REG-Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Gulf Keystone PetroleumAnnouncement

03/07/2023 07:15

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   Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd (GKP)
   Appointment of Non-Executive Director

   03-Jul-2023 / 07:00 GMT/BST

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   3 July 2023

                                        

                                        

                    Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (LSE: GKP)

                   (“Gulf Keystone”, “GKP” or “the Company”)

                                        

                     Appointment of Non-Executive Director

                                        

    

   Gulf  Keystone,   a  leading   independent   operator  and   producer   in
   the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, is  pleased to announce  the appointment  of
   Julien Balkany as  a non-independent  Non-Executive Director  representing
   funds managed by Lansdowne Partners Austria  GmbH with effect from 3  July
   2023.

    

   Julien Balkany has extensive experience as an investor and board member in
   the international oil & gas industry. He is currently Managing Partner  of
   Nanes-Balkany Partners, a group  of investment funds  that focuses on  the
   oil & gas industry, which he co-founded  in 2007. Since 2014, he has  been
   Chairman of the  Norwegian oil  & gas exploration  and production  company
   Panoro Energy  ASA. He  has also  been Non-Executive  Director of  several
   other private and publicly listed oil & gas companies including  Norwegian
   Energy Company (Noreco), Gasfrac Energy Services, Toreador Resources,  and
   Amromco Energy.

    

   Julien began his career as an oil  & gas investment banker and studied  at
   the Institute of Political Studies (Strasbourg) and at UC Berkeley.

    

   Martin Angle, Gulf Keystone's Non-Executive Chairman, said:

    

   "We are pleased to welcome Julien to the Board of Gulf Keystone  Petroleum
   as a non-independent Non-Executive Director representing funds managed  by
   Lansdowne Partners Austria GmbH. We  look forward to his contributions  to
   the Board  and the  Company  based on  his  significant experience  as  an
   investor and Board member in the international oil & gas industry.” 

    

    

   Information to disclose under LR 9.6.13R pertaining to this appointment.

    

   Current/Past Directorships of other  quoted companies within the  previous
   five years:

    

   Panoro Energy ASA (current)

    

    

    

   Enquiries:

   Gulf Keystone:                          +44 (0) 20 7514 1400  
   Aaron Clark, Head of Investor Relations  1 aclark@gulfkeystone.com
                                            
   FTI Consulting                          +44 (0) 20 3727 1000
   Ben Brewerton
                                            2 GKP@fticonsulting.com
   Nick Hennis

    

   or visit:  3 www.gulfkeystone.com

    

   Notes to Editors:

    

   Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (LSE: GKP) is a leading independent  operator
   and producer in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Further information on  Gulf
   Keystone is available on its website  4 www.gulfkeystone.com

    

   Disclaimer

    

   This announcement  contains certain  forward-looking statements  that  are
   subject to  the risks  and uncertainties  associated with  the oil  &  gas
   exploration and production  business.  These  statements are  made by  the
   Company and its Directors in good faith based on the information available
   to them up to  the time of  their approval of  this announcement but  such
   statements should  be  treated with  caution  due to  inherent  risks  and
   uncertainties, including both economic and business factors and/or factors
   beyond the Company's control  or within the  Company's control where,  for
   example, the  Company decides  on  a change  of  plan or  strategy.   This
   announcement has been prepared solely to provide additional information to
   shareholders to assess the Group's strategies and the potential for  those
   strategies to succeed.  This announcement should  not be relied on by  any
   other party or for any other purpose.

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   ISIN:          BMG4209G2077
   Category Code: MSCM
   TIDM:          GKP
   LEI Code:      213800QTAQOSSTNTPO15
   Sequence No.:  254791
   EQS News ID:   1670211


    
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