22nd July 2024
Bowleven plc
('Bowleven')
Board
Appointment
Bowleven plc ("Bowleven" or the
"Company") announces that Mark Vermeulen has been appointed
as a Non-Executive Director with immediate
effect.
Mark is a partner, Chief Investment
Officer and fund manager at Ophorst van Marwijk Kooy
Vermogensbeheer NV ("OVMK"), a value-oriented investment firm
focussed on both mid and small-cap equities in the UK, Hong Kong
and Europe, and high-yield bonds. He has spent the last 15 years
managing a range of international bond and value funds for OVMK,
with significant exposure to oil & gas related investments. He
has previously worked at Dresdner Bank as an analyst across a
number of international equity funds. Mark is a CFA
Charterholder.
Eli
Chahin, CEO of Bowleven, commented:
"We are
delighted to welcome Mark to the Board. Mark brings
his extensive financial, corporate and
governance experience. His appointment is complementary to the
existing Board as we together continue to focus on the overall
strategy of establishing Etinde as the foremost project development
in Cameroon."
Further information in accordance
with Rule 17 and paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for
Companies (the "AIM Rules") is set out at the end of this
announcement.
ENQUIRIES
For further information, please
contact:
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Bowleven plc
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Eli Chahin, Chief
Executive
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+ 44 20 3327 0150
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Camarco (Financial PR)
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Owen Roberts
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+ 44 20 3757 4980
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Hugo Liddy
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Shore Capital (NOMAD and Broker)
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Daniel Bush
Rachel Goldstein
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+ 44 20 7408 4090
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Appendix - Rule 17 and Schedule Two (g)
disclosures
Save for the information set out
above and below, there are no further disclosures to be made in
accordance with Rule 17 and Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM
Rules in respect of the appointment of Markus (Mark) Franciscus Antonius Vermeulen, aged 41. Mark does
not hold a direct interest in the Company's ordinary share capital;
however, OVMK, of which Mark is a partner and fund manager, manages
an interest in 14,779,175 shares on behalf of its clients,
representing 0.78% of the Company's total issued ordinary share
capital (excluding shares held in treasury).
Current Directorships/Partnerships
Ophorst van Marwijk Kooy
Vermogensbeheer NV
Podere Fignano SNC
Past
Directorships/Partnerships (within 5 years)
N/A