About Index / Management Team

Daniel ("Dan") L. Murphy
Chairman

Dan has over 39 years of experience in energy sector industries. He has held management and executive positions (career roles have included Chairman, CEO, President, Company and Non-executive Director and Project Director) in major international operating and contracting companies such as Shell Oil, IIAPCO, Occidental Petroleum, Intrepid Energy (North Sea) Ltd., Santa Fe International, Brown & Root, Kvaerner H&G, and Aker Maritime (U.K.) Ltd. Dan's worldwide operational experience includes the Gulf of Mexico, South East Asia, Middle East, South America, North Africa, Poland and the North Sea. Up until the sale of Intrepid Energy (North Sea) Ltd, in 2004. Dan served as Engineering and Production Director for over seven years where he was instrumental in the development and delineation of the giant Buzzard field, a 500 million plus (recoverable) barrel oil find. Dan joined Index in early 2005, and shortly afterward was appointed Chairman of Index Oil and Gas Ltd., which, as a result of a merger, became Index Oil and Gas Inc. in January 2006.

Lyndon West
Chief Executive

Lyndon has 25 years experience in the Oil and Gas Industry. Prior to the foundation of Index, Lyndon was New Venture Services Practice Director and previously CEO of their International Division with IHS Energy where he was responsible for the development of business relations worldwide. Lyndon joined IHS Energy from IEDS Limited, a venture capital backed company he co-founded and managed from start-up through to the eventual acquisition by IHS Energy in 1998. Lyndon is a founder director of Index Oil and Gas Ltd.

Andrew ("Andy") Boetius
Finance Director

Andy, a qualified Chartered Management Accountant, has spent the majority of his career in the exploration, production and energy sectors. He held a number of roles during a 14 year career with Amerada Hess Corporation, both in its upstream and downstream businesses. Latterly he held the role of Finance Director for its U.K. gas business, and was a member of the management team that successfully sold this division to the TXU group. Prior to joining Index he performed an interim management role for Fortum Group, successfully achieving the divestment of their U.K. energy marketing business. Andy is a founder director of Index Oil and Gas Ltd.

David ("Dave") Jenkins
Non-Executive Technical Director

Dave has 31 years experience in global hydrocarbon exploration. He was instrumental in developing the integrated exploration process, which resulted in Conoco being an industry leader in terms of commercial success rate and the number of significant discoveries of a size greater than 100 million boe. In addition, Dave was responsible for the analysis and opinion that led to major discoveries in the Gulf of Paria and the Cuu Long basins in Vietnam. Projects for ConocoPhillips included the evaluation and ranking of over 50 basins and 100+ plays to develop a high-grade, focused exploration program. Dave is a founder director of Index Oil and Gas Ltd.

Ron Bain
Senior Vice President, Exploration & Production

Ron's extensive E&P career (34+ years) includes management positions with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in technology and exploration functions, both for the domestic United States and international. Dr. Bain was also Corporate Exploration Advisor and Vice President of Geosciences of Houston-based Endeavour International Corporation.