Lansdowne names new commercial director

Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc has announced the appointment of Richard Slape as Commercial Director of the Company, with effect from 31 March 2014.

Richard Slape has over 25 years experience working in the upstream oil and gas sector, mainly in financial institutions in the City of London, including W.I. Carr, Girozentrale Gilbert Elliott, Charles Stanley, Seymour Pierce, Natixis Bleichroeder and Canacord Genuity. Most recently, Slape has been working as Business Development Manager at Rockhopper Exploration plc and will continue in that role until 28th March 2014.

Chairman of Lansdowne John Greenall said, “On behalf of Lansdowne I am delighted to welcome Richard to the Board. His extensive experience of the financial and commercial side of upstream oil and gas activities will be very beneficial as the Company progresses its projects to the next phase.”