Senior Partner for KPMG in Scotland and has significant experience in the oil and gas sector. Iain is also a director of The Scottish Council for Development and Industry, Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC and Investors Capital Trust plc. He is Vice-President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
Dr. James Buckee
Dr James Buckee
Non-Executive Director (64)
Dr James Buckee was appointed an independent non-executive director of Cairn on 15 January 2009. He has more than 35 years experience in the oil and gas industry having held senior executive positions with Shell, Burmah Oil and BP.  He was appointed President of Talisman Energy Inc in 1991 and CEO in 1993 and held both posts until retiring from Talisman in October 2007.
Jackie Sheppard
Jackie Sheppard
Non-Executive Director (54)
Jackie Sheppard was appointed an independent non-executive director of Cairn on 20 May 2010.  She was previously Executive Vice-President, Corporate and Legal at Talisman Energy Inc, a post she held for 15 years (1993-2008). During her career to date Jackie has been the recipient of many national awards as one of Canada’s top business women and corporate counsel. Jackie is a director of Emera Inc. and NWest Energy Inc., both public corporations and she is Chair of the Research and Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador, a Crown Corporation.  Jackie Sheppard holds a BA from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, BA and MA in Jurisprudence from Oxford University (where she attended as a Rhodes Scholar) and LLB from McGill University. She was admitted to the Law Society of Alberta Canada in 1982 and was appointed Queen’s Counsel for the Province of Alberta in 2008.
Alexander Berger
Alexander Berger
Non-Executive Director (44)
Alexander Berger was appointed an independent non-executive director of Cairn on 20 May 2010.  He is currently CEO of Oranje-Nassau Energie B.V., a private Dutch exploration and production company based in Amsterdam, where his key responsibility is to grow the portfolio through the acquisition of development and production assets. Prior to his appointment to this role in 2009, Alexander was Managing Director of Dyas Exploration and Production BV in Utrecht from 2007-2009 and was also a non-executive director of Capricorn during this period. Alexander started his industry career with Shell where he held various technical and commercial positions.  Alexander Berger holds a Masters degree in Petroleum Engineering from Delft University and an MBA from Rotterdam School of Management.