Board Appointment

RNS Number : 6575N

Oxford Catalysts Group PLC

02 October 2012

 



2^nd October 2012

OXFORD CATALYSTS GROUP PLC

("Oxford Catalysts" or "the Group" or "the Company")

Board Appointment

Oxford Catalysts Group PLC, the leading technology innovator for synthetic fuels production, is pleased to announce that Sandy Shaw has been appointed to the Board as a Non-executive Director with immediate effect.

Sandy has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, including senior executive positions as group legal counsel and / or commercial director for Consort Resources, LASMO, Esso Petroleum, Marathon Oil and Mobil. She has extensive oil and gas M&A experience, has overseen numerous material private equity subscriptions and led a £200 million trade sale through to final negotiations. She's worked as a consultant to several oil and gas companies, as well as two UK law firms. Since August 2008, Sandy has been an Executive Director Corporate and Commercial, and Company Secretary of Valiant Petroleum, a company of which she was a founder and initially a non-executive director.

Commenting on her appointment, Sandy Shaw said:

"I am delighted to join the board of Oxford Catalysts at this exciting juncture as it starts commercial roll-out. The Company is leading the field in technology for distributed scale synthetic fuels production at a time when the market is ripe for exploitation. I look forward to using my industry experience to help Oxford Catalysts realise the significant opportunities ahead."

Commenting on the appointment, Pierre Jungels, Chairman of Oxford Catalysts, said:

"I am pleased that Sandy Shaw is joining our board of directors. Her legal expertise gained in the commercial energy sector will provide a strong complement to the Group.

"Sandy's appointment brings to the Board a greater balance of non-executive to executive and the independence and diversity recommended by the Combined Code. This is important as the Group grows and progresses in the deployment of its world leading distributed Gas-to-Liquids offering."

The directorships and partnerships held by Mrs Shaw (full name: Sandra Nan Demby Shaw, nee Demby) (aged 59) now and over the five years preceding the date of appointment are as follows:

Current Directorships / Partnerships

Executive Director Valiant Petroleum plc.

Directorships in the past 5 years

SDS Energy Consultants Limited.                 

As at the date of this announcement, Mrs Shaw has no interests in the capital of the Company.

There are no other matters to be announced as required under paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.

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For further information, please contact:

Oxford Catalysts Susan Robertson, CFO	[phone]
Cenkos Securities (Nomad and Broker) Ken Fleming / Neil McDonald	[phone] [phone]
FTI Consulting Billy Clegg / Alex Beagley	[phone]

Notes to Editors

Oxford Catalysts enables modular Gas-to-Liquids ("GTL") plants to convert unconventional, remote and problem gas into valuable liquid fuels. Systems based on the Group's technology (marketed under the brand name Velocys) are significantly smaller than those using conventional technology, enabling modular plants that can be deployed cost effectively in remote locations and on smaller fields than is possible with competing systems. Together with world-class partners, Oxford Catalysts provides complete modular GTL solutions that address an untapped market of up to 25 million barrels of fuel a day.

Oxford Catalysts Group PLC is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: OCG). The Group has some 85 employees with facilities near Oxford, UK and Columbus, Ohio, USA.

www.oxfordcatalysts.com

www.velocys.com

 

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