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Appointment of CFO and Non-Executive Director
Appointment of CFO and Non-Executive Director.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nLEKOIL LIMITED (LEK)Appointment of CFO and Non-Executive Director02-Oct-2017 / 07:00 GMT/BSTDissemination of a Regulatory Announcement that contains inside information according to REGULATION (EU) No 596/2014 (MAR), transmitted by EQS Group.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.\n\n2 October 2017\n\n \n\nLekoil Limited\n\n(\"LEKOIL\" or the \"Company\")\n\n \n\nAppointment of Chief Financial Officer and Non-Executive Director \n\n \n\nLEKOIL (AIM: LEK), the oil and gas exploration and production company with a focus on Nigeria and West Africa, is pleased to announce the appointment to the Company and Board of Directors of Lisa Mitchell as Chief Financial Officer (\"CFO\") with immediate effect. Ms Mitchell's appointment follows the resignation of Bruce Burrows who has decided to pursue another opportunity to better fit family circumstances. Following a one month handover period, Bruce will be leaving the Company at the end of October.\n\n \n\nIn addition, LEKOIL is also pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Schmitt, a US citizen, as a Non-Executive Director, again with immediate effect.\n\n \n\nLisa Mitchell, aged 50, is a Certified Practising Accountant (Australia) who was most recently CFO and Executive Director of Fastjet plc (AIM: FJET), the African focused low cost airline based at Gatwick Airport. Prior to that, she was CFO at Ophir Energy plc (LSE: OPHR) where she was responsible for contributing to the overall business strategy of Ophir; leading the finance function - including all financial, taxation, treasury and funding issues; IR, and providing financial support for all M&A activity. Lisa's previous career included stints with Pan Pacific Petroleum NL (ASX and NZX listed), GCM Resources plc (AIM: GCM), CSL Limited - in Australia and the US and Mobil Oil Australia.  She holds a Bachelor of Economics (major in Accounting) degree from La Trobe University, Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma Applied Corporate Governance.\n\n \n\nTom Schmitt, aged 60, is president of Hunt Refining Company in Alabama. Prior to this, he was senior vice president with Hunt Oil Company for Hunt's development in Kurdistan, Iraq. He began his career as a petroleum engineer with the Atlantic Richfield Corporation working in productio...