Tap Oil names new non-executive director

Australia’s oil and gas exploration and production company Tap Oil has appointed a new non-executive director of the company.

Tap Oil said on Wednesday that it named Kamarudin bin Baba as a non-executive director, effective February 6.

Baba holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of London and is also an Associate of The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in the United Kingdom.

He was issued a certificate of Legal Practice from the Legal Profession Qualifying Board Malaysia and was admitted to practice as Advocate and Solicitor in the High Court of Malaya, Peninsular Malaysia.

Baba has over 30 years’ experience as a company secretary, in private legal practice and in-house counsel. He is currently the general counsel of the Northern Gulf Petroleum Group (NGP) and replaces Frank Sreesangkom as NGP’s nominee director on the Tap Oil board.

Sreesangkom resigned from the board of Tap, following Baba’s appointment.