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Tracy W. Krohn has served as Chief Executive Officer since he founded the Company in 1983 and as Chairman of the Board since 2004. Mr. Krohn has also served in various other roles during his time with the Company, including as Treasurer from 1997 until 2006, and as President from its founding until September 2008 and again from March 2017 to present day. Mr. Krohn began his career as a petroleum engineer and offshore drilling supervisor with Mobil Oil Corporation. Prior to founding the Company, from 1981 to 1983, Mr. Krohn was Senior Engineer with Taylor Energy Company. During 1996 to 1997, Mr. Krohn was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aviara Energy Corporation. Since 2013, Mr. Krohn has been a member of the board of directors of the American Petroleum Institute. From approximately 2014 to 2022, Mr. Krohn served as Chairman of the Harris County Sherriff's Office Foundation. Mr. Krohn has also provided additional financial support to the Company through his wholly owned affiliate, Calculus Lending, LLC, which provided a $50 million reserve-based lending facility from November 2021 until January 2025. He also currently holds $23.0 million of the Company's Senior Secured Second Lien Notes and has previously committed up to $14.5 million of risk capital to the Company's $361 million joint venture drilling fund in Monza. Mr. Krohn received a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana State University.

Mr. Parasnis joined the Company in July 2023 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Parasnis has 25 years of financial and operational experience, of which 20 have been in banking. Mr. Parasnis has advised companies in the oil and gas and energy transition industry on equity capital markets, debt capital markets and strategic M&A. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Parasnis served as Managing Director of Stifel Financial Corporation's (Stifel) Energy and Natural Resources team in Houston, from August 2016 until May 2019. In July 2019, Mr. Parasnis joined Texas Pacific Land Trust, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer until June 2020. In August 2020, Mr. Parasnis rejoined Stifel, serving again as Managing Director of the Energy and Natural Resources team until his departure from Stifel. Mr. Parasnis started his investment banking career at Credit Suisse, where he worked for eight years (inclusive of four years internationally) on several notable domestic and international deals in the oil and gas industry, including initial public offerings, debt high-yield offerings and spinoffs. Mr. Parasnis began his career as a chemical engineer at Reliance Industries Ltd. in 1996 and subsequently transitioned to finance with Citigroup, following his MBA. Mr. Parasnis is a graduate of the Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai, India. He also earned a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University and a Master of Finance from the London Business School.

William J. Williford joined the Company in 2006 and was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in March 2022. Since joining the Company in 2006, he has served as Reservoir Engineer, Exploration Project Manager, General Manager Deepwater of Gulf of America, Vice President and General Manager of Gulf of America Shelf and Deepwater, and most recently, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Gulf of America. Mr. Williford has over 25 years of oil and gas technical experience with large independents in the Gulf of America and Domestic Onshore. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Williford held positions in reservoir, production, operations and strategic planning at Kerr-McGee and Oryx Energy. Mr. Williford earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Mississippi State University.

Huan Gamblin joined the Company in 2020 and was named Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer in March 2025. Since joining the Company in 2020, he has served as Manager of Acquisition and Divesture and, in May 2022, as Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Gamblin has 20 years of domestic and international industry experience. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Gamblin was the Algeria Reservoir Engineering Manager with Occidental Petroleum (Occidental). Before Occidental, Mr. Gamblin held various engineering positions at Anadarko Petroleum's US Onshore, Gulf of America, and International assets. Mr. Gamblin is a graduate of the University of Texas, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering.

George J. Hittner joined the Company in September of 2024 as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Hittner has over 25 years of legal, corporate and legislative experience in both the public and private sectors. Before founding his own law firm in 2017, Mr. Hittner worked as general counsel, corporate secretary, and senior vice president for governmental relations at American Traffic Solutions (now Verra Mobility Corporation). Mr. Hittner has also worked as a White House appointee at both the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Transportation. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hittner worked in the Houston office of Haynes and Boone where his focus was business litigation and employment and labor law. Mr. Hittner received a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University, a Juris Doctor degree from The University of Texas School of Law, a Master of Public Affairs from The University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, and a Master of Business Administration from The University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

B. Frank Stanley is currently Co-Chief Executive Officer of Retail Concepts, Inc., a privately-held retail chain of 32 stores in 13 states with over seven hundred employees, where he has served in such role since December 2012. Prior to joining Retail Concepts, Inc. in 1988, Mr. Stanley was Chief Financial Officer of Southpoint Porsche Audi WGW Ltd. from 1987 to 1988. From 1985 to 1987, Mr. Stanley was employed by KPMG Peat Marwick, holding the position of Manager, Audit in 1987. From 1983 to 1984, Mr. Stanley was Chief Financial Officer of Design Research, Inc., a manufacturer of housing for offshore drilling platforms. From 1980 to 1982, Mr. Stanley was Chief Financial Officer of Tiger Oilfield Rental Co., Inc. and, from 1977 to 1979, Mr. Stanley was an accountant with Trunkline Gas Co. Mr. Stanley holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Texas A&M University and is a certified public accountant.

Virginia Boulet from 2004 through 2018 was an adjunct professor of law at Loyola University Law School. From April 2014 to 2021, Ms. Boulet was a Managing Director at Legacy Capital, LLC. From 2002 to March 2014, Ms. Boulet was Special Counsel to Adams and Reese, LLP, a law firm. Prior to 2002, Ms. Boulet was a partner at the New Orleans law firms of Phelps Dunbar, LLP and Jones Walker LLP. In the past, Ms. Boulet served as President and Chief Operating Officer of IMDiversity, Inc., an on-line recruiting company. Ms. Boulet has over 30 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, equity securities offerings, general business matters and counseling clients regarding compliance with federal securities laws and regulations. Ms. Boulet currently serves on the board of directors of Ouster, Inc., where she is the Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee. Ms. Boulet also previously served on the board of directors of Velodyne Lidar, Inc., a lidar technology company, from October 2021 until its merger with Ouster in February 2023, where she served as chair of the board, chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee, as well as a member of the board's compensation committee. Ms. Boulet has also served on the board of directors of Lumen Technologies, Inc., a telecommunications company, from May 1995 through May 2021, where she served as chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee for 25 years and also served from time to time as lead independent director and as a member of the compensation and human resources committee and the audit committee. Ms. Boulet received a B.A. in Medieval History from Yale University, and a J.D., cum laude, from Tulane University Law School.

John D. Buchanan is the Presiding Director of the Board. From February 2023 to March 2024, Mr. Buchanan served at ExxonMobil Corporation as Assistant General Counsel, where his responsibilities included handling corporate, regulatory reporting, compliance, and securities matters, as well as participating as Secretary to the Exxon audit committee and the Exxon finance committee. From August 2015 to May 2022, Mr. Buchanan served at Comerica Inc. as the Chief Legal Officer/General Counsel/Corporate Secretary, where he managed the legal division and was responsible for corporate governance, legal and regulatory functions. From February 2012 to August 2015, Mr. Buchanan was with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, where he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Buchanan was Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at AmSouth Bancorporation. Mr. Buchanan also served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at SouthTrust Bank from 1996 until 2005. Mr. Buchanan has served on numerous committees and boards of directors during his career, including the board of directors for Mercedes Benz US International Inc., with service as the Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Buchanan holds a Master's of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law and a Juris Doctorate degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Law. He also earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Washington & Lee University.

Nancy Chang was the Founder, Chairperson and Senior Managing Director of Caduceus Asia Partners at OrbiMed Advisors L.L.C., one of the largest healthcare focused investment management firms in the world, from 2007 to 2012. Prior to that, Dr. Chang was the Co-Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Tanox, Inc., a company focused on the development of therapeutics to address major unmet medical needs in the areas of asthma, allergy, inflammation, HIV infection and other diseases affecting the human immune system where, from 1986 to 2006, she led the company through an initial public offering in 2000 and growth to a $1 billion public valuation until its acquisition by Genentech Inc. in 2007. From 1980 to 1986, Dr. Chang held several leadership positions at Centocor Biotech Inc. (now a division of Johnson & Johnson), where she served as director of research and made substantial contributions to the development of monoclonal antibody as therapeutics and to the HIV field, including the development of the first HIV diagnostic assay. Dr. Chang was named the Most Respected Woman in Biotechnology in 2005, Forbes Twenty-Five Notable Chinese Americans list in 2008 and was the first woman to receive the Biotechnology Heritage Award in 2012. Dr. Chang has published more than 35 papers on topics ranging from monoclonal antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and holds seven patents. Throughout her career, she has received numerous awards from academic, industrial, national and international organizations. Dr. Chang is currently serving as a member of the board of directors of Ansun Biopharma, Inc., a clinical late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of unique host-directed anti-viral therapies for respiratory viruses, where she was the Chief Executive Officer from March 2017 until stepping down in July 2022. Dr. Chang has also served as the Chairman and Founder of Apex Capital, an investment management company focused on investments in healthcare, education and socially responsible ventures, since January 2009 and has served as president of the Tang Family Foundation since March 2009. Prior to joining the Board, Dr. Chang served on the board of directors of Helix Acquisition Corp. from October 2020 until its business combination in April 2022. In addition, Dr. Chang has served on the boards of a number of companies, including Charles River Laboratory International, Inc., Eddingpharm (Cayman) Inc., Crown Bioscience Inc., Applied Optoelectronics, Inc., SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Immix Biopharma, Inc., and a number of other companies, and she has served on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank in Houston. Dr. Chang was also a member of the board of directors at BIO and BioHouston. Dr. Chang graduated from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and Brown University and received her Ph.D. from the Division of Medical Sciences at Harvard Medical School of Harvard University.

Daniel O. Conwill IV is currently the owner and operator of Felix's Restaurant Group, which owns and operates seafood restaurants in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast and which he purchased in 2012. From July 2019 until June 2022, Mr. Conwill was the Chief Financial Officer of Durfort Holdings, SRL, an international conglomerate engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigars and other tobacco products. From 2014 until April 2019, Mr. Conwill served as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Head of Investment Banking at Seaport Global Securities. Prior to joining Seaport Global Securities, Mr. Conwill was the Founder, Chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer and manager of the Investment Banking Group at Global Hunter Securities, which he started in 2005 and where he served in such roles until its merger with Seaport in 2013. Prior to forming Global Hunter Securities, Mr. Conwill was Executive Vice President and Co-Director of Corporate Finance at Jefferies & Company, Inc. While at Jefferies & Company, Inc., Mr. Conwill founded its oil and gas investment banking group in 1993 and managed that group until his departure in 2005. Prior to joining Jefferies & Company, Inc. in 1993, Mr. Conwill was a Managing Director in Corporate Finance at Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs, Inc. Mr. Conwill's professional career started in the tax department with Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Conwill was Former Chairman of the board of directors at Global Hunter from 2005 until 2013. Mr. Conwill received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Accounting from the University of Mississippi and has a law degree from the University of Mississippi's School of Law.

Mr. Trey Hartman joined W&T Offshore as Controller in April 2021 and was appointed Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer in May 2022. He previously served as Vice President - Controller for Sheridan Production Company from 2015 to 2020. Prior to joining Sheridan, Mr. Hartman served as Vice President and Controller at Halcon Resources Corporation from 2012 to 2015. Before joining Halcon Resources, Mr. Hartman served in various successive roles including Assistant Controller at Petrohawk Energy from 2006 to 2011 and at BHP Billiton (after the sale of Petrohawk) from 2011 to 2012. From 2002 to 2006, he was in various successive roles, including Assistant Controller of Imperial Sugar Company. Mr. Hartman began his career in the Audit practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in 1997 and moved to industry in 2002. Mr. Hartman has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and a Master of Science in Accounting from Texas A&M University. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.