Keith Henry was appointed as Non Executive Chairman in April 2008. Mr Henry has over 35 years' experience in the development, financing, design, construction and management of projects in the oil and gas, process, pipeline, and energy industries, during which time he was Chief Executive of National Power plc, Kvaerner Engineering and Construction Limited and Brown & Root Limited. In recent years, Mr Henry has held a number of senior non-executive roles, including Director then Chairman of Burren Energy plc for three years until the sale of the company to Eni SpA in January 2008. He is currently Chairman of Helius Energy Plc, the senior independent director of Emerald Energy plc and a non-executive director of four privately owned companies. He previously served as deputy chairman of Petroleum Geo-Services ASA from 2003 and then led the demerger as chairman of Petrojarl ASA in 2006. He also served as a non-executive director of First Calagary Petroleums Limited from 2007 to 2008, of South East Water Ltd from 2005 to 2007 and of Enterprise Oil plc from 1995 to 2002. Mr Henry is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a chartered civil engineer with a BSc degree from London University and a MSc from the University of Birmingham.

Denis joined the Board in April 2011 after the successful completion of the cash offer to shareholders of Regal by Energees Management Limited. He joins Regal having experience in investment banking with Morgan Stanley & Co Eastern European team, Severstal Group as Head of the Strategy Department, Strategy & Corporate Development, Mining Division and McKinsey & Co. Denis is currently a Director of Energees Management and First Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Finance of JSC Smart and holds a MA (Finance) and a BA in Economics from Plekhanov Academy of Economics, Russia. 

Dr Graham has over 29 years experience in the oil and gas industry having held a number of senior management roles with BP plc ("BP"), including UK Business Development Manager, Upstream Mergers and Acquisitions Manager, V-P of OAO Sidanco in Russia, leader of BP's Southern North Sea gas production business, V-P of BP Exploration Alaska and, most recently, leader of BP's Russia business unit and its shareholder representative for the TNK-BP joint venture. Since retirement from BP in March 2009, Dr Graham has provided consultant advisory services in the oil and gas sector.  He holds a PhD in Geology from the University of Edinburgh, an MBA from the University of Strathclyde and an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge.

Adrian Coates was appointed as Non-Executive Director in July 2008.  Mr Coates has many years' experience in the investment banking industry, having recently resigned from HSBC Bank plc after 10 years, latterly as Global Sector Head, Resources and Energy Group, Global Banking and Markets Division.  He has also held senior roles in UBS, Warrior International and Credit Suisse First Boston with a specialisation in the natural resources sector. His City experience is extensive and he has advised on many substantial corporate transactions.  He holds a MA(Econ) from Cambridge University and a MSc(MBA) from London Business School.

Alexey joined Regal in March 2011 after the successful completion of the cash offer to shareholders of Regal by Energees Management Limited. Prior to joining Regal and the Smart Holding Group, Alexey held positions at SJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy (the Ukrainian state oil and gas Company), Concern Geo-Alliance UA and SC Ukrgazvydobuvannya, a subsidiary of SJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy. He is currently First Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Corporate Development and Asset Management of JSC Smart. Alexey holds a degree in International Economic Relations.

Alexey joined Regal in April 2011 after the successful completion of the cash offer to shareholders of Regal by Energees Management Limited. He is currently a Director of Energees Investments and Energees Management and is the Chief Executive Officer of JSC Smart as well as holding Director positions with Adeona Holdings, Smart Holding, Legolas, Metinvest Holding UA and JSC Moldova Steel Works. Previous positions held include CEO of Severstal Emal, and Deputy CEO for Business Development for the Severstal Group. Alexey holds an MBA from Newcastle Business School in Northumbria, England.