Global Geophysical Services, Inc.

Board of Directors

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Richard Degner
President and Chief Executive Officer: Mr. Degner founded the company in June 2003, enabled by his strong following in the geophysical industry and 20 years experience managing and growing seismic firms.

Prior to founding Global Geophysical Services, Mr. Degner spent 3½ years building PGS Onshore around several hundred of the best people in the seismic business. Under Mr. Degner's leadership, PGS Onshore developed an excellent reputation as an innovative and high quality provider of land and TZ geophysical services. He successfully grew PGS Onshore's revenues from $15 million in 1999 to over $150 million in 2003.

Prior to PGS, Mr. Degner had an accomplished 16-year career with Western Geophysical, whom he joined in 1984 after earning degrees in both Geophysical and Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. Since managing Western Geophysical's first land 3D seismic project in Latin America in 1985, Mr. Degner has designed and executed hundreds of land and transition zone 3D projects worldwide. He became the worldwide Land Product Line Leader for Western's industry leading, $600 million per year onshore and TZ seismic operation. He also served as Vice President of Western Hemisphere Operations. As the leader of the largest onshore seismic operation worldwide, Mr. Degner established a vast experience base and good reputation from oil and gas clientele throughout the world.

Mr. Degner graduated from Rice University's Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business with a Masters Degree in Business Administration. He is an active member in the Society of Exploration Geophysics, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and an active board member of the International Association of Geophysical Contractors. Mr. Degner has served at Stanford University as board member on its "Earth Science Advisory Board", and at the Colorado School of Mines on its "Geophysical Advisory Board". He is an active member of Gerson Lerhman's council of Energy Advisors.
Michael S. Bahorich
Director: Michael S. Bahorich was appointed as a member of our Board of Directors in April 2011. Mr. Bahorich has been Chief Technology Officer of Apache Corp. since November 2010 and has been its Executive Vice President since February 2009. Mr. Bahorich served as Technology Officer of Apache Corp. from February 2009 to November 2010. He served as Executive Vice President of Exploration and Production Technology of Apache Corp. since May 2000 and Vice President, exploration and production technology since January 1999, Vice President, exploration technology since December 1997 and Chief Geophysicist since 1996. From 1981 to joining Apache Corp., he held positions of increasing responsibility at Amoco Corporation in Denver, Colorado and Tulsa, Oklahoma, most recently as a resource manager for Amoco's mid-continent business unit. He is a past president of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and serves on advisory boards at Yale and Stanford. Mr. Bahorich is a Graduate of the University of Missouri at Columbia, and received his Master's Degree in Geophysics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI). Mr. Bahorich's innovative approach, coupled with broad E&P knowledge, vision and experience, adds valuable insight to our Board of Directors.
Michael C. Forrest
Director: Michael C. Forrest, an oil and gas exploration consultant since September 1999, joined Global Geophysical Services as a member of the Board of Directors in June 2005. Since January 2001, Mr. Forrest has served as Chairman of the DHI (Direct Hydrocarbon Indicator) Interpretation and Risk Analysis Consortium sponsored by Rose & Associates, LLP, an oil and gas exploration and production risk management consulting firm. He has been a director of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists Foundation since January 2009. From June 1999 to June 2003, Mr. Forrest served as a director of Matador Petroleum, a private oil and gas exploration and production company. From March 1995 to June 1999, Mr. Forrest served as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, and from June 1992 to March 1995 as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Technology of Maxus Energy Corporation, after Maxus was purchased by YPF of Argentina. Prior to that time, Mr. Forrest held a number of management positions with Shell Oil Company, including Exploration manager, Alaska Division, General Manager Exploration, Shell Offshore (Gulf of Mexico) and President of Pecten International Company, a Shell U.S.A. subsidiary.

Mr. Forrest received a Bachelor of Science in Geophysical Engineering from St. Louis University.
Karl F. Kurz
Director
Mr. Kurz presides over the executive sessions of the non-management / independent directors.: Karl F. Kurz has over twenty eight years of energy industry experience with a focus on executive management, operations, midstream, marketing, business development, and planning.

Karl recently joined CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC as a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Energy Group. CCMP Capital Advisors is a leading global private equity firm specializing in buyouts and growth equity investments in companies ranging from $500 million to more than $3 billion in size. Previously, Karl served as the chief operating officer for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, one of the world's largest independent oil and gas exploration and development companies from December 2006 through March 2009. He led a global organization of approximately 3300 employees with a 2008 capital budget of $5.2 B. He had responsibility for global exploration and production, marketing, midstream, land, technology, and engineering services. Mr. Kurz joined Anadarko in 2000 as Manager, Energy Marketing. He was promoted to Vice President, Marketing in November 2003, to Senior Vice President, Marketing, and General Manager, U.S. Onshore in May 2005 and to Senior Vice President, North America Operations, Midstream and Marketing in August 2006. Mr. Kurz has been involved in the energy industry for over 27 years. He began his career with ARCO Oil & Gas Company in 1983 and spent seven years in various upstream roles, with a focus on reservoir and production engineering. In 1990, he continued his career with a move into ARCO Oil & Gas Company's Crude Oil Marketing Department. Mr. Kurz became Manager of Vastar Resources, Inc.'s Crude Oil and NGL Marketing Department in 1995 and was promoted to General Manager of Midstream and Marketing in 1998. Mr. Kurz holds a Bachelor of Science in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1983. He is also a graduate of Harvard's Advanced Management Program in 2008. Mr. Kurz has served on the Board of Directors of Natural Gas Supply Association, the American Petroleum Institute, and the Independent Petroleum Association of America. He also served on the board of Western Gas Partners (WES) from December 2007 through March 2008, and currently serves on the board of SemGroup (SEMG) Corporation and Chaparral Energy LLC. Active in his community, Mr. Kurz serves on the Board of Sam Houston Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Board of Dallas Theological Seminary. He is also an Eagle Scout and an active member of Kingsland Baptist Church.

Chair of the Audit Committee since 2011
Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee since 2011
Member of the Compensation Committee since 2011
George E. Matelich
Director: George Matelich joined Global Geophysical Services as a member of the Board of Directors in December 2006. Mr. Matelich currently serves as a Managing Director of Kelso & Company, L.P., a private equity firm ("Kelso"). He joined Kelso in January 1985, after serving in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Finance groups at Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb from September 1982 to December 1984. From June 1978 to August 1980, Mr. Matelich was a consultant with Ernst & Whinney. He is a director of CVR Energy, Inc., Shelter Bay Energy Inc. and Waste Services, Inc., a trustee of the University of Puget Sound, and a member of the board of directors of the American Prairie Foundation.

Mr. Matelich received a Bachelor of Business Administration, summa cum laude, from the University of Puget Sound and a Masters of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Chair of the Compensation Committee
Joseph P. McCoy
Director: Joseph P. McCoy joined us in April 2011 and serves as a member of our Board of Directors (replacing Thomas J. Fleure who resigned as a director) and as a member of the Audit Committee (replacing Stanley de J. Osborne who resigned as a member of the Audit Committee). Mr. McCoy has also been a member of the Board of Directors, since September 2007, and has been served as Chairman of the Audit Committee, since April 2009, of Linn Energy, LLC. Mr. McCoy served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Burlington Resources Inc. from 2005 until 2006 and Vice President and Controller (Chief Accounting Officer) of Burlington Resources Inc. from 2001 until 2005. Prior to joining Burlington Resources, Mr. McCoy spent 27 years with Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) and affiliates in a variety of financial positions. Mr. McCoy served as a member of the Board of Directors of Rancher Energy, Inc. and BPI Energy Corp. from 2007 to 2009. Since 2006, other than his service on various board of directors as identified above, Mr. McCoy has been retired. Mr. McCoy's significant experience as Chairman of an audit committee, Chief Financial Officer, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of other publicly traded companies is expected to contribute substantially to our Audit Committee and financial operations.

Member of the Audit Committee
Stanley de Jongh Osborne
Director: Stanley de Jongh Osborne became a member of Global Geophysical Services' Board of Directors in March 2007 and serves as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Osborne currently serves as a Managing Director of Kelso & Company, L.P., a private equity firm ("Kelso"), having joined the firm in July 1998. He was an associate at Summit Partners from May 1996 to June 1998, and held positions with J.P. Morgan & Co. as an associate in the private equity group and an analyst in the financial institutions group from September 1993 to May 1996. Mr. Osborne is a director of CVR Energy, Inc., Custom Building Products, Inc., Shelter Bay Energy Inc. and Traxys s.a.r.l

Mr. Osborne received a Bachelor of Science in Government from Dartmouth College.
Damir S. Skerl
Director: Damir Skerl joined Global Geophysical Services as a member of the Board of Directors in June 2005 and serves as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Skerl currently serves as President of Skerl & Associates, LLC, an engineering consulting company, a position he has held since December 1998. Since March 2000, Mr. Skerl has held positions of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Smart Drilling and Completion, Inc., a company that owns proprietary drilling technology ("SDCI"). From August 1998 to December 1999, Mr. Skerl served as Senior Vice President, Oilfield Operations for Baker Hughes Inc. From December 1990 to August 1998, Mr. Skerl served as Executive Vice President of Western Atlas International, Inc. and as President of Western Atlas Logging Services from August 1992 to August 1998. Prior to that time, Mr. Skerl worked at Western Geophysical as the Senior Vice President of International Operations and as a technical manager of seismic data processing. Mr. Skerl is a director of PrimeGeoscience, Inc.

Mr. Skerl received a Bachelor of Science in Applied Geophysics and Geology of Mineral Resources from University of Zagreb, Crotia.

Member of the Audit Committee
Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee