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Mr. Kourouma was hired in August 2005 as the Company’s Vice President of African Affairs. Born and raised in the Republic of Guinea Mr. Kourouma’s father is the former Guinea Ambassador to the United States. He speaks French German English and several different African dialects.
He was one of the Hyperdynamics team to travel to Guinea in August of 2005 and he met with many government officials including President Lansana Conté on numerous occasions. He prepared the way for the Company’s Chief Executive to first come to Guinea in September 2005. Mr. Kourouma has handled governmental affairs and public relations in Guinea and has given the Company a deep understanding of the West African culture there. His work was mission critical to the development of the Company’s operating strategies in Guinea and he facilitated all critical communications with the Government of Guinea. Mr. Kourouma’s strategic advice was paramount to the Company’s successful negotiations in Guinea. He served a vitally important role in these African based negotiations beginning in 2005 and extending into 2006. On September 22 2006 he signed the 2006 Production Sharing Contract together with Guinea’s minister of the Mines and of the Geology and Minister of Finance.
Mr. Kourouma earned a B.S. and M.S. in Biopharmacology from the University of Greifswald in Greifswald Germany. He subsequently went on to attend the University of Texas for his Ph.D. studies
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