Angus McCoss, Exploration Director, Tullow Oil, was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2006, following 21 years of wide-ranging exploration experience, working primarily with Shell in Africa, Europe, China, South America and the Middle East. Angus held a number of senior positions at Shell, including Regional Vice President of Exploration for the Americas and General Manager of Exploration in Nigeria. He holds a BP-sponsored PhD in Structural Geology. Angus is a non-executive Director of Ikon Science Limited and a member of the Advisory Board of the industry-backed Energy and Geoscience Institute of the University of Utah. He has recently taken on a non-executive Board Director role at Providence Resources, Ireland.