On December 18, 2023, the Board of Directors of Evolution Petroleum Corporation approved the appointment of Kelly M. Beatty as Chief Accounting Officer, effective January 1, 2024 (the Effective Date). Ms. Beatty, 40, has been serving as Principal Accounting Officer since December 2022 and has served as the Company's Controller since February 2022. Ms. Beatty is a certified public accountant in the State of Texas, and, prior to joining the Company in February 2022, she was the Controller at QuarterNorth Energy, a privately held offshore oil and gas company, from July 2019 through February 2022.

She also spent 10 years in financial reporting positions with other public oil and gas companies. She was the Senior Manager of Financial Reporting at Halcon Resources Corporation from December 2012 through July 2019 and the Manager of Financial Reporting at Petrohawk Energy Corporation from December 2009 through December 2012. Ms. Beatty began her career in 2006 in the assurance practice at Ernst & Young LLP.

She received Masters of Science and Bachelor of Business Administration degrees in Accounting from Texas A&M University at College Station.