Energy XXI is an independent oil & natural gas exploration and production company whose growth strategy emphasizes acquisitions, enhanced by its value-added organic drilling program.

Board of Directors

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John D. Schiller Jr
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: Mr. Schiller is our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and has been since our inception in 2005. Mr. Schiller's career spans 28 years in the oil and gas industry. In addition to forming the company, Mr. Schiller served as interim Chief Executive Officer of Particle Drilling, Inc. between December 2004 and November 2005; Vice President, Exploration and Development, for Devon Energy from April 2003 to December 2003 with responsibility for domestic and international activities; Executive Vice President, Exploration and Production, for Ocean Energy, Inc. from 1999 to April 2003, overseeing Ocean's worldwide exploration, production and drilling activities; and Senior Vice President of Operations of Seagull Energy. Prior to serving in those offices, Mr. Schiller held various positions at Burlington Resources, including Engineering and Production Manager of the Gulf of Mexico Division and Corporate Acquisition Manager, and at Superior Oil where he began his career in 1981. Mr. Schiller serves on the Board of Directors of Escape Family Resource Center, a charitable organization. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas. Mr. Schiller is a charter member and past Chairman of the Petroleum Engineering Industry Board and a member of the Look College of Engineering Advisory Council at Texas A&M. Mr. Schiller graduated with honors from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering in 1981, and was inducted into the Texas A&M Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering's Academy of Distinguished Graduates in 2008.
William Colvin
Director: Mr. Colvin is one of our independent non-executive directors. He chairs our Audit Committee and is a member of our Nomination and Remuneration Committees. In January 2008, Mr. Colvin was appointed Chief Executive of Southern Cross Healthcare plc, a nursing home operator based in the UK. From March 2005 to January 2008, Mr. Colvin served as Southern Cross Healthcare's Chairman of the Board, the role he assumed following the acquisition of NHP plc by funds controlled by The Blackstone Group. From January 2000 to February 2005 Mr. Colvin was a director of NHP plc, a property investment group in the UK specializing in the ownership of freehold or long leasehold interests in modern purpose-built nursing homes. From November 2000 to February 2005, Mr. Colvin was also the Chief Executive of NHP plc. He was Finance Director of British-Borneo Oil & Gas plc from 1992 to 1999. From 1990 to 1992, Mr. Colvin was Finance Manager/Director at Oryx UK Energy. From 1989 to 1990, he was Group Financial Controller at Thames Television plc. From 1984 to 1989, he worked in a variety of financial roles for Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) Inc. From 1979 to 1984, Mr. Colvin worked in the audit department of Ernst & Young. He is also a non-executive director of Sondex plc and BSN Medical. He qualified as a Scottish Chartered Accountant in 1982 and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Edinburgh.
Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nomination Committee
Member of the Remuneration Committee
Paul Davison
Director: Mr. Davison is one of our independent non-executive directors. He became a director on May 7, 2007, and is a member of our Audit, Nomination and Remuneration committees. Mr. Davison has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry in petroleum engineering and general management positions with Shell and Clyde Petroleum plc. He most recently served as Technical and Operations Director of Paladin Resources plc from 1997 until its takeover in 2006. Since 2006 he has pursued personal interests. Mr. Davison graduated from Nottingham University in 1974 with a degree in Mining Engineering.
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nomination Committee
Member of the Remuneration Committee
David Morris Dunwoody
Director: Mr. Dunwoody is one of our independent non-executive directors. He chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of our Audit and Nomination committees. Mr. Dunwoody is the President of Morris Pipeline Company, a natural, gas gathering company operating in Texas, and has served in that capacity since 1998. From 1982 to 1998, Mr. Dunwoody held various positions with TECO Pipeline Company, an intrastate pipeline company operating in Texas. Prior to being acquired by PG&E Corporation, TECO operated over 1,100 miles of gas gathering and transmission pipelines. Mr. Dunwoody graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1971, receiving a Bachelors of Business Administration degree.
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nomination Committee
Chair of the Remuneration Committee
Hill A. Feinberg
Director: Mr. Feinberg is one of our independent non-executive directors. He chairs the Nomination Committee and is a member of the Audit and Remuneration committees. Mr. Feinberg is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First Southwest Company, a privately held, fully diversified investment banking firm founded in 1946. Before joining First Southwest Company in 1991, Mr. Feinberg was a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns & Co. and a former Vice President and Manager of Salomon Brothers in the Dallas office. Mr. Feinberg is a past Chairman of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), the self-regulatory organization charged with the responsibility of writing rules governing the municipal securities activities of registered brokers. Mr. Feinberg also formerly served as a member of the board for Compass Bancshares, Inc. and is currently a member of Greater Dallas Chamber. His civic and charitable service includes chairing the board of directors of the Phoenix House Foundation, as well as serving as a board member of the Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute, a member of the Executive Committee of St. Mark's School of Texas and a board member of Visitors of UT Southwestern Health System. He is also the past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the MBM Foundation, which is the governing board of the partnership between Menninger Clinic and Baylor College of Medicine. Mr. Feinberg received his Bachelor's degree in Finance from the University of Georgia in 1969, receiving the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business in May 2008. After graduation, Mr. Feinberg joined the United States Army Corps of Engineers, serving as 1st Lieutenant in Vietnam from 1970 to 1971.
Member of the Audit Committee
Chair of the Nomination Committee
Member of the Remuneration Committee