Mark Dice

Chief Executive Officer of the Norse Group since September 2010, born 1957. Prior to his appointment as CEO he was Chief Operating Officer of NEC and has been with the company since June 2009. Mr. Dice holds an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, an M.S. in Geology from Kent State University and a B.S. in Geology from Muskingum College. He has over 28 years of diverse international oil and gas industry experience having held positions in BP and Amoco including Exploration Manager, Commercial Manager, Performance Unit Leader in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico and Vice President of Petrotechnical Development. He has previously lived in Houston, Chicago, London and Hong Kong. Mr. Dice is a citizen of the United States and currently maintains residences in Houston, Texas and Orchard Park, New York.