Crescent Point Energy Trust has brought together an experienced, proven management team and a Board of Directors with significant industry experience in several key disciplines.

Officers & Senior Management

Board of Directors

1. Member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
2. Member of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors
3. Member of the Reserves Committee of the Board of Directors
4. Member of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee of the Board of Directors
5. Member of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors

Scott Saxberg, BSc. (Mechanical Engineering), P.Eng.

President and CEO

Mr. Saxberg is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of CPRI. From the date of the Arrangement, Mr. Saxberg served as the President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of CPRL, the former administrator of the Trust. Prior to the completion of the Arrangement, he was the Vice President, Operations of Crescent Point and was one of the founding shareholders of Crescent Point.

Prior to joining Crescent Point, Mr. Saxberg worked in various roles from 1991 to 1996 with Wascana Energy and Numac Energy, both western crude oil and natural gas exploration and production companies whose shares traded on the TSX. In August 1996, Mr. Saxberg joined Magin Energy Inc. as a senior engineer responsible for a multitude of engineering related duties, including drilling, completions, field staff, production operations, facilities design, reservoir engineering, reserves, budgeting, and acquisitions and divestures. Mr. Saxberg became Western Area Manager in June 1997, responsible for Magin's production west of the fifth and sixth meridians. In August 1999, Mr. Saxberg was promoted to Manager of Business Development, responsible for the identification and evaluation of corporate and land acquisitions. In June 2001, Magin was acquired by NCE Petrofund, Inc.

Mr. Saxberg holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manitoba. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta and has over seventeen years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Saxberg is also the Chief Executive Officer of Shelter Bay Energy Inc. and serves on the Board of Directors of Bellamont Exploration Ltd. and Wild River Resources and on the Board of Directors of each of the general partners of Catapult Energy Small Cap 2007 FTS Limited Partnership and Catapult Energy Small Cap FTS Limited Partnership. Mr. Saxberg also serves on the CAPP Board of Governors.

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Greg Tisdale, BComm., CA.

Chief Financial Officer

Greg Tisdale is currently the Chief Financial Officer of CPRI. Mr. Tisdale was the Chief Financial Officer of CPRL, the former administrator of the Trust and prior to that Mr. Tisdale served as Vice President, Finance of Direct Energy Marketing Ltd. (“Direct Energy”), a multinational retail energy provider, since September 2003. In this role, Mr. Tisdale provided financial oversight of the gas and power trading activities in North America and the company’s upstream oil and gas production in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, and formed part of the management team responsible for any upstream asset acquisitions.

Prior to joining Direct Energy, Mr. Tisdale held senior management positions with AltaGas Services Inc. (“AltaGas”) from 2002 to 2003, Shell Trading Gas & Power Canada Ltd. (“Shell Trading”) from 1998 to 2002, and Engage Energy Inc. (“Engage Energy”) from 1994 to 1998.

In his position at AltaGas, Mr. Tisdale was responsible for the development of a corporate strategy around executing a power generation business line. This involved integrating the acquisition of a 353 megawatt (“MW”) power plant along with an additional 100 MW structured product. In his roles at Shell Trading and Engage Energy, Mr. Tisdale managed financial aspects surrounding all gas and power trading activities for the Canadian operations and was a member of the leadership teams that contributed to North American and global finance initiatives.

Mr. Tisdale holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta (with distinction), is a chartered accountant, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta and is a member of the Financial Executive Institute. Mr. Tisdale also serves on the Board of Directors of Shelter Bay Energy Inc. and Enseco Energy Services Corp.

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C. Neil Smith, BASc. (Geol. Eng.), P.Eng.

Vice President, Engineering and Business Development

Mr. Smith is the Vice President, Engineering and Business Development of CPRI. His duties include responsibility for all aspects of CPRI’s capital, operations and business development evaluation activities, as well as participating, with the executive team, in sourcing new value added growth opportunities. He is part of the team that has grown the Trust from 7,000 boe/d at inception to over 35,000 boe/d and acquired over $2.0 billion of high quality, long life assets. Prior to joining CPRL in August 2003, Mr. Smith spent six years as the Manager, Business Development at PrimeWest Energy Inc. He was directly responsible for overseeing the evaluation and due diligence in respect of over $1 billion of corporate and property acquisitions, as well being the lead negotiator on over $100 million of asset transactions. He was part of the team that developed and executed successful acquisition strategies that grew PrimeWest Energy Trust from 10,000 boe/d to over 34,000 boe/d. Mr. Smith has over twenty years of industry business and technical experience, including four years with Coles Gilbert Associates Ltd., the predecessor to GLJ Petroleum Consultants and Amoco Canada Resources Ltd. He is a registered professional engineer in the Province of Alberta and a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining’s Petroleum Division.

Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geological Engineering from the University of British Columbia and a Masters in Business Administration majoring in Finance (Dean’s list) from the University of Calgary. At December 31, 2007, Neil Smith was on the Board of Directors of Spear Exploration Inc., a private oil and gas company which subsequently was sold in February 2008. Mr. Smith is also the President of Shelter Bay Energy Inc. and is a director of the Petroleum and Acquisition Association (PADA).

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Dave Balutis, BSc. P.Geol

Vice President, Geosciences

Mr. Balutis is currently Vice President, Geosciences of CPRI, prior to which he had the same role for CPRL, the former administrator of the Trust. Previously, he was one of the founding shareholders and a senior development geologist of Crescent Point from July 2001 to the completion of the Arrangement. From September 1997 to June 2001, Mr. Balutis was employed as senior exploration and development geologist by Magin. From 1991 to 1997, Mr. Balutis was employed by Numac Energy Ltd., and its predecessor, in various levels of increasing responsibility including Team Leader, Project Manager and Manager of Development. His duties included implementation of exploration, development and acquisition strategies throughout southeast Saskatchewan and Alberta. Mr. Balutis commenced his career at Dome Petroleum in 1981 as an exploration and development geologist working throughout Alberta.

Mr. Balutis graduated in 1981 from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Science in Geology (Hons.). Mr. Balutis is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta and has over 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.

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Tamara MacDonald, BComm.

Vice President, Land

Ms. MacDonald is currently the Vice President, Land of CPRI, prior to which she held the same position with CPRL, the former administrator of the Trust. Prior to joining CPRL in September 2004, Ms. MacDonald was Senior Landman at Petrofund Energy Trust (“Petrofund”), a Calgary based energy trust. From December 1997 to August 2004, Ms. MacDonald actively participated in Petrofund’s growth from 4,000 boe/d to 37,000 boe/d. While at Petrofund, Ms. MacDonald was also exposed to over 30 separate drilling limited partnerships under the governing entity NCE Resources Group Inc., and was responsible for the negotiation and management of lands within each of such limited partnerships.

From July 1997 to November 1997, Ms. MacDonald was responsible for Alberta negotiations at Merit Oil & Gas, and from January 1997 to June 1997, she was responsible for the southern Alberta negotiations at Tarragon Oil & Gas. From May 1992 to December 1996, Ms. MacDonald was employed by Northstar Energy Corporation as Landman with various responsibilities, including functions related to acquisitions and divestments.

Ms. MacDonald graduated in 1992 from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Petroleum Land Management. Ms. MacDonald is a member of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen and has over 16 years of experience in exploration and land acquisitions in the oil and gas industry. Ms. MacDonald is also the Vice President of Land of Shelter Bay Energy Inc.

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Trent Stangl, BA, MA

Vice President, Marketing & Investor Relations

Mr. Stangl is currently Vice President, Marketing & Investor Relations of CPRI. Previously, he was Manager, Marketing & Investor Relations for Crescent Point. Prior to joining the Trust in 2006, Mr. Stangl was President, three dimes inc., a consulting firm specializing in the areas of oil and gas marketing and price risk management for junior oil and gas producers, marketers and pipelines.

From 1991 to 1997, Mr. Stangl held various positions at Wascana Energy Inc. (previously SaskOil), an exploration and production company whose shares traded on the TSX. From 1995 to 1997, he was a member of the Risk and Development Services team of the Marketing group, responsible for risk management strategy development, fundamental and technical analysis and commodity price forecasting. From 1994 to 1995, he was a Producer Services Representative managing a portfolio of third party producers in the Marketing Group. Previous to that, Mr. Stangl was a Planning and Development Analyst in the Corporate Planning group at Wascana.

Mr. Stangl holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics from the University of Saskatchewan and a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Western Ontario. He is a member of the Canadian Investor Relations Institute.

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Ken Lamont, BComm., CA.

Treasurer and Controller

Mr. Lamont is currently Controller and Treasurer of CPRI, prior to which he held the same position with CPRL, the former administrator of the Trust. Prior to joining Crescent Point in May 2005, Ken Lamont was the Director of Finance, Energy Management Group of Direct Energy. There, he was responsible for the financial supervision of gas and power trading activities for Direct Energy’s Canadian operations and for upstream oil and gas production in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Previously, Mr. Lamont held senior management positions with Shell Trading Gas & Power Canada Ltd. where he was responsible for all aspects of finance pertaining to Canadian operations and with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as a senior manager in the audit and business advisory practice.

Mr. Lamont graduated with distinction from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Commerce. He is a Chartered Accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta. Mr. Lamont is also the Chief Financial Officer of Shelter Bay Energy Inc.

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Mark Eade, BComm., LLB

Corporate Secretary

Mr. Eade has been a partner with the law firm McCarthy Tétrault LLP since 2001 practicing in the area of corporate and securities law.

Mr. Eade received his Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Hons.) from the University of Saskatchewan in 1989 and his Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1993. He was called to the Alberta bar in 1994. Mr. Eade is a member of the Law Society of Alberta and the Canadian Bar Association.

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Peter Bannister

Chairman of the Board

Peter Bannister is the President of Destiny Energy Inc., a privately-owned oil and gas company. Until its sale in February 2007, Mr. Bannister was Vice President Exploration and Director of Mission Oil and Gas Inc. Prior to joining Mission Oil and Gas Inc., he was Vice President Exploration of StarPoint Energy Inc. before its conversion to a royalty trust and President and a director of Impact Energy Inc. Mr. Bannister previously held the position of Vice President Corporate Development of Startech Energy until it was acquired by ARC Resources at the end of 2000 and also held positions as Vice President Exploration and Development and Director of both Boomerang Resources Ltd. and Laurasia Resources Limited, both publicly traded oil and gas companies. Mr. Bannister’s experience prior to his involvement in public oil and gas companies was as a partner of Sproule Associates Limited, a worldwide petroleum consulting firm specializing in the evaluation of oil and gas properties where he spent 12 years specializing in oil and gas property evaluations and managing private equity investments in the oil and gas business in Western Canada. Mr. Bannister is also a director of Shelter Bay Energy Inc. and Breaker Energy Ltd.

A graduate of the University of Calgary in 1981 he holds a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Geology with a minor in Economics. Mr. Bannister is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta and has 27 years of oil and gas industry experience.

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Paul Colborne

Paul Colborne is currently the President of Star Valley Oil and Gas Ltd., a private, Calgary-based oil and gas company. Mr. Colborne is also Chairman of Tristar Oil and Gas Ltd., a 20,000 boe/d publicly traded oil and gas company. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Crescent Point Energy Trust, Breaker Energy Ltd., Twin Butte Energy Ltd., Sikanni Services Ltd. and Seaview Energy Inc. From September 2003 to January 2005, Mr. Colborne was the President and CEO of StarPoint Energy Ltd. until its reorganization into StarPoint Energy Trust, a 36,000 boe/d publicly traded energy trust. Prior thereto, Mr. Colborne was the President and CEO of Crescent Point Energy Ltd. until its reorganization into Crescent Point Energy Trust in September 2003. From 1993 to 2001, Mr. Colborne was the President and CEO of Startech Energy Ltd., an intermediate oil and gas exploration and production company. Under Mr. Colborne’s leadership, Startech grew to 16,000 boe/d from its start-up production rate of 120 boe/d. Listed on the TSX 300 sub-index as one of Canada’s larger public oil and gas companies, Startech was acquired by ARC Energy Trust in February 2001. Mr. Colborne’s previous career included positions as a corporate finance and oil and gas lawyer with Wascana Energy Inc. and Husky Oil Ltd., and an associate with the legal firm Parlee McLaws. Mr. Colborne has 22 years of industry experience, and has specialized in creating shareholder value in the junior oil and gas sector in Western Canada.

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Ken Cugnet

Since 1963, Mr. Cugnet has been the owner and operator of a farm in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, where he currently lives. He has been the President of Valleyview Petroleum Ltd., a private oil and gas company since 1979. He served as the Manager of Field Operations of Tappit and was a director of Tappit from 1987 to 2003 and Chairman of the Board of Tappit from 2000 to 2003 until the company’s merge with the Trust in September 2003. Mr. Cugnet joined the Starpoint Energy Inc. board as a director until January 2005. He was a director of Mission Oil & Gas Inc. from January 2005 to February 2007. He has served on the Crescent Point board since its inception in September 2003. Mr. Cugnet is a director of Medora Resources Inc. which is a private company. Mr. Cugnet has also served as a member of the Saskatchewan Surface Rights Arbitration Board from June 1987 to April 1992 and a director of Cypress Petroleum Corp. from November 1991 to May 1995.

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Hugh Gillard

Mr. Gillard has over thirty years of business experience in the oil and gas industry and is the Principal of Saddleback Resources Ltd., a private company involved in equity investments and advisory roles in the energy sector. From June 2003 to March 2006, he was President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Kelso Energy Inc., a publicly traded junior oil and gas company. Kelso Energy Inc. subsequently merged with COSTA Energy Ltd. where he continued to serve as a director until December 2006. From 1999 to 2000 he was President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of PrimeWest Energy Trust. From 1990 to 1998, he was employed by CanWest Gas Marketing Inc., a private producer owned gas marketing company. During this period Mr. Gillard initially served as Vice President, Gas Supply and then later as President and Chief Executive Officer. From 1972 to 1989, he held several senior positions with Ashland Oil Canada, Dome Petroleum and Amoco Canada.

Mr. Gillard currently serves as a director of Creststreet Power Income Fund and as a director (Chairman) of Petrowest Energy Services Trust, both publicly traded entities. He also served as a director of Point North Energy Ltd. from October 2005 to November 2006. In September 2006, Point North Energy Ltd., filed for creditor protection due to circumstances arising from events which occurred prior to Mr. Gillard being appointed to the board. In September 2007, a successful plan of arrangement was approved and Point North Energy Ltd. emerged from Companies Creditors Act protection.

Mr. Gillard is a graduate of the University of Calgary (Commerce) and the Stanford Business School Executive Program. He is a past member of the Management Advisory Council (University of Calgary) and past Chairman of the Hospice Calgary Board of Directors.

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Gerald Romanzin

Gerald Romanzin is an independent Calgary businessman who serves as a director of FET Resources Ltd., Petrowest Energy Services Ltd., Ketch Resources Ltd., Trimac Transportation Services Inc. and Kereco Energy Ltd. He also serves as a trustee of Trimac Income Fund. Mr. Romanzin was the Executive Vice President of the TSX Venture Exchange from November 1999 to April 2002 where he was responsible for overseeing the Corporate Finance group and regional operations. In addition, he assumed the role of Acting President of the TSX Venture Exchange from December 2001 to April 2002. Mr. Romanzin is a chartered accountant and was a financial analyst with the Alberta Securities Commission for four years prior to joining the Alberta Stock Exchange in 1987. Mr. Romanzin was the Executive Vice President of the Alberta Stock Exchange from June 1995 to its change to the TSX Venture Exchange in November 1999.

Mr. Romanzin obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta.

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Scott Saxberg, BSc. (Mechanical Engineering), P.Eng.

Scott Saxberg is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Crescent Point Energy Trust, a publicly traded energy trust listed on the TSX. Mr. Saxberg was one of the founding shareholders of Crescent Point Energy and served as VP Operations until the reorganization into an income trust in September 2003. Mr. Saxberg is also a director of Bellamont Exploration, Catapult Energy and is on the CAPP Board of Governors.

Prior to Crescent Point, Mr. Saxberg worked in various roles from 1991 to 1996 with Wascana Energy and Numac Energy. In August 1996, Mr. Saxberg joined Magin Energy Inc. as a senior engineer responsible for a multitude of engineering related duties, including drilling, completions, field staff, production operations, facilities design, reservoir engineering, reserves, budgeting, and acquisitions and divestures. Mr. Saxberg became Western Area Manager in June 1997, responsible for Magin's production west of the fifth and sixth meridians. In August 1999, Mr. Saxberg was promoted to Manager of Business Development, responsible for the identification and evaluation of corporate and land acquisitions. In June 2001, Magin was acquired by NCE Petrofund, Inc.

Mr. Saxberg holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manitoba. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta and has over sixteen years of experience in the oil and gas industry.

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Greg Turnbull

Mr. Turnbull has been a partner with the law firm of McCarthy Tétrault LLP since July 2002 and currently serves as the Regional Managing Partner of the Calgary office. Mr. Turnbull started his career with the law firm of MacKimmie Matthews in 1979. From 1987 to 2001, he was a partner with Gowlings LLP (formerly Code Hunter LLP). In 2001 and 2002, he was a partner with the law firm of Donahue LLP.

Mr. Turnbull is currently a director of Storm Exploration Inc., Heritage Oil Corporation, Seaview Energy Inc., Sunshine Oilsands Ltd., BNP Resources Inc., Action Energy Inc. and Flagship Energy Inc., all publicly traded entities listed on the TSX or TSX Venture Exchange.

Throughout his career, he has served as an officer or director of Baytex Energy Ltd., Barrington Petroleum Ltd., Castle Rock Petroleum Ltd., Hawk Oil Inc., Hawk Energy Inc., Kensington Energy Ltd., Lexxor Energy Inc., Newquest Energy Inc., Mannville Oil & Gas Ltd., Petrostar Petroleums Inc., Pinnacle Resources Ltd., Quadron Resources Ltd., Quintex Energy Ltd., Rally Energy Ltd., ResoQuest Resources Ltd., Seventh Energy Ltd., Tri-Ex Oil & Gas Ltd., Trigas Exploration Ltd., Trimax Energy Inc., Twin Energy Ltd. and Westward Energy Inc.

Mr. Turnbull received his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree from Queens University in 1976 and his Bachelor of Law Degree from the University of Toronto in 1979. He was called to the Alberta bar in 1980. Mr. Turnbull is a member of the Law Society of Alberta, the Canadian Bar Association and the Calgary Bar Association.

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