Director appointment

27 Oct 2006 07:01

Meridian Petroleum PLC27 October 2006 27 October 2006 Meridian Petroleum plc ("Meridian" or the "Company") Appointment of David Wake-Walker as Non-Executive Director Meridian Petroleum plc (AIM: MRP) the oil and gas exploration and productioncompany with assets in the United States and Australia, today announces theappointment to the Board of David Wake-Walker as a non-executive director withimmediate effect. Mr. Wake-Walker has spent over 25 years in financial services management,principally in corporate banking, beginning his career as a graduate traineewith Kleinwort Benson after taking an MA (Classics) from St Andrews University.Mr Wake-Walker moved to Kleinwort Benson (Hong Kong) Ltd. in 1983 as managingdirector, and from 1990-94 was Joint Head of the bank's Financing Division.During his career with the bank his geographical responsibilities included SouthAfrica, the Asia Pacific region and North America. Mr Wake-Walker was a Director of Kleinwort Benson Limited from 1981-95 and aDirector of the listed Kleinwort Benson Group plc from 1990-95. He served as:Chairman of the Divisional Credit Committees; the European and US MezzanineInvestment Committees; and the Group Training Committee. In addition, he was amember of the Investment Banking Executive Committee and the Group Assets andLiabilities Committee. For the past 10 years, through David Wake-Walker Limited, he has been active inprivate equity, trading and corporate advisory roles and has served as anon-executive Director for numerous companies, both in the UK and overseas,including as Chairman. Full details of Mr Wake-Walker's current and pastdirectorships appear below. Anthony J. Mason, Chief Executive Officer of Meridian Petroleum plc, said: "David's wealth of experience - not only in corporate finance but also as adirector of companies around the world - will bring significant benefits to theCompany and we warmly welcome him to the Board." Ends For further information contact: Meridian Petroleum Plc Ambrian Partners Parkgreen CommunicationsTony Mason Neil Mac Lachlan Simon Robinson Richard Brown Victoria Thomas00 1 713-599-1611 +44 (0) 20 7776 6400 +44 (0) 20 7493 3713 Notes to Editors About Meridian Meridian is an oil and gas exploration and production company with key assets inthe United States and Australia. Meridian is quoted on the AIM market of theLondon Stock Exchange (ticker: MRP), and is headquartered in London, withoffices in Houston, Texas and Adelaide, Australia. David Wake-Walker - Directorships Current Past1996- Orwell Park School Educational Trust 1976-81 J.L. Clark & Co. Limited, Johannesburg Ltd2000- Dentons Investment Services Limited 1979-92 Kleinwort Benson Jersey Giant Leap Ahead Limited 1979-92 Kleinwort Benson Guernsey David Wake-Walker Limited 1986-95 Kleinwort Benson Hong Kong2001- Delsol Limited 1983-88 Kleinwort Benson Singapore Delsol Products Limited 1983-87 P.T. Aseam Indonesia, Jakarta Dentons Pension Management Limited 1983-88 Aseambankers Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur2004- SFCorp Limited 1983-86 Rodskog Shipbrokers Dentons Holdings Limited 1983-86 Sharps Pixley Pacific 1983-86 KBIM Pacific 1984-86 Kleinwort Benson Australia Holdings 1984-86 Carpets International Hong Kong 1990-92 Town & Country Building Society 1991-95 Centro Internationale Handelsbank A.G., Vienna 1991-95 Parc International 1992-95 Kleinwort Benson Channel Islands 1994-95 Kleinwort Benson Holdings Inc., New York 2003-05 Term Finance Corporation Limited Mr Wake-Walker has confirmed that there are no further disclosures requiredunder Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange