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PetroTal Appoints Two New Independent Directors
Calgary, Alberta and Houston, Texas--(Newsfile Corp. - December 19, 2019) - PetroTal Corp. (TS...
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[{"type":"text","content":"PetroTal Appoints Two New Independent DirectorsCalgary, Alberta and Houston, Texas--(Newsfile Corp. - December 19, 2019) - PetroTal Corp. (TSXV: TAL) (AIM: PTAL) (\"PetroTal\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the appointment of Eleanor Barker and Roger Tucker as Independent Non-Executive Directors, effective today.Ms. Barker has over 25 years' experience in the international oil and gas business. She is currently the President of Barker Oil Strategies Inc., an oil and gas investment and consulting company, and Chair of the Audit Committee and a Director of Serinus Energy plc. Eleanor was previously a Director of Sterling Resources Ltd. (the company which PetroTal reversed into to effect its quotation on the TSX-V), the US National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts and the former President of the Canadian Association of Investment Analysts. Ms. Barker has held roles with Imperial Oil Limited and Gulf Canada Limited. Ms. Barker holds an Honours B.Sc. in Chemistry from Queen's University in Canada and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Tucker has over 30 years' experience in international oil and gas operations, financing and acquisitions. Roger has held senior executive positions with a number of companies in the energy industry, including Senior Vice President of BG Group's European business, Chief Executive Officer of African Arabian Petroleum Ltd., Managing Director of Yukos Oil, and President of the Latin American operations of LASMO plc. Dr. Tucker is a graduate of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne with a B.Sc. in Geology and a Ph.D. in Sedimentology and Geochemistry and is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Geological Society of London.These two appointments effectively increase the Board size by one to seven Directors, following the resignation, as announced on November 4, 2019, of Mr. Douglas Urch from his role as Board Chairman to accept the appointment as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. The Board would like to thank Mr. Urch for his guidance as a Director since the Company's inception, and continued leadership as a key member of PetroTal's senior management team. Mark McComiskey, Chairman of the PetroTal Board of Directors, commented: \"We are delighted to welcome Eleanor and Roger to the PetroTal Board. Both b...