Nicolas J. Evanoff (age 47), Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Mr. Evanoff  has been the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company since September 2007.   Prior to joining Frontera, he served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Transmeridian Exploration Incorporated, an independent oil and gas producer active in the Caspian Sea region, in Kazakhstan and Russia.  From 1997 to 2004, he held senior legal and executive positions with two international drilling contractors, Pride International Inc., where he was Vice President-Corporate & Governmental Affairs, and Transocean Inc., where he was Associate General Counsel and General Counsel, Asia & Middle East.   Mr. Evanoff began his legal career with Baker Botts L.L.P. in Houston, Texas in 1992, where he practiced corporate and securities law.   He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University and a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center, and studied law at the University of Kiel in Germany under a Fulbright Grant.  Mr. Evanoff is a member of the board of directors of the Houston World Affairs Council.