Alan Quasha
Director, 2003

Alan Quasha has served as Chairman of the Board of HKN since March 31, 2003 and previously served as Chairman of the Board of HKN from June 1983 to February 1991. He is the President of Quadrant Management, Inc. and is also the Co-Chairman of Carret Asset Management, LLC and Chairman of Brean Murray, Carret & Co. Over the past 15 years, Mr. Quasha has invested in 65 companies in the United States and emerging markets. Many of these investments were restructuring and turnaround situations involving significant hands-on operating experience. He has served as a director of Richemont SA from 1988 up until the time he joined the Board of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA (a world leading luxury goods company) and was Chief Executive Officer of North American Resources Limited, formerly a joint venture between Richemont SA and the Quasha family, between 1988 and 1998. He is also Chairman of HKN, Inc. (a publicly traded independent oil and gas company), Chairman of the Visiting Committee of Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Chairman of the American Brain Trauma Foundation. He was a past director of American Express Funds and a former Governor of the American Stock Exchange. Mr. Quasha holds a Bachelor's degree from Harvard College, an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Master of Law degree from New York University Law School, and a Doctorate of Law from the Harvard Law School.