Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

RNS Number : 3764K

Diversified Gas & Oil PLC

07 July 2017

 

7 July 2017

Diversified Gas & Oil PLC

("DGO" or the "Company")

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Strengthening Management Team

Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

Diversified Gas & Oil PLC (AIM: DGOC), a US based gas and oil producer, is pleased to announce the appointment of Eric M. Williams CPA to the management team with immediate effect as Chief Financial Officer. Eric will support the team headed by Finance Director Brad Gray and his responsibilities will include accounting operations, financial reporting and investor relations communications.   

Eric joins from Callon Petroleum (NYSE: CPE), an oil and gas company with annual revenues of US$200 million, where he was Manager of Finance and responsible for the company's investor relations and related corporate finance activities.

During Eric's more than 7 years with Callon Petroleum, the company grew significantly from a market capitalisation of US$40 million, to over US$3.5 billion, successfully transforming itself from a deep-water, non-operational company to an onshore, pure-play operator. He was instrumental in enhancing and developing the financial reporting streams and establishing a formal investor relations function as Callon's communications requirements increased.  Eric began his career in the Birmingham, Alabama office of PWC.  Prior to his time at Callon Petroleum, Eric's career included various audit, accounting and financial reporting roles with several US publicly traded companies.  

Rusty Hutson, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of DGO, said:

"I'm delighted to have Eric as part of the team at DGO. We have undergone a significant period of growth and continue to look to build on our experienced team to help support our objectives. Eric's impressive wealth of financial accounting and investor relations experience will be crucial as we continue to grow our business, execute our stated strategy and deliver value to our shareholders.

Brad Gray, Finance Director and Chief Operating Officer of DGO, said:

"We welcome the big company experience that Eric is bringing to DGO and our existing management team.  Eric has all the skills that we need at this exciting time in our company's development."  

Eric assumed his role on 7 July 2017 and will be based in the head office in Birmingham, Alabama.

Diversified Gas & Oil PLC Rusty Hutson Jr., Chief Executive Officer Brad Gray, Finance Director www.diversifiedgasandoil.com	+ 1 [phone]
Smith & Williamson Corporate Finance Limited (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker) Russell Cook Katy Birkin	[phone]
Mirabaud Securities LLP (Lead Broker) Peter Krens Edward Haig-Thomas	[phone]
Buchanan (Financial Public Relations) Ben Romney Chris Judd Henry Wilson [e-mail]	[phone]

About Diversified Gas & Oil

Diversified Gas & Oil PLC owns and operates gas and oil producing wells in the Appalachian Basin, one of the largest oil and gas fields in the US.  The Company was founded in 2001 and has grown rapidly in recent years, capitalising upon opportunities to acquire conventional, low risk gas and oil producing assets.  After the completion of its most recent acquisition, DGO will have a total, gross daily production of approximately 18,300 boepd. DGO was admitted to trading on AIM in February 2017.

 

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