GED Global Energy

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Global Energy Development PLC
07 March 2008


For Immediate Release                                               7 March 2008


                         GLOBAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PLC

                     BOARD APPOINTMENT - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR


Global Energy Development PLC (the 'Company'), the Latin America focused
petroleum exploration and production company (LSE-AIM: 'GED'), is pleased to
announce the appointment of Mr. Stephen Thomas Newton, who currently holds the
Senior Management position of Managing Director, to the Company's Board as
Executive Director with immediate effect.

Mr. Newton, aged 55, has over 33 years of international petroleum experience,
including over 12 years of operational experience in Colombia, the Company's
main country of operation, and six years in Peru.  He is an Australian national
and currently resides in Bogota, Colombia.

Mr. Newton was an employee of Occidental Petroleum Corporation for 24 years,
during which time he held a number of positions including President and General
Manager Occidental Colombia and, subsequently, Vice President Occidental as
worldwide head of engineering and technical services. From 1999 to 2001, he ran
Alberta Energy Company's, now EnCana Corporation, operations in Ecuador and
Colombia.  From 2003 to early 2007, Mr. Newton was President and Chief Executive
Officer of Solana Resources Limited (LSE-AIM: 'SORL'), an international resource
company he co-founded in Colombia. During 2007, he was President of
Transmeridian Exploration Inc. (AMEX: 'TMY') and, most recently, has acted as an
independent energy consultant to companies looking to focus in Latin America,
particularly Colombia.  He is currently Non-executive Chairman of Infinity Oil
Limited, a private petroleum company active in Colombia, a Director of Avalon
Oil and Gas, Inc. (OTCBB: 'AOGN'), a petroleum company active in the USA and
Colombia, and a Partner and Director of PWS Colombia, a subsidiary of the
reinsurance broker PWS International.

Mr. Newton holds a Mining / Petroleum Engineering degree from the University of
Queensland, Brisbane, a Master of Science Petroleum Engineering degree from
Imperial College London and an Executive MBA from UCLA. He is a member of The
Society of Petroleum Engineers ('SPE').


No further information is required to be disclosed in respect of Mr. Newton
under Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.


Enquiries:



Global Energy Development PLC

Catherine Miles, Company Secretary                  +44 (0) 20 7763 7177
www.globalenergyplc.com                             +44 (0) 7909918034

Landsbanki Securities (UK) Limited                  +44 (0) 20 7426 9000
Jeff Keating / Fred Walsh




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