Appointment of new Directors (6154E)
April 11 2011 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMSAC
RNS Number : 6154E
SacOil Holdings Limited
11 April 2011
Embargoed 7am Monday 11 April 2011
SACOIL HOLDINGS LIMITED
("Sacoil")
APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTORS
The board of directors of SacOil Holdings Limited ("the Board")
is pleased to announce the appointment of, Mr. John William Sharp
Bentley and Mr. James William (Bill) Guest as non-executive
directors, with effect from 1 May 2011.
John Bentley has 40 years' experience in the natural resources
sector and holds a degree in Metallurgy from Brunel University. He
is an experienced board member being a past Managing Director of
Gencor's Brazilian mining company, Sao Bento Mineracao, Chief
Executive of Engen's Exploration & Production division and was
instrumental in floating Energy Africa Limited on the JSE Limited
("JSE") where after he became the Chief Executive for the following
five years. More recently John was Executive Chairman of First
Africa Oil plc. He currently holds various board positions for a
number of resource companies including Faroe Petroleum plc,
Scotgold Resources Limited, Wentworth Resources Limited, Resaca
Exploitation Inc. and Kea Petroleum plc. John will serve as
Chairman of the Audit and Remuneration Committees of the Board, and
as member of the Risk Committee of the Board.
Bill Guest has over 35 years of international exploration and
production experience within the oil industry, in technical,
business development and senior management functions. He has 14
years' experience as a board member of London E&P companies
with front line involvement in corporate and strategic development.
He spent his formative years as a geologist and petroleum engineer
with Shell International in Europe, the Far East and West Africa.
On leaving Shell, Bill joined the board of Monument Oil and Gas plc
as Technical Director, and latterly Business Development Director,
positions he held until Monument's sale to Lasmo. More recently,
Bill was Managing Director of Endeavour Norge AS and subsequently
President of Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited. He is a founding
partner of Guest & Associates a business development
consultancy service for the upstream oil and gas industry. He is a
non-executive director of Hurricane Exploration plc and Matra
Petroleum plc. Bill will serve as Chairman of the Risk Committee of
the Board and as member of the Remuneration and Audit Committees of
the Board.
SacOil Chief Executive Officer, Robin Vela, on behalf of the
Board, takes this opportunity to welcome John and Bill to the Board
and believes that their wealth of global experience and skills
combined with their extensive operational experience will be a
significant asset to the Company. Their appointment will further
enhance the Company's vision to become a Pan African upstream oil
and gas company.
Sacoil also announces that it has appointed Standard Bank as its
sponsor on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Contacts
Sacoil
Carina de Beer +27 11 575 7232
finnCap Ltd
(Nominated Adviser)
Matthew Robinson/Ed Frisby +44 20 7600 1658
Tavistock Communications
(Public Relations)
Jos Simson/ Edward Portman +44 20 7920 3157
Mr. John William Sharp Bentley, aged 63, has been a director or
partner of the following companies or partnerships in the last five
years:
Current Directorships Past Directorships
Balmuir Estates Nominees Ltd Osprey Oil & Gas Ltd
Balmuir Estates Farming Adastra Minerals Inc
Faroe Petroleum plc Vanco Energy Company
Kea Petroleum plc FirstAfrica Oil plc
Ptarmigan Natural Resources Ltd Rift Oil plc
Resaca Exploitation Inc Composite Energy Ltd
Scotgold Resources Ltd CDS Oil & Gas Group plc
Thombo Petroleum Ltd LGH (UK) Ltd
Wentworth Resources Ltd
Mr. James William Guest, aged 57, has been a director or partner
of the following companies or partnerships in the last five
years:
Current Directorships Past Directorships
British European Energy Edgo Energy
Guest & Associates Gulf Keystone Petroleum
Hurricane Exploration plc
Matra Petroleum
Mr. Bentley and Mr. Guest have each confirmed that there is no
additional information to be disclosed in accordance with Schedule
2, paragraph (g) of the AIM rules.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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