Robert M. Friedland

A co-founder of Ivanhoe Energy, Robert Friedland is an international financier who has been associated with international resource and technology ventures for 25 years. He is also Chairman and President of Ivanhoe Capital, his family's private, Singapore-based company that specializes in venture capital and project financing, and founder of Turquoise Hill Resources (formerly Ivanhoe Mines), a Canadian company with extensive operating, development and exploration interests in the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Friedland was recognized with consecutive Investor Envoy of the Year awards from the Mongolian Government in 2003 and 2002.

Mr. Friedland was named the "2006 Mining Person of the Year" by Canada's Northern Miner, a leading industry publication, for his coup in gaining global mining leader Rio Tinto as a partner for Ivanhoe Mines in Mongolia. The Northern Miner said the partnership was "a defining moment in one of the world's biggest mineral-development success stories of the past decade." It described Mr. Friedland as "a dynamic force for a quarter-century in the minerals industry through a host of private and public-company vehicles."

As Executive Chairman and largest shareholder of Ivanplats Ltd., Mr. Friedland is closely involved with several mining projects in Africa, including a copper discovery in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the development of a significant nickel-platinum-copper deposit on South Africa's Bushveld Complex.

In 1996, he was named Developer of the Year by the Prospectors' and Developers' Association of Canada for his work in establishing and financing companies engaged in mineral exploration and development around the world. Mr. Friedland guided the development and sale of Diamond Fields Resources' nickel discovery at Voisey's Bay in Newfoundland, Canada, to INCO Ltd. for CDN$4.3 billion in 1996 (Inco's Voisey's Bay mine began production in September, 2005). He also led the discovery and sale of Fairbanks Gold's Fort Knox deposit in Alaska to Amax Gold for US$152 million in 1992 (Fort Knox, now owned by Kinross Gold, has produced approximately four million ounces of gold since 1996).

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Carlos A. Cabrera

Carlos A. Cabrera is the Executive Chairman of Ivanhoe Energy. Prior to his appointment, he served as the founding President and CEO of the National Institute of Low Carbon and Clean Energy (NICE) based in Beijing, China.  

Mr. Cabrera is a Distinguished Associate to the World Energy Consultancy Firm FACTS. He also serves on the Board of Directors of GEVO, a publicly traded biotechnology company, and the Gas Technology Institute, a U.S.-based leading research, development and training organization serving energy and environmental markets.

He is an advisor to the National Oil Company of Azerbaijan, SOCAR, an Executive Board member of Big West Oil, a privately-owned U.S. firm, and a member of the Global Advisory Board of the University of the Chicago Booth School of Business.

As a former 35-year employee with UOP-a leading international supplier to the petroleum refining, petrochemical and gas processing industries-Mr. Cabrera held posts as the President/CEO and then Chairman.

Granted nine patents by the U.S. Patent Office, he has authored numerous publications and served on several industry panels-including the Board of Directors of NPRA and the NPRA Petrochemical Committee-as a worldwide business and technical leader. He received an honorary membership to the Instrument Society of America, was inducted to the University of Kentucky Engineering Hall Of Distinction, awarded the 2007 Fuels and Petrochemicals Division Leadership Award by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, honored with the Honeywell Corporation 2008 Senior Leadership Award, and named to the Hispanic Business Magazine's Corporate Elite in 2009.

Mr. Cabrera earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Kentucky and a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Chicago.

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A. Robert Abboud

Mr. Abboud has been an Independent Lead Director of the Company since May 2006 and serves as a member of the Company's Audit, Nominating and Corporate Governance and Executive Committees. He also served as Co-Chairman for Ivanhoe Energy from 2006 - 2011 Mr. Abboud has been President and Chief Executive Officer of A. Robert Abboud and Company, a private investment company, since 1984, and has had a 46-year career in oil and gas, banking and foreign affairs. He was previously President and Chief Operating Officer of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First Chicago Corporation and The First National Bank of Chicago, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First City Bancorporation of Texas, Chairman of ACB International, Ltd., a joint venture that included the Bank of China and a subsidiary of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Relations and Trade. Mr. Abboud holds a Bachelor of Arts (Cum Laude) from Harvard College, a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, and is a member of the Illinois and Massachusetts Bar Associations, as well as the Federal Bar and American Bar Associations.

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Howard R. Balloch

Mr. Balloch is Chairman of Canaccord Genuity Asia, following the acquisition by Canaccord Financial Inc. of The Balloch Group, the investment advisory firm he founded in 2001. A veteran Canadian diplomat, Mr. Balloch began serving as Canada's ambassador to the People's Republic of China, Mongolia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1996 after a 20-year career in the Government of Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and Privy Council Office. Mr. Balloch is Vice Chairman of the Canada China Business Council, having served as its President between 2001 and 2006. Mr. Balloch holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Political Science and Economics and a Master of Arts in International Relations from McGill University, and completed Ph.D. studies at the University of Toronto and at Fondation Nationale de Sciences Politiques, Paris.

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Brian F. Downey

Mr. Downey has been President of Downey & Associates Management Inc., a real estate holding company, since July 1986, and Financial Advisor to Lending Solutions, Inc., a full-service loan call centre located in the US whose clients are primarily US and Canadian financial institutions, since January 2002. From 1995 to 2002 he was a principal and served as CEO of Lending Solutions, Inc., and from 1986 to 1995 he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Credit Union Central of Canada, the national trade association and national liquidity facility for all credit unions in Canada. Mr. Downey has a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation from the University of Manitoba and is a Member of the Society of Management Accountants of Ontario.

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Dr. Robert G. Graham

Dr. Graham is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and co-founder of Ensyn Corporation. Dr. Graham has been working on the commercial development of the RTP^TM biomass refining and petroleum upgrading technologies since the early 1980's. This work culminated in the development of commercial RTP applications in the wood industry in the late 1980's and the establishment of Ensyn Renewables Inc. to capitalize on commercial projects for this business. In 1997, Dr. Graham initiated the application of this commercial RTP^TM technology in the petroleum industry through wholly owned subsidiary which was purchased by Ivanhoe in 2005. Dr. Graham holds Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Science Honours degrees from Carlton University, and a Master of Engineering and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Western Ontario.

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Peter G. Meredith

Mr. Meredith previously served as a director from 1996 to 1999 and as the Company's Chief Financial Officer from June 1999 to January 2000. Mr. Meredith was formerly Deputy Chairman of Turquoise Hill Resources and was Chief Financial Officer of Turquoise Hill Resources from May 2004 to May 2006 and from June 1999 to November 2001. He was Chairman (since October, 2009) and was previously Chief Executive Officer (June 2007 to October 2009) of SouthGobi Resources Ltd, and served as Chief Financial Officer of Ivanhoe Capital Corporation from 1996 to March 2009. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Meredith spent 31 years with Deloitte & Touche LLP, Chartered Accountants, where he retired as a partner in 1996. Mr. Meredith is a Chartered Accountant and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and the Ordre des Comptables Agrees du Quebec.

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Alexander A. Molyneux

Mr. Molyneux previously served a the President and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian-based SouthGobi Resources Ltd. Before joining SouthGobi in 2009, Mr. Molyneux was Head of Metals and Mining Investment Banking for Citigroup where he established a leading metals and mining investment banking business in Asia. During a distinguished career at Citigroup and UBS, he advised on coal-related public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, bond and debt offerings totalling several billion dollars. Mr. Molyneux holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Monash University in Australia.

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Robert A. Pirraglia

Mr. Pirraglia is an engineer and attorney with more than 25 years of experience in the development of energy projects and projects employing innovative technologies. He served on the board of Ensyn Group, Inc. starting in 1996, and was also Chief Operating Officer of Ensyn Group, Inc.from September 1998 to April 2005. He is currently Executive Vice President of Ensyn Corporation and was the Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of the company from April 2005 to October 2007. He is also a director of Pirraglia Associates, Inc. and RRP Development Holdings, LLC. In addition to being a founder and manager of several energy and waste processing companies, Mr. Pirraglia has provided management and business consulting services to various US, Canadian and European companies. Mr. Pirraglia holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from New York University and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.

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