Directors of Southgobi 2012

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Directors



Kay Priestly
Position: Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Board

Kay Priestly is Chief Executive Officer of Turquoise Hill Resources. She was previously a senior executive at Rio Tinto, most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer of the company's global Copper product group. Ms. Priestly joined Rio Tinto in 2006 as Chief Financial Officer at Rio Tinto's Kennecott Utah Copper operations. Prior to Rio Tinto, she spent more than 24 years with global professional services firm Arthur Andersen, where she provided tax and consulting services to global companies in the energy and mining sectors and was a member of Andersen's global executive team. Ms. Priestly is also a director of Stone Energy Corporation.



Sean Hinton
Position: Non-Executive Director, Deputy Chairman of the Board

Sean Hinton is founder and principal of Terbish Partners, an advisory firm mainly focused on energy and mining projects. From 1997-2000, he served as Mongolia's Honorary Consul-General in Australia. Previously Mr. Hinton was a partner and principal at MEA, a London-based boutique investment bank, and spent five years with McKinsey & Company advising major clients on a wide range of strategic issues.


Pierre B. Lebel (1),(2),(3),(5)
Position: Independent Non-Executive Director, Lead Independent Director

Mr. Lebel has been a Director of the Company since August 2003, and was its chairman from August 2003 to June 2007. He has over thirty years' experience in managerial and advisory roles in the mineral resources industry. Mr. Lebel has been the chairman of the board of Imperial Metals Corp., a TSX-listed mineral resources company, since January 2003, having formerly been its president. He earned his Master of Business Administration from McMaster University Ontario, Canada in 1973 and his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario in 1976. He is a member of the executive committee of the Mining Association of British Columbia and was awarded the E.A. Scholz medal for outstanding contribution to mine development in British Columbia in 1998.


Lindsay Dove
Position: Non-Executive Director

Lindsay Dove spent more than 30 years in the international oil, coal and shipping industries with BP and Rio Tinto where he held a variety of senior management positions. Since retiring from Rio Tinto in 2006, Mr. Dove has been an independent consultant advising on acquisitions and corporate transactions, primarily in the international coal mining industry.


Brett Salt
Position: Non-Executive Director

Brett Salt was appointed Senior Vice President, Strategy and Development at Turquoise Hill Resources on May 1, 2012. Previously, Mr. Salt was with Rio Tinto for 15 years in a variety of senior product group and corporate level commercial roles. Most recently, he was General Manager Business Development and Chief Financial Officer of the Rio Tinto Marine business.


Kelly Sanders
Position: Non-Executive Director

Kelly Sanders currently is President and CEO of Kennecott Utah Copper and has been working in the mining industry for 32 years, including 28 years with coal mining operations. Mr. Sanders previously held senior positions with Rio Tinto Energy America and Ziegler Coal, both in Wyoming's famed Powder River Basin coal mining district.


André H. Deepwell (1),(2),(3)
Position: Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Deepwell has been a Director of the Company since August 2003. He has over 8 years' experience in advisory and managerial roles in the mineral resources industry. He has been corporate secretary of Imperial Metals Corp., a TSX listed mineral resources company, since December 2001 and has been its chief financial officer since April 2002, having been its vice president of finance from December 2001 to June 2003 and a director from December 2001 to March 2002. Mr. Deepwell received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia in 1978. He is a Chartered Accountant certified by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia in 1981. He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.


Gordon Lancaster (1),(2),(3),(5)
Position: Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Lancaster is an independent business consultant and was previously the Chief Financial Officer of Ivanhoe Energy Inc., an international heavy-oil development and production company whose core operations are in Canada, Ecuador and China. Mr. Lancaster holds a chartered accountant degree from the University of Manitoba and, prior to entering the industry in 1982, he had a 20-year career in public accounting with Deloitte & Touche with the last five years as a partner in that firm's Vancouver office. Mr. Lancaster also is a director of Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. and Realm Energy International Corp.


(1) Member of Audit Committee
(2) Member of Compensation and Benefits Committee
(3) Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
(4) Member of Health, Environment, Safety and Social Responsibility Committee
(5) Member of Mergers and Acquisitions Committee
 

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