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OILSANDS QUEST INC.
Board of Directors

Officers and Senior Management

Ronald Blakely
Chairman of the Board (non-executive)

Ronald Blakely was appointed non-executive Chairman of the Board of Oilsands Quest Inc. on September 7, 2010, and has been a board member since April 7, 2009.

Mr. Blakely is an experienced executive in the energy industry and is conversant with the governance of public companies. He has served on numerous joint venture boards and brings a wealth of industry experience.

Mr. Blakely retired as Executive Vice-President Finance - Downstream at Royal Dutch Shell in 2008 after a career of 38 years with Shell. Based in London, UK, he had global responsibility for Finance, Information Technology and Procurement in the Oil Products and Chemicals divisions, responsible for functional operations in over 100 countries.

Prior to his last role with Shell, Mr. Blakely served as Chief Financial Officer of Shell Canada Limited from 1997 to 2000 and Chief Financial Officer of Equilon Enterprises, a joint venture between Shell Oil and Texaco, from 2000 to 2002. Mr. Blakely focused on integrating Equilon into the Shell global Oil Products organization upon its acquisition. During this time, Shell also integrated the Pennzoil Quaker State acquisition into the company. Mr. Blakely was also a board member of the US based refining and marketing joint venture between Motiva and Saudi Aramco. Mr. Blakely has extensive experience with Canadian oil sands projects from both a financial perspective and with regards to vertical integration into the North American energy markets.

Mr. Blakely began his career with Shell in 1970 after graduating from the University of Guelph with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Mr. Blakely received his CMA in 1978. He currently resides in London, UK.

Paul Ching
Director

Paul D. Ching joined the board of Oilsands Quest Inc. on January 7, 2010.

Mr. Ching has an exceptional background in E&P reservoir, production, operations, development and reservoir research. Mr. Ching had a 34 year career with the Shell Group of Companies / Royal Dutch Shell, retiring in July 2007 as the Vice President Technical for Research & Development of Shell International E&P in The Netherlands.

During his time with Shell, Mr. Ching worked in Texas, California Heavy Oil, Continental US, Enhanced Recovery, Thermal Reservoir Engineering, Middle East, FSU & Asia prior to heading the international research group in The Netherlands. He has additional experience with Canada's heavy oil and oil sands reservoirs. In these various roles at Shell, Mr. Ching has provided strong leadership, managing large, diverse teams and multi-million dollar budgets.

Since 2007, Mr. Ching has been active on the board and in executive capacities with a number of Companies in the E&P oil & gas and the energy technology sectors. He also is an Advisor to the Advanced Energy Consortium (AEC) of the Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, Texas. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from Northern State College, South Dakota and a master's degree in geological engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. Mr. Ching currently resides in Dallas, Texas.

Christopher H. Hopkins, BSc, MBA
Director

Christopher H. Hopkins has been on the board of Oilsands Quest since August 14, 2006.

Mr. Hopkins served as Chief Executive Officer of Oilsands Quest Inc. from August 14, 2006 to January 15, 2010, also holding the post of President from August 14, 2006 until September 15, 2008. In addition, Mr. Hopkins was President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Oilsands Quest Sask Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, from November 10, 2004 to January 15, 2010.

Mr. Hopkins' 30 years of Canadian and international energy experience includes executive positions in corporate planning and business development with Suncor's Oil Sands Group, Pembina Corporation and Amoco Canada.

From October 1999 to September 2004, Mr. Hopkins was a founder and the Executive Vice President of Synenco Energy Inc. He was also a director of Synenco from October 1999 to August 2003. Mr. Hopkins was directly responsible for Synenco's exploration operations resulting in the identification of over two billion barrels of bitumen.

Mr. Hopkins also has specialized management experience in environmental and regulatory affairs in the resource industry. He received an MBA in 1980 from Queen's University. Mr. Hopkins resides in Calgary, Alberta.

Brian MacNeill
Director

Brian F. MacNeill joined the board of Oilsands Quest Inc. on August 25, 2009. Mr. MacNeill also served as Acting Chief Executive Officer of Oilsands Quest from September 2010 to January 2011.

Mr. MacNeill is a highly regarded industry leader with extensive energy and financial industry experience. Mr. MacNeill started his career in the energy industry in the early 1970s and rapidly rose through the ranks to serve in senior management positions. He has most recently been Chairman of the Board of Petro-Canada and currently serves on the Board of Suncor Energy Inc., as well as West-Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., Capital Power and the Telus Corporation, where he is Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. MacNeill also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Enbridge, an integrated pipeline company, from 1991 to 2001.

His past Board Directorships include Dofasco (Chair), Legacy Hotels REIT, Sears Canada Inc., Toronto Dominion Bank, University of Calgary (Chair), Veritas DCG Inc., and Western Oil Sands Inc. Mr. MacNeill is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Montana State University. He is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Financial Executives Institute. He is also a Fellow of the Alberta Institute of Chartered Accountants and of the Institute of Corporate Directors. Mr. MacNeill is a member of the Order of Canada. He currently resides in Calgary.

T. Murray Wilson
Director

Murray Wilson joined the board of Oilsands Quest on May 1, 2006.

Mr. Wilson served as Chairman of Oilsands Quest Inc. from May 1, 2006 to September 7, 2010, also serving as President and Chief Executive Officer from January 2010 to September 2010.

During his 25 year investment banking career, Mr. Wilson has led numerous strategic and financing assignments for energy, mining, utilities and technology companies and has been a key advisor to a number of oil sands companies during their formative years.

Prior to founding Stanway Capital in 2001, Mr. Wilson was the Global Head of Oil & Gas for TD Securities Inc. in Calgary and Vice Chairman of TD Securities International in London, England. That was preceded by a 17-year career with RBC Dominion Securities and Royal Bank of Canada focused on mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets and project finance. Mr. Wilson was Vice President and Director of RBC Dominion Securities, based in London, for several years. Previously, he was with Orion Royal Bank in London as Executive Director Mergers amp; Acquisitions and Head of Project Finance for Royal Bank's Global Energy and Minerals Group based in Calgary, which he joined in 1980.

Before his investment banking career, Mr. Wilson was involved in the oil and gas industry as a reservoir engineer, production engineer, project manager and economic advisor, primarily with Imperial Oil / Esso Resources.

Mr. Wilson serves on the board of the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation, VirtuosoWorks, Notion Music and a number of other organizations. He holds a master's degree in business from the Sloan School, M.I.T., a Master of Engineering from the University of Manitoba, and a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Queen's University. A native Albertan, Mr. Wilson resides in Calgary, Alberta.

Garth Wong, CA
President and Chief Executive Officer

Garth Wong was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Oilsands Quest Inc. on February 1, 2011. He was previously the Company's Chief Financial Officer, having joined Oilsands Quest in February 2009.

Prior to joining Oilsands Quest, Mr. Wong was a Principal and Vice President of Sokol Developments Inc., a private real estate company involved in the development of commercial and residential properties in Calgary. He previously served as Vice President and Comptroller for TransAlta Corporation, Canada's largest investor-owned wholesale power generator and marketing company, where he was responsible for financial reporting, planning, taxation and budgeting, as well as financial systems and processes.

Additional industry experience includes 18 years of increasing accounting and financial responsibilities with Union Pacific Resources Inc. (formerly Norcen Energy Resources) and KPMG LLP.

Mr. Wong has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary and holds a professional designation as a Chartered Accountant (Alberta). Mr. Wong resides in Calgary.

Simon Raven, P.geol
Vice President, Exploration and Development

Simon Raven was appointed Vice President, Exploration and Development on January 13, 2011. Prior to this, he served as Chief Geologist at Oilsands Quest Inc. from August 2006 to January 2011.

Mr. Raven has been an integral part of the team that delineated the Company’s discoveries at Axe Lake, Raven Ridge and Wallace Creek.

Mr. Raven started his career working at Synenco, where he worked on the Northern Lights oil sands project. He was a member of the team that drilled the first exploration holes in the summer of 2000. Additionally, he was a key part of the exploration team that drilled over 500 exploration holes and delineated over 2 billion barrels of bitumen.

Mr. Raven then spent five years with Norwest Corporation working as a project geologist and project manager. During his time with Norwest, he managed coal bed methane and oil sands exploration projects. He has managed large scale exploration projects throughout Western Canada and in Western China with budgets in excess of $20 million.

Mr. Raven is a member of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG), American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CIM), a professional geologist (P.geol) and an active member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologist and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA). He received his BSc. in geology in 2000 from the University of Calgary. Mr. Raven resides in Calgary, Alberta.

Annie Lamoureux, CA, CPA
Vice-President and Controller

Annie Lamoureux was appointed Vice-President and Controller of Oilsands Quest, Inc. on February 1, 2011. She joined the Company as Controller in August 2009.

With over 18 years of financial and operational experience in several worldwide markets, Ms. Lamoureux has extensive knowledge in overall financial, internal control and accounting activities.

Prior to joining Alutiiq, LLC, a global contractor with the US Federal government, as Corporate Assistant Controller in June 2006, Ms. Lamoureux held senior financial roles with CAE, Inc., a world leader in providing simulation, modelling technologies and integrated training solutions for the civil aviation industry and defence forces around the globe. In these roles, she managed the company’s global finance and accounting functions and was instrumental in the implementation of an enterprise resource planning system designed to optimize business performance. Previously, Ms. Lamoureux served as a supervising auditor for Black and Decker and spent six years in public accounting at KPMG in both international and domestic offices, supervising financial and operational audit assignments.

Ms. Lamoureux holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Montreal (HEC Montreal) and is designated a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) by the California Board of Accountancy and a Chartered Accountant (CA) by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. She currently resides in Calgary, Alberta.