Boart Longyear Annual Report 2011

Mr Kipp was appointed President and CEO of Boart Longyear in 2008, after serving three years as the company’s COO and after the successful 2007 IPO. Prior to joining the company, he was employed by General Electric from 1983 to 2005, serving in various capacities in GE’s Energy Division, including: President and COO of the Global Nuclear Fuel business, General Manager of Hungary operations in Budapest and finally General Manager of China operations in Shanghai.

Mr Kipp received both his BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of North Dakota and his MBA from the University of Chicago.

Mr Baker was appointed as Senior Vice President, Human Resources in 2008. Prior to joining Boart Longyear he worked for Milacron Inc. for 17 years in a variety of operational, divisional and global human resources roles including Vice President of Human Resources.

Mr Baker received his BA in Business from Bowling Green State University and his MBA from Xavier University.

Mr Birch was appointed as Vice President of Global Drilling Services in 2010 after successfully leading the Global Products division to record performance from May 2006. Prior to joining Boart Longyear, he worked for Black & Decker Corporation for 15 years across various business units in both North America and Europe.

Past roles include Vice President and General Manager for Baldwin Hardware and Director of Marketing and Product Development for DeWalt Industrial Power Tools, both divisions of Black & Decker Corporation.

Mr Birch received his BA in Business Management from Brigham Young University.

Mr Kane joined Boart Longyear in 2006 through the acquisition of the Prosonic Corporation, the USA’s largest provider of sonic drilling services, where he served as its acting President and COO. Prior to this, he served for nine years as President and COO of publicly held MPW Industrial Services Co. and for 11 years as Executive Vice-President of publicly held OHM Corporation. Mr Kane was a practicing attorney in Columbus, Ohio for 13 years.

Mr Kane received his BA from Hofstra University and his JD from The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland-State University.

Mr Ragan was appointed Chief Financial Officer in 2008. Prior to joining Boart Longyear, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer for GTSI Corporation, a leading technology solutions provider for the public sector listed on NASDAQ. He also held the position of Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Operations for Winstar Communications Inc., an international telecommunications company. Earlier in his career, Joe held various international and domestic finance positions for PSEG, The AES Corporation, and Deloitte and Touche.

Mr Ragan received his BS in Accounting from The University of the State of New York, his MS in Accounting from George Mason University, and his CPA in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Mr Rasetti was appointed Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in 2006. Prior to joining Boart Longyear, he was a Segment General Counsel and Segment Vice-President for Business Development for NYSE-listed SPX Corporation and served in various other management roles during his nine years there.

Prior to SPX Corporation, he worked in the private law firms of Howrey & Simon and Towey & Associates in Washington, DC.

Mr Rasetti received his BS in Foreign Service and JD from Georgetown University.

Mr Sides was appointed Vice President, Global Products in 2010. Prior to joining Boart Longyear he spent over 25 years with the General Electric Company in the energy business. He was employed in various leadership capacities in both services and capital equipment globally. Most recently, he was the global commercial leader for the Aero Energy business in Houston, Texas. Prior positions included leading the commercial function in Asia Pacific for GE’s power generation business and leading the wind energy P&L in Asia from Beijing. Mr Sides has been responsible for leading sales, commercial and services activities for GE while located in Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo, London and the USA. In addition, he has extensive acquisition integration experience having overseen over 20 integrations.

Alan received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and earned an MBA from Emory University.