Gulf Keystone Petroleum Regulatory News (GKP)

28 Mar 2006 07:01

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ld28 March 2006 28 March 2006 GULF KEYSTONE PETROLEUM LIMITED ("Gulf Keystone" or "the Company") New Management Appointments Gulf Keystone, the London AIM-quoted (symbol: GKP) independent oil & gasexploration & production company operating in the Republic of Algeria, todayannounces the resignation of Dr. Caroline Brown, the Chief Financial Officer(CFO) of the Company with effect from 6th April 2006. Gulf Keystone is pleased to announce that Dr. Jon Cooper will be appointed asFinance Director of Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited from 6th April 2006. Priorto joining Gulf Keystone, Jon spent 9 years at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein,where he worked as a Director in the Oil & Gas Corporate Finance Team mostrecently covering Russia and Central & Eastern Europe. Jon qualified as aChartered Accountant with KPMG in 1996 and has a B.Eng in Mechanical Engineeringand PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Leeds. Gulf Keystone is also pleased to announce that it has appointed Mr. Iain Patrickas Director of Commercial & Legal Affairs of Gulf Keystone Petroleum (UK)Limited. Iain has 25 years experience in the international oil and gasindustry. After graduating with an Ll.M in 1980, Iain worked as an oil industrylawyer before joining Monument Oil and Gas plc in 1988 where he held theposition of Commercial Director until the sale of the company in 1999. Iainthen co-founded PWX Limited, a consultancy providing business developmentsupport to a number of oil and gas companies. Mr Roger Parsons, Chairman of the Company commented: "We would like to thank Caroline Brown for her contribution to the Company inits early life as a public listed company and wish her well in the future." Todd Kozel, Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Keystone said: "I am delighted to welcome Jon Cooper as Finance Director and Iain Patrick asDirector of Commercial & Legal Affairs. Their combined expertise will form avital part of the Gulf Keystone management as we seek to drive the companyforward and fulfill our ambitious growth programme." Save for the declarations below, there are no updated disclosures to be made inrespect of the appointment of Dr. Cooper under rule 17 and under Schedule 2paragraph (g) of the AIM rules. Past Directorships Dr. Cooper has also been a director of: Plus 7 Minus 5 Limited (resigned 10 October 2005) Mr. Patrick has also been a director of: Monument Oil and Gas plc (resigned 30 June 1999) Acteon Group Limited (resigned 6 June 2003) PWX Limited (resigned 6 January 2005) Nimex Energy Limited (dissolved on 30 August 2005. Nimex was a shell company which did not trade and had no outstanding creditors) Endeavour Energy UK Limited (resigned 10 February 2006) Enquiries Gulf Keystone Petroleum: 020 7514 1400Todd Kozel, CEOBill Guest, President Citigate Dewe Rogerson: 020 7638 9571Media enquiries: Martin Jackson / George CazenoveAnalyst enquiries: Kate Delahunty / Nina Soon This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange