Matthew McCann

MATTHEW MCCANN was nominated Chief Executive Officer of TransAtlantic Petroleum
Corp. in 2008. He served as General Counsel for Riata Management from 2007.
Prior to this, he served as Vice President, Legal and Corporate Secretary for
SandRidge Energy from 2005 to 2007. From 2001 to 2005, he served as General
Counsel for Riata Energy. Prior to joining Riata, Mr. McCann represented Riata
while practicing law with Sprouse, Smith & Rowley, PC, from 1995 to 2001. Mr.
McCann received a BS in Business Administration from the University of Vermont
in 1991 and a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the University of Oklahoma College
of Law in 1995.