Appointment of Independent Non-Executive Director

RNS Number : 0169P

Hurricane Energy PLC

14 October 2021

 

14 October 2021

Hurricane Energy plc

("Hurricane" or the "Company")

Appointment of Independent Non-Executive Director

Hurricane Energy plc (AIM: HUR), the UK based oil and gas company , is pleased to announce the appointment of Philip Wolfe as an Independent Non-Executive Director , with immediate effect. He will chair the Audit and Risk Committee and serve as Senior Independent Director.

Mr Wolfe has 30 years' experience within the energy and utilities industry as an executive, adviser and corporate financier. Mr Wolfe has served as Chief Financial Officer of various private and listed oil and gas companies, including Phoenix Global Resources plc, an AIM quoted oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Argentina.

Mr Wolfe's career includes 23 years in investment banking, including as Managing Director, Head of Oil and Gas, EMEA at UBS Investment Bank and Global Head of Oil and Gas at HSBC. Mr Wolfe holds a BSc Honours degree in Economics from the University of Bristol.

Antony Maris, CEO of Hurricane, commented:

"Philip's distinguished career in the industry brings highly relevant financial, strategic and management experience significantly enhancing the board's capabilities. These skills will be invaluable as Hurricane progresses into the future and I am delighted to welcome Philip to the Company."

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Contacts:

Hurricane Energy plc Antony Maris, Chief Executive Officer [e-mail]	[phone]
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited Nominated Adviser & Joint Corporate Broker Callum Stewart / Jason Grossman	[phone]
Investec Bank plc Joint Corporate Broker Chris Sim / Jarrett Silver	[phone]
Vigo Consulting Public Relations Patrick d'Ancona / Ben Simons [e-mail]	[phone]

Philip Edward Charles Wolfe, aged 53, has held the following directorships and/or partnerships in the past five years:

Current Directorships/Partnerships	Previous Directorships/Partnerships
Full Moon Productions Limited	Soma Oil & Gas Holdings Limited
Courtney Park Engineering Limited	Soma Oil & Gas Exploration Limited
Net Zero Carbon Developments Limited	Soma Management Limited (currently named Old Sycamore Management Limited)
Hemspan Limited	Phoenix Global Resources Plc
	Madagascar Oil Limited

About Hurricane

Hurricane has a 100% interest in and operates the Lancaster field, the UK's first field to produce from a fractured basement reservoir.

Hurricane also has a 50% interest in the Greater Warwick Area licence, which contains the Lincoln and Warwick assets.

Visit Hurricane's website at www.hurricaneenergy.com 

Inside Information

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the UK version of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 on Market Abuse ("UK MAR"), as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, and Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 on Market Abuse ("EU MAR").

 

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