North American Energy Partners Inc. announced that Peter Dodd will retire from the company's Board of Directors and will be replaced by Carl F. Giesler, Jr. Both Mr. Dodd's retirement and Mr. Giesler's appointment will be effective April 24, 2012. Mr. Giesler is Managing Director of Investments of HGI and previously served as Vice President and Director of Investments of Harbinger Capital Partners LLC. Prior to joining Harbinger Capital in 2008, Mr. Giesler was a Managing Director at AIG Financial Products Corp., where he held a leadership role in pursuing principal investment opportunities in the oil and gas sector. For the previous eight years, he worked as an Investment Banker in Morgan Stanley's Global Energy Group.