Conquest competitors

Michael Stein has served as Executive Vice President of the Company since May 2014 and as Chief Executive Officer of Genie Retail Energy since May 2015. Mr. Stein served as Senior Vice President of Operations from January 2014 to May 2014. From July 2012 to January 2014, Mr. Stein was Senior Vice President of Business Development of IDT Telecom. From June 2007 to January 2009, Mr. Stein was an analyst at Belstar Investment Management. Mr. Stein has also served as communal leader at the Riverdale Jewish Center in Bronx, New York. Mr. Stein is also a trustee of the Etzion Foundation and of the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot. Mr. Stein received his B.A. in Psychology from Yeshiva University.

Mr. Paul L. Howes is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Newpark Resources Inc. Mr. Howes joined the Company's Board of Directors and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in March 2006. In June 2006, Mr. Howes was also appointed as the Company's President. Mr. Howes’ career has included experience in the defense industry, chemicals and plastics manufacturing, and the packaging industry. Following the sale of his former company in October 2005 until he joined the Company's Board of Directors in March 2006, Mr. Howes was working privately as an inventor while engaging in consulting and private investing activities. From 2002 until October 2005, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Astaris LLC, a primary chemicals company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, with operations in North America, Europe and South America. Prior to this, from 1997 until 2002, he served as Vice President and General Manager, Packaging Division, for Flint Ink Corporation, a global ink company headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan with operations in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.

International energy and infrastructure executive with +20 years of experience owning, operating, managing and developing assets and organizations in regulated and unregulated energy markets. Areas of direct exposure and senior level involvement include: - Power Generation in an array of technologies (CCGT, SCGT, coal, fuel engines, hydro, solar and wind) and sizes (from small reciprocating engines of just a few MWs each to large CCGT units of +550 MWs) - Large scale Electricity Distribution running multiple utilities in several regions ranging in size from 250,000 customers to over 4,000,000 customers - Large scale Gas Distribution and Transportation with utilities in countries as diverse as China, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia - Integrated energy businesses with generation, and electricity and gas distribution/transportation - General energy services that include upstream and downstream infrastructure development for the energy sector, including E&P, LPG and LNG activities and general fuel storage