** Shares of North Africa-focused gas producer SDX SDX.L
up 1.5% at 8.88p
** Says CEO Mark Reid will be leaving co with immediate
effect urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nTUC39YBXT
** Stock has plunged ~63% since Reid's appointment as CEO in
Nov, 2019
** Appoints Daan Hanssen, currently group financial
controller, as interim CFO
** Also names Jay Bhattacherjee as interim executive
chairman
** Including session gains, stock has fallen 7.5% YTD
(Reporting by Amna Karimi in Bengaluru)
((Amna.Karimi@thomsonreuters.com; +91 8083261226;))