Gulfsands Petroleum PLC Board Appointments (0266M)
October 10 2016 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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Gulfsands Petroleum PLC
10 October 2016
GULFSANDS PETROLEUM PLC
Board Appointments
10 October 2016
Gulfsands Petroleum plc ("Gulfsands", the "Group" or the
"Company" - AIM: GPX), the oil and gas company with activities in
Syria, Tunisia, Colombia and Morocco, is pleased to announce the
appointment of Mr Michael Kroupeev and Mr Richard Milne as
Non-Executive Directors of the Company with immediate effect.
A short biography of each of Mr Kroupeev and Mr Milne is
detailed below.
Mr Michael Kroupeev
Mr Kroupeev has 21 years' experience working within the
exploration and production sector. After University in both Russia
and the United Kingdom, he began his career working for Dana
Petroleum plc as a Director in 1994. In 1995, Mr Kroupeev founded
Waterford Finance and Investment Limited ("Waterford"). Waterford
is an oil and gas focused vehicle, specialising in the financing of
oil, gas and other energy related projects in emerging markets. He
has been directly involved in the capital raising for natural
resource projects and in acquiring, restructuring, developing and
divesting such assets. Waterford has a number of substantial
shareholdings in oil and gas companies with operations in Europe,
Africa, North America and Australasia, and holds a 37.32 per cent.
interest in the Company.
Mr Richard Milne
Mr Milne was most recently Group Head of Legal and Commercial
Affairs at Petrofac Limited ("Petrofac"), from which he retired in
2015. Mr Milne joined Petrofac in 2004 with responsibility for
advising on the legal and commercial aspects of the group's
activities. Mr Milne was heavily involved in Petrofac's successful
admission to listing on The London Stock Exchange in 2005 and in
developing the group's governance and compliance framework. Prior
to joining Petrofac, Mr Milne spent some 15 years in corporate
finance after working in the insurance brokerage industry. Mr Milne
is a graduate of Oxford University and qualified as a
solicitor.
For further information, please refer to the Company's website
at www.gulfsands.com or contact:
Gulfsands Petroleum Plc +44 (0)20 7464 4490
John Bell, Managing Director
Andrew Morris, Finance Director
James Ede-Golightly, Non-Executive Chairman
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe
Sarah Wharry
Craig Francis +44 (0)20 7894 7000
In accordance with the AIM Rules, the following information
required to be disclosed is set out below. Other than this
information, there is no further information required to be
disclosed under paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.
Mr Michael Kroupeev
Full name and age: Mikhail (Michael) Kroupeev,
aged 50
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Current beneficial 194,042,618 ordinary shares
shareholding in the (37.32%) through Waterford
Company: Finance and Investment
Limited
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Current Directorships: Waterford Finance and
Investment Limited
Waterford Petroleum Ltd
Waterford Management Services
Ltd
Star Capital Research
Ltd
WF Invest Ltd
Sterling Energy plc
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Former Directorships None
(previous 5 years):
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Mr Richard Milne
Full name and age: Richard Gordon Milne,
aged 61
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Current beneficial Nil
shareholding in the
Company:
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Current Directorships: None
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Former Directorships KRRM 2 Ltd
(previous 5 years): Camstent Ltd
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Certain statements included herein constitute "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of applicable securities
legislation. These forward-looking statements are based on certain
assumptions made by Gulfsands and as such are not a guarantee of
future performance. Actual results could differ materially from
those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements due
to factors such as general economic and market conditions,
increased costs of production or a decline in oil and gas prices.
Gulfsands is under no obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable
laws.
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by
the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under
the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR"). Upon the
publication of this announcement via Regulatory Information Service
("RIS"), this inside information is now considered to be in the
public domain.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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