Energy XXI has implemented an “acquire and exploit” growth strategy to build a geographically focused portfolio with some of the highest per-unit margins in the industry. The company has focused on developing the acquired properties while ramping up a complementary exploration program designed to provide organic growth for the future. Energy XXI completed five major acquisitions totaling approximately $2.5 billion since its founding in October 2005, creating a company with more than 116 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) of proved reserves and about 42,000 BOE per day of production, 67% of which is oil. Energy XXI operates or has an interest in 7 of the 11 largest oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico. The company’s core properties are located in coastal and offshore Louisiana.

Senior Executives

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Mr. 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 30 years in the oil and gas industry. In addition to forming the Company, Mr. Schiller served as: Vice President, Exploration and Development, for Devon Energy from April 2003 to December 2004 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 currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Houston Alley Theatre and Escape Family Resource Center, both charitable organizations. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas and is a charter member and past Chairman of the Petroleum Engineering Industry Board, a member of the Look College of Engineering Advisory Council, and a member of the President's Council at Texas A&M University. His memberships also include the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the American Petroleum Institute, the Houston Producers Forum and the Society of Petroleum Engineers. 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 University Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering's Academy of Distinguished Graduates in 2008. The Board of Directors believes that it is important for the Company's Chief Executive Officer to serve on the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer provides a link to senior management, and our Board of Directors believes that this perspective is important in making decisions for the Company. In addition, Mr. Schiller, one of the founders of the Company, brings extensive expertise in our industry which assists the Board of Directors in making strategic decisions and makes him uniquely qualified to lead our Board. Mr. Schiller has been engaged in all facets of exploration, development and drilling activities, both domestically and internationally, for many years. He is particularly experienced in the Gulf of Mexico areas where our company's core operations are located and has directed exploration and development activities throughout his business career. Mr. Schiller's extensive knowledge regarding operational matters, as well as his managerial experience and his history as founder of our company, makes him exceptionally suited to lead our Board of Directors and our company.

Mr. David West Griffin

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Griffin is our Chief Financial Officer and has been since our inception, with 25 years of finance experience. During 2005 prior to our inception, Mr. Griffin spent his time focusing on the formation of our company. From January 2004 to December 2004, Mr. Griffin was the Chief Financial Officer of Alon USA, a refining and marketing company. From April 2002 to January 2004, Mr. Griffin owned his own turn-around consulting business, Energy Asset Management. From 1996 to April 2002, Mr. Griffin served in various positions with InterGen, including as Chief Financial Officer for InterGen's North American business and supervisor of financing of all of InterGen's Latin American projects. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Griffin worked in the Project Finance Advisory Group of UBS. From 1985 to 1993, Mr. Griffin served in various positions with Bankers Trust Company. Mr. Griffin graduated Magna Cum Laude from Dartmouth College in 1983 and received his Masters in Business Administration from Tuck Business School in 1985.

Mr. Ben Marchive

Executive Vice President of Exploration and Production

Mr. Marchive is our Executive Vice President of Exploration and Development. Mr. Marchive joined our company in April 2006, bringing 31 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He began his career with Superior Oil Company and gained extensive knowledge of offshore drilling, completion and production operations. He has since held management positions with Great Southern Oil & Gas, Kerr-McGee Corporation and most recently Ocean Energy, Inc. During his fourteen year tenure at Kerr-McGee, Mr. Marchive managed all disciplines of engineering dealing with drilling, production operations, completions and reserve determination for the offshore division. In February 1999, Mr. Marchive joined Ocean Energy, Inc. where he served as Vice President, Production North America. In this capacity, he was responsible for all Production Operations for North America Land and Offshore until his retirement in July 2003. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Marchive pursued personal interests. Mr. Marchive is a 1977 graduate of Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering.

Mr. Todd Reid

Senior Vice President Marketing & Risk Management

Mr. Reid is our Senior Vice President of Marketing and Risk Management. He has 18 years of experience in the energy marketing and trading business. Most recently, Mr. Reid served as President of Houston Research & Trading Ltd. from 2003 until joining us in July 2006 in his current position. Prior to those offices from 1993 to 2003, he has held senior management positions with Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, NP Energy, Louisville Gas and Electric and Dynegy. Before coming to the energy industry, Mr. Reid first learned the trading business as a market maker for six years on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange and was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade. He graduated with honors from Illinois College with a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Math in 1984. Mr. Reid received his Masters in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis in 1986.

Mr. Hugh Menown

Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Information Officer

Mr. Menown is our Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Information Officer. He has more than 30 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, auditing and managerial finance. Mr. Menown has served with our company since August 2006. For the first seven months of 2006, Mr. Menown worked as an independent consultant in the energy industry. Prior to that time (March 2002 until December 2005) Mr. Menown was employed by Quanta Services, Inc., serving as Chief Financial Officer of two of its subsidiaries. From 1987 to 1999, Mr. Menown provided audit and related services for clients at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in the Houston office, where for seven years he was the partner in charge of the transaction services practice providing due diligence, mergers and acquisition advisory and strategic consulting to numerous clients in various industries. He is a certified public accountant and a 1980 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor's degree in business administration.

Mr. J. Granger Anderson III

Vice President, Land

J. Granger Anderson III has nearly 30 years of experience as a Petroleum Landman and previously held positions at Hunt Oil Company, Enserch Exploration, Inc., Burlington Resources, Inc., Westport Resources Corporation and most recently Kerr-McGee Corporation. Mr. Anderson is a Certified Professional Landman and his experience includes international and domestic US, both onshore and offshore. He is a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, Petroleum Landmen's Association of New Orleans, Houston Association of Professional Landmen, the American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL) and the AAPL OCS Committee. Mr. Anderson graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics in 1977.

Ms. Bo Boyd

Vice President of Law

Bo Boyd joined Energy XXI as Vice President of Law in November 2007. She has more than 10 years of private practice experience serving as legal counsel to publicly traded companies, primarily in the oil and gas exploration and production industry. Ms. Boyd's experience includes a wide range of public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, public and private mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting and compliance matters, corporate governance, and compensation issues. She is a member of the business sections of the Houston Bar Association, the Texas Bar Association and the American Bar Association, and has held leadership roles in various professional and civic organizations. Ms. Boyd is a 1993 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and received her J.D. from the University of Houston School of Law in 1997, graduating Magna Cum Laude.

Mr. Stewart Lawrence

Vice President of Investor Relations and Communications

Mr. Lawrence joined us in March 2007 as our Vice President of Investor Relations and Communications, with 23 years of investor relations and communications experience. From September 2001 until he joined us in March 2007, he was Manager of Investor Relations for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, one of the largest U.S. independent oil and gas companies. From 1996 to 2001, Mr. Lawrence was responsible for investor relations and other communications functions at MCN Energy Group, a diversified energy company that was acquired in 2001 by DTE Energy Company. Mr. Lawrence graduated from the University of Houston with a BA in journalism in 1987 and a Masters in Business Administration in 1995.

Mr. Steve Nelson

Vice President of Drilling and Production

Mr. Nelson is our Vice President of Drilling and Production. He has over 27 years of experience in the oil and gas business. He was hired from Devon Energy, the largest U.S. independent oil and gas company, in April 2006 where he was the Manager of Drilling and Operations for Devon's Western Division. From April 1999 until joining us in April 2006, Mr. Nelson was employed by Ocean Energy (which was acquired by Devon Energy in May 2003), serving as U.S. Onshore Well Work Superintendent from April 1999 until April 2000 and then as Production and Engineering Manager for U.S. Onshore for the remainder of his tenure there. Previous to that, Mr. Nelson spent 16 years with Kerr McGee's Gulf of Mexico Division in various operations and supervisory jobs. He graduated with a BS in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1983.

Mr. Tom O'Donnell

Vice President of Exploitation

Tom O'Donnell is our Vice President of Exploitation. He joined Energy XXI in July 2006 as Vice President of Corporate Development and Planning. He has more than 20 years of industry experience, 15 of which were at Burlington Resources in various positions including business development, reservoir engineering, facility engineering and production engineering. He began his career in 1986 as a production engineer in Mobil's Lafayette, LA office. Mr. O'Donnell is a 1986 graduate of Texas A&M University with a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Texas Board of Professional Engineers.

Mr. Bobby Poirrier Jr.

Vice President of Corporate Development and Planning, and Treasurer

Bobby Poirrier Jr. joined Energy XXI in October 2010 as Treasurer and added the title of Vice President of Corporate Development and Planning in November 2010. He has more than 17 years of energy industry experience, including 11 years in energy finance with The Royal Bank of Scotland and Toronto Dominion Securities. Mr. Poirrier also has 6 years production and reservoir engineering experience with Cabot Oil and Gas and Apache Corporation, where he began his career. He is a 1992 graduate of Colorado School of Mines with a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering and also holds a master's degree in finance from the University of Houston.

Mr. Rick Fox

Vice President, Controller

Mr. Fox is our Vice President, Controller. Prior to joining us in 2006, Mr. Fox most recently held the position of Director of Accounting and Control for Peoples Energy Production Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Peoples Energy Corporation, where he served from 2001 to 2006. Mr. Fox has more than 31 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, including 16 years with Burlington Resources in various management positions. Mr. Fox began his career with Getty Oil after graduating from Baylor University in 1974 and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Ms. Kerry (McDonough) Longmore

Vice President, Human Resources and Administration

Kerry (McDonough) Longmore joined Energy XXI in 2007 and serves as the Company's Vice President of Human Resources and Administration. Ms. Longmore has 20 years of experience in Human Resources with an extensive background working for oil and gas companies. Prior to joining Energy XXI, Ms. Longmore worked for Occidental Oil & Gas and has held various HR positions of increasing responsibility with Burlington Resources, Calpine Energy Services / Calpine Natural Gas Corporation, and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Ms. Longmore holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the University of Houston and a Master's in Business Administration from Texas Woman's University. Ms. Longmore is an active member of the Society for Human Resources Management and HR-Houston and serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Houston Women's Chamber of Commerce.