REG - Savannah Energy Plc - Appointment of Non-Executive Director

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RNS Number : 5129N  Savannah Energy Plc  02 January 2026

2 January 2026

Savannah Energy PLC

("Savannah" or "the Company")

 

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

 

Further to its announcement on 9 October 2025, Savannah Energy PLC, the
British independent energy company focused around the delivery of Projects
that Matter, confirms the appointment of Kehinde Olamide Ogunwumiju as a
Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

 

Commenting on the appointment, Joseph Pagop Noupoué, Non-Executive Chair of
Savannah, said:

"I am delighted to welcome Kehinde to the Board. He is an internationally
respected legal professional with a proven track record of supporting dynamic,
high growth organisations such as Savannah. I believe his expertise will be
instrumental as the Company continues to execute its growth strategy across
Africa."

Kehinde Olamide Ogunwumiju commented:

"I am pleased to be joining Savannah at this important stage in its growth and
look forward to applying my experience in this role. I am excited to work with
the Board and executive management team as the Company pursues its ambitious
and wide-ranging objectives."

 

Biography - Kehinde Olamide Ogunwumiju O.F.R., S.A.N., FCIArb. (U.K.)

Kehinde is the Managing Partner at Afe Babalola & Co, a leading African
law firm. Since his appointment in 2017, and continuing to date, he has
remained one of the youngest Senior Advocates of Nigeria ("SAN"), the Nigerian
equivalent of a King's Counsel, ever appointed. His practice has seen him
successfully represent the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in over 100
disputes and the Federal Republic of Nigeria in multiple international
disputes, including against a near US$5 billion claim at the International
Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes ("ICSID") in Washington DC.
He has worked on many Nigerian and international arbitrations.

 

Kehinde received the prestigious Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic
("OFR") as part of the National Honours List from the President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute
of Arbitrators (CIArb) UK, a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, the
Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria ("CIIN"), the International Bar
Association and the Abuja Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines &
Agriculture, and is an associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and
Administrators of Nigeria ("ICSAN"), the professional body for corporate
governance practitioners in Nigeria.

 

Kehinde began his legal education at the University of Ibadan, where he earned
his LL.B with Honours.  He continued his studies at the Nigerian Law School,
obtaining his B.L. in 2005, and then pursued an LL.M. in International
Commercial Law at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne,
England, in 2007.

 

Regulatory disclosures (in accordance with Rule 17 and Schedule two paragraph
(g) of the AIM Rules) are as set out below:

Kehinde Olamide Ogunwumiju (aged 43) holds or has held the following
directorships or partnerships in the past five years:

 Current Directorships/Partnerships       Past Directorships/Partnerships
 Abuad Management Company Ltd             N/A
 Adga Investment Nig Ltd
 Afe Babalola & Co.
 Bita Exploration and Production Limited
 Curlew Express Limited
 Dekra International Services Limited
 Doxology Oil Services Ltd
 Doxology Oil Trading and Logistics Ltd
 Enerymix Nigeria Ltd.
 Kwaliteit Frieden Energy Resources Ltd
 Lumen Energy Limited
 Septagon Bros Limited
 Strasbourg Shore Nig Ltd
 Tee's Mums and Kids Limited

He has no shareholding in the Company.

For further information, please refer to the Company's website
www.savannah-energy.com or contact:

 

Savannah
Energy
                        +44 (0) 20 3817 9844

Andrew Knott, CEO

Nick Beattie, CFO

Sally Marshak, Head of IR & Communications

 

Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated
Adviser)                        +44 (0) 20 7409 3494

James Spinney

Ritchie Balmer

Rob Patrick

 

Cavendish Capital Markets Ltd (Joint
Broker)                      +44 (0) 20 7220 0500

Derrick Lee

Tim Redfern

 

Panmure Liberum Limited (Joint Broker)
            +44 (0) 20 3100 2000

Scott Mathieson

James Sinclair-Ford

 

Camarco
+44 (0) 20 3757 4983

Billy Clegg

Owen Roberts

Violet Wilson

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of
the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law
by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended.

About Savannah:

Savannah Energy PLC is a British independent energy company focused around the
delivery of Projects that Matter in Africa.

 

 

 

 

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