Soco International PLC APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY CHAIRMAN (7211Y)
December 07 2017 - 7:30AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 7211Y
Soco International PLC
07 December 2017
SOCO International plc
("SOCO" or the "Company")
APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Rob Gray as
Deputy Chairman, with immediate effect.
Rob joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in 2013. He is
the Board's Senior Independent Director and is a member of each of
the Board Committees, namely the Nominations Committee,
Remuneration Committee, and the Audit & Risk Committee, which
he has chaired since January 2017. Rob will continue to serve in
these roles alongside his deputy chairmanship.
Rob has more than 30 years' experience advising companies in the
natural resources sector in his various roles at James Capel &
Co., Kleinwort Benson, Robert Fleming & Co. and Deutsche Bank.
He is a co-founder of RegEnersys, a natural resources investment
entity and is currently the principal of ReVysion LLP.
Rui de Sousa, Non- Executive Chairman, commented:
"I am delighted that Rob has accepted the new role of Deputy
Chairman. His specialist commercial, governance, investment and
entrepreneurial skills and experience have added essential value to
the Board for the last four years. His new role provides additional
strength to the Board as we focus on strategically reshaping the
business, growing our portfolio and continuing to deliver
substantive value to shareholders."
ENQUIRIES
SOCO International plc
Jann Brown, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer
Tel: 020 7747 2000
Camarco
Billy Clegg
Georgia Edmonds
Tel: 020 3757 4980
NOTES TO EDITORS
SOCO is an international oil and gas exploration and production
company, headquartered in London and traded on the London Stock
Exchange. The Company has field development and production
interests in Vietnam and exploration and appraisal interests in the
Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) and Angola.
Rob Gray has been an advisor to the natural resources sector for
more than 30 years. Rob qualified as a solicitor in 1981 at Allen
& Overy and then went on to help establish James Capel &
Co. Petroleum Services, a successful advisory and Mergers &
Acquisitions practice. Rob's experience includes thirteen years at
Deutsche Bank where he was latterly a Senior Advisor having been
Chairman of UK Investment Banking for five years and formerly
Global Head of Natural Resources. Rob was previously a Director and
Head of the Natural Resource Group at Robert Fleming & Co. Ltd.
for four years, a group which he established. Between 2000 and
2010, Rob was an Advisory Board Member for Heerema Marine
Contractors. Rob is also one of a number of industry advisors to
Bluewater Energy. Rob was a co-founder of RegEnersys, a natural
resources investment entity and is currently the principal of
ReVysion LLP.
This information is provided by RNS
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