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Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
Appointment of Chief Financial Officer.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 3416J Genel Energy PLC 28 June 2017 \n\n28 June 2017\n \nGenel Energy plc \n \nAppointment of Chief Financial Officer\n \nGenel Energy plc ('Genel' or 'the Company') announces that Esa Ikaheimonen has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. He will be based in London and will join the Company on 3 July 2017.\n \nEsa has over 25 years of oil and gas industry experience, most recently as Group CFO of leading publicly listed offshore drilling companies Transocean and Seadrill. Prior to that, he had a c.20 year career at Royal Dutch Shell, culminating in the role of Vice President Finance for Shell Africa E&P.\n \nEsa currently serves as a non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Vantage Drilling International.\n \nMurat Özgül, CEO of Genel, said:\n \n\"I am delighted to welcome Esa to Genel. His extensive industry, commercial, and financial experience will be invaluable to Genel and its growth ambitions, particularly the development of our significant gas assets in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. I look forward to working closely with him to unlock value for all our stakeholders.\"\n \n-ends-\n \nFor further information please contact:\n \n\n\n\n\nGenel Energy\nPhil Corbett, Head of Investor Relations\nAndrew Benbow, Head of Public Relations\n\n\n+44 20 7659 5100\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nVigo Communications\nPatrick d'Ancona \n\n\n+44 20 7830 9700\n\n\n\n\n \nNotes to editors:\n \nGenel Energy is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: GENL). The Company, with headquarters in London and offices in Ankara and Erbil, is one of the largest London-listed oil producers and the largest holder of reserves and resources in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Through its Miran and Bina Bawi gas fields, the Company is positioned to be a cornerstone provider of KRI gas to Turkey under the KRI-Turkey Gas Sales Agreement. Genel also continues to pursue further growth opportunities within the Middle East and Africa. For further information, please refer to www.genelenergy.com. \n \n\nThis information is provided by RNSThe company news service from the ...