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Mr. Roussel has served as a Director of the Company since the Merger in December 2001 and is Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Since September 1998, Mr. Roussel’s primary occupation has been to serve as an independent business consultant. From 1994 until September 1998, Mr. Roussel served as Vice President of Sterling Consulting Group, where he performed various strategy design, alliance structuring and benchmarking projects for several major U.S. oil companies. Mr. Roussel served as President of a nationally recognized gas processing company from 1989 through 1994, where he was responsible for gathering systems, gas processing plants, chemical facilities, international business development, acquisitions, joint venture management, and strategic planning and implementation. Mr. Roussel received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University in 1971 and completed the Harvard Advanced Management Program in 1992. He has also served as Vice President, director and as a member of the Executive and Ad Hoc Committees of the board of directors of the Gas Processors Association.
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