Central Petroleum Limited: appoints Julian Fowles as new director
Brisbane, Australia - Central Petroleum Ltd. (ASX:CTP) (FRA:C9J) (OTCMKTS:CPTLF) announces the appointment of Dr Julian Fowles as a Non-Executive director, effective 28 June 2019.Dr Fowles is a petroleum industry professional with over 30 years in international leadership roles, including 17 years with Shell International, as well as positions with other major listed companies. Dr Fowles comes with extensive board, shareholder and analyst engagement experience.
Most recently Dr Fowles was a senior executive with Oil Search Limited, leading the PNG operated and non-operated oil and LNG production and development businesses.
Dr Fowles was previously the executive leading Oil Search's Exploration and New Business teams and has also been involved in the development and implementation of Oil Search's opportunity development framework, targeting major projects through key assurance processes from pre-concept to FID.
Central Chairman Martin Kriewaldt said Dr Fowles brought a great amount of upstream industry experience to Central's Board including in the areas of strategy development and implementation, exploration and new business, innovation and project execution.
"Julian is an internationally experienced industry professional with strong experience in exploration, operations, production and development and brings an understanding of the drivers to grow an oil and gas company in diverse and challenging locations."
Dr Fowles is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a BSc (hons) degree from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD from the University of Cambridge.
Dr Fowles also holds a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.
About Central Petroleum Limited:
Central Petroleum Ltd. (ASX:CTP) is an oil and gas explorer and producer listed on the Australian Securities Exchange focused on supplying the domestic gas market. Central is advancing several separate projects across what is regarded as the biggest package of proven and prospective oil and gas acreage across central Australia. This spread of assets gives Central multiple options for growth and development. 88% of this land being gas prone has led to the Company's focus on becoming a major domestic gas producer.
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Central Petroleum Ltd.
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