Morgan Creek Energy Corp. is guided by a group of experienced senior managers with practical, hands-on knowledge gained from many years of working directly at building value in junior exploration and production operations to major integrated energy companies.

Peter G. Wilson

President, CEO and Director

During the past fifteen years, Mr. Wilson has been involved in the senior level management of public companies. His experience spans a wide range of project development and contract negotiations within the mining, energy and real estate industries.  His business experience includes international assignments in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Switzerland and Norway. Mr. Wilson has worked extensively with overseas investor groups and within the E&P market in Louisiana and Texas.

From April 2007 through October 2009, Mr. Wilson was the President and Director of Hana Mining Ltd., a publicly TSX-V listed exploration company seeking to develop a major copper-silver resource in Botswana, Africa. As the lead financier, Mr Wilson raised more than CDN $12 million which lead to the discovery of more than 3 Billion pounds of Copper and 52 Million ounces of Silver. During 2005 to 2006, he served as the president and chief executive officer of Sun Oil and Gas Corp. Between 1997 to 2005, Mr. Wilson was a director and the vice president of Petroreal Oil Corp., a small oil producer engaged in energy asset purchases aggregating more than $130,000,000.

From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Wilson was the vice president of Samoth Equity Corporation (now Sterling Center Corp.), a $150 Million real estate lender, where he began his involvement with capital markets and finance.

William (Bill) Thomas

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Thomas has thirty years of experience in the finance and accounting areas for the natural resource sector. Currently, Mr. Thomas is also the chief financial officer and a member of the board of directors of Mainland Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation that trades on the OTC Bulletin Board, and the chief financial officer and a director of Uranium International Corp., a Nevada corporation that trades on the OTC Bulletin Board, chief financial officer of Hana Mining and Mira Resources both of which are Canadian public companies.

Mr. Thomas has held various successive management positions with Kerr McGee Corporation's China operations based in Beijing, China, ending in 2004 with his final position as director of business services. For a brief period after leaving Kerr McGee, Mr. Thomas acted as a self-practitioner in the accounting and finance field. In July 2007 he took on the role of chief financial officer for two public resource companies; Hana Mining Inc. and NWT Uranium Corp.

Recently, Mr. Thomas resigned from NWT Uranium Corp. but continues to serve as chief financial officer for Hana Mining. Mr. Thomas was previously general manager (1999-2002), and finance and administration manager (1996-1999) of Kerr McGee's China operations. While in China, Mr. Thomas was responsible for finance including Sarbanes Oxley reporting, budgeting, treasury, procurement, taxation, marketing, insurance and business development, including commercial negotiations with the Chinese partner, China National Offshore Oil Co (CNOOC) and other Chinese and joint venture partners. Mr. Thomas focused heavily on supporting exploration and development operations for three operated blocks in Bohai Bay, as well as evaluation and negotiation of new venture blocks in East China Sea and the South China Sea. He was also responsible for the liaison with CNOOC and other Chinese oil companies, Kerr McGee US management and joint venture partners, where his main focus was to ensure cost effective and timely achievement of various approved work programs and budgets. He was also Chief Representative for Kerr McGee on the Joint Management Committee (JMC).

Mr. Thomas previously worked as manager of fixed asset accounting for Kerr McGee Corporation's US operations (1996), as finance director of Kerr McGee's UK operations based in London/Aberdeen (1992-1996), and Kerr McGee's Canadian operations in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (1984-1992), including the predecessor company, Maxus Canada Ltd, which was acquired by Kerr McGee Ltd. Over the course of his career, he has been involved in all aspects of managing accounting, budgeting, human resources, administration, insurance, taxation and other business support aspects surrounding oil and gas properties for Kerr McGee. Mr. Thomas was responsible to ensure compliance with COPAS, SEC, FASB and international accounting regulations. He participated on a team that developed the Oracle accounting system application to the Kerr McGee's worldwide operations. He was most notably involved in the company's initial entry into both China and the UK North Sea - start ups of local and expatriate personnel that eventually developed into core areas (over $1 Billion) for Kerr McGee, including the company's first operated offshore oil fields in China (CFD 1-1) and the UK (Gryphon).

In his early career Mr. Thomas also held senior management positions in the finance divisions of Norcen Energy Ltd of Calgary, Alberta (1981-1984), Dennison Mines Ltd of Ontario Canada (1978-1981) and Algoma Steel Corporation of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada (1977). He was also a Senior Auditor for the accounting firm, Coopers & Lybrand in Toronto, Canada (1975-1977).

Mr. Thomas attained his Chartered Accountant (CA) designation from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1977. He holds an Honors Bachelor of Commerce and Finance degree from the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

William P. Begley

Advisor, Operations

Mr. Begley is a senior management executive with over 25 years of experience in entrepreneurial and start-up companies, having managed total operational responsibility for small to mid-size companies with revenues to $65 million.

He began his career working in the oil patch for industry leader, Halliburton over 30 years ago. He worked his way through the oil and gas industry, moving into senior management in the securities and financial industry, eventually owning his own spring water distribution company.

In 1995, he took up the position of President for Texas Far East based in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Begley helped that company in assessing all opportunities for acquisition and drilling and became the driving force behind the company’s acquisition of 221,000-acre drilling lease at Sakhalin Island, Russia.

Mr. Begley served as Vice President of Heartland Rig International, a drilling equipment company in Brady, Texas that he helped grow from revenues of $2.7 million to $45 million in three years’ time. He has a strong track record for building multi-disciplined teams to achieve sales and manufacturing/delivery goals.