Oil and gas exploration firm Rockhopper Exploration has appointed Stewart MacDonald its new chief financial officer.
Mr MacDonald, aged 33, will join the board of the North Falkland Basin-focused firm on 10 March.
He has held a director position in Rothschild’s global oil and gas group for the past 12 years advising clients in the sector on a range of transactions, and debt and equity financings.
The firm’s chief executive Sam Moody said: “I am delighted to announce Stewart’s appointment to the role of CFO.
“He brings a wealth of oil industry experience, and his broad upstream financing knowledge, including project finance and reserve based lending expertise, will be invaluable as move towards project sanction on the Sea Lion development and look to evaluate further strategic opportunities.”