Updated: Diamond veteran takes over as chairman at EnQuest
Oil and gas firm EnQuest (LON: ENQ) has named a diamond and mining industry veteran as its new chairman.
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BP announces non-executive director appointments and retirements
BP has announced the appointment of Karen Richardson and Johannes Teyssen as non-executive directors, effective from the beginning of next year.
Intelligent Energy director resigns
Intelligent Energy said one of its non-executive director's has resigned from his role with the company.
Wentworth Resouces non-executive director steps down
Wentworth Resources said one of its non-executive directors has resigned from the company.
Cresent appointment
International energy service company Cresent has appointed Owen Chappell as a non-executive director.
Shell’s board door revolves once
Gerrit Zalm has been appointed a non-executive director at Royal Dutch Shell (aka Shell) with immediate effect. He is chairman of the board of management of ABN Amro Bank NV, a position he has held since February 2009 and which he hopes to keep pending a vote at the bank's agm in May.
Durrant joins board
Greenergy has appointed Tony Durrant, finance director of Premier Oil since 2005, to its board as a non-executive director. He will chair the Greenergy audit and risk committee. The firm describes itself as a leading national provider of road fuel.
Making waves
Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power has appointed Paul Capell as chairman.
Grimnes becomes ffA NED
Jan Grimnes has joined the board of reservoir modelling specialist ffA as a non-executive director. He is the founder and CEO of reservoir software firm Technoguide of Norway.
A good day for: Xodus Group
International energy consultant Xodus Group has created a new chief technology officer role to lead its integration of surface and subsurface services.
Remp quits as SeaEnergy chief
North-east firm SeaEnergy said yesterday Steve Remp, its executive chairman, had stepped down from the board.
Shilston appointed to BP’s board
Rolls-Royce chief financial officer, Andrew Shilston has just joined the board of BP as a non-executive director. He has been R-R's CFO since 2002. Prior to that he was finance director at Enterprise Oil from 1993 to 2002 and a non-exec at Cairn Energy from 2004 to 2008.
CCS guidance role for former BP boss
A FORMER vice-president with oil giant BP, Patrick Dixon, has been appointed as expert chairman of the Office of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
Townshend joins TNK-BP board
BP has appointed Michael Townshend as a non-executive director of TNK-BP with immediate effect. He will continue as president of BP in Iraq, overseeing the expansion of the Rumaila field. He replaces Tony Hayward on the TNK-BP board.
Schlumberger’s Gould to take over at BG Group
Former Schlumberger chief executive Andrew Gould is to take over as chairman at energy firm BG Group.
JPM energy boss joins Wood Group board
The vice-chairman of financial service firm JPMorgan's global energy group will become a non-executive director of Wood Group on August 1. Jeremy Wilson will also join the board's nomination committee.
I was demonised, says boss as BP plunges into the red
BP chief executive Tony Hayward headed for the exit door last night claiming he had been "demonised and vilified" in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico disaster.
Centrica builds near-60% interest in buyout target
Centrica revealed last night it had built a near-60% controlling stake in Aberdeen-based oil and gas company Venture Production.
BP chairman fends off critics as investors vent anger
BP shareholders registered their anger at senior directors' pay and their connections to the Royal Bank of Scotland by only narrowly passing the firm's remuneration report yesterday.