London, United Kingdom - December 16, 2014, London, United Kingdom - Zoltav Resources, an oil and gas company, announces a number of changes to the board with effect from 31 December 2014.
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Symon Drake-Brockman will be stepping down as executive chairman of the board and will become a non-executive director.
Mr. Drake-Brockman was formerly chief executive officer of RBS Global Banking and Markets in the Americas and chief executive officer of RBS Greenwich Capital, Global head of RBS' Debt Markets division and board member of RBS Global Banking and Markets.
Mr. Drake-Brockman previously held senior positions with ING Barings and JP Morgan in London, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
He is currently a Non Executive on the board of Nexus Energy in Australia, and the Managing Partner of Pemberton, the London based Private Equity firm.
Alastair Ferguson (currently an executive director of Zoltav) will be appointed executive chairman.
Mr. Ferguson has an extensive background in the oil and gas industry having held both technical and senior leadership roles in BP and TNK-BP.
Mr. Ferguson is a non-executive director of JKX Oil and Gas plc, listed on the London Stock Exchange with assets in Eastern and Central Europe, and Kazmunaigaz Exploration and Production, an oil and gas exploration and production company focussed on the Caspian region in Kazakhstan.
He was an Executive Vice-President Gas & Power with TNK-BP between 2003-2011 having successfully led its gas and power business in Russia and Ukraine. He continues to work in Moscow as an independent advisor on energy issues.
Prior to that, he held a wide range of senior positions with BP during his 33 year career in the oil and gas industry.
Andrey Komarov (currently a non-executive director of Zoltav) will be appointed as an executive director of the Company.
Mr. Komarov is a very experienced Russian oil and gas professional having held senior managerial positions with a number of major Russian energy businesses.
Between 2006 and 2013 Mr. Komarov served as Vice President, Gas Business Development & Sales, and latterly as Vice President, Gas & Power, at TNK-BP, where he worked with Alastair Ferguson, a director of Zoltav.
Mr. Komarov's responsibilities included the optimisation of the group's gas processing and commercialisation strategy and the development of the gas resource portfolio.
In 2002 he joined Sibneft OJSC (now Gazprom Neft), one of Russia's leading oil producers, as Director, Regional Sales with responsibilities including the development of oil depots and retail sites, as well as liaison with local governmental authorities.
He was subsequently appointed as the group's Vice President, Downstream in 2004. ■