Eland Oil & Gas PLC Appointment of Non-Executive Director (7938P)
05 September 2017 - 4:01PM
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RNS Number : 7938P
Eland Oil & Gas PLC
05 September 2017
5 September 2017
Eland Oil & Gas PLC
("Eland" or the "Company")
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
Eland Oil & Gas PLC (AIM: ELA), an oil & gas production
and development company operating in West Africa with an initial
focus on Nigeria, is pleased to confirm the appointment of Brian
John O'Cathain (Aged 57) as Non-Executive Director to the Board of
Directors of the Company effective 1 October 2017.
Mr. O'Cathain is a geologist and petroleum engineer with over 30
years' experience in senior technical and commercial roles in
upstream oil and gas E&P companies, including Shell
International, Enterprise Oil and Tullow Oil plc. He has experience
in working in West Africa, North Africa, onshore Europe, the North
Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, South Asia and offshore Ireland. He was
the Managing Director of Tullow Oil's International Business during
the Energy Africa acquisition, and served as Chief Executive of
Afren plc from 2005 to 2007. He was also the Chief Executive of
Petroceltic International plc from 2007 to 2016. During this period
Petroceltic discovered the Ain Tsila gas condensate field in
Algeria, and concluded a nil-premium merger with Melrose Energy. Mr
O'Cathain holds a first-class honours degree in Geology from the
University of Bristol.
Russell Harvey, Chairman of the Company, stated:
"I am delighted to welcome Brian to the Eland board. He brings a
wealth of industry experience which will be both invaluable and
additive as the company grows."
Set out below are details of Mr O'Cathain's current
directorships and those that he has held within the last five
years:
Current Directorships
Black Mountain Consulting
Limited
Abbeyville Property Limited
Annapurna Oil Limited
BOC Upstream Consultants
Limited
Past Directorships (last
5 years)
Melrose Mediterranean
Limited
Petroceltic plc
Petroceltic South Disouq
Limited
Petroceltic South Idku
Limited
Petroceltic Turkey Limited
Petroceltic Company of
Egypt
Petroceltic El Mansoura
Company
Petroceltic Qantara Company
Petroceltic S E El Mansoura
Company
Petroceltic Energy Limited
Petroceltic Bulgaria Inc
Petroceltic Greece Limited
Petroceltic Resources
plc
Petroceltic Italia S.r.l
Petroceltic North Thekah
Limited
Petroceltic Ain Tsila
Limited
Petroceltic Isarene-2
Limited
Petroceltic Kurdistan
Limited
Petroceltic Illizi Limited
Petroceltic African Holdings
Limited
Petroceltic Holdings Limited
Petroceltic Ksar Hadada
Limited
Petroceltic Isarene Limited
Petroceltic Investments
Limited
Petroceltic Reserve Limited
Petroceltic Erris Limited
Petroceltic International
Plc
Petroceltic Sahara Limited
R-Space Gallery Cic
Petroceltic was placed into Examinership during 2016 by
Worldview, its largest shareholder. Examinership is a process in
Irish law whereby the protection of the High Court is obtained to
allow a company to restructure. Petroceltic was restructured and
delisted from AIM in June 2016.
Save as disclosed above, there are no further disclosures
required to be made in respect of the appointment under Schedule
2(g) or Rule 17 of the AIM Rules for Companies.
For further information:
Eland Oil & Gas PLC (+44 (0)1224 737300)
www.elandoilandgas.com
George Maxwell, CEO
Finlay Thomson, IR
Canaccord Genuity Limited (+44 (0)20 7523 8000)
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor / James Asensio
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (+44 (0)20 7886 2500)
Adam James / Atholl Tweedie
Tom Salvesen
Camarco (+44 (0) 203 757 4980)
Billy Clegg / Georgia Mann
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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