Hamilton, Bermuda - June 26, 2014, Hamilton, Bermuda - Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited, an exploration company, announced that non-executive director Thomas Shull has resigned from the board of directors.
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Mr. Shull is currently Chief Executive of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (Exchange). He had a distinguished career in the US Army, culminating in an active duty assignment as Military Assistant to Robert C. Macfarlane, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Subsequently he built a business career as a turnaround specialist including as President of Barneys, New York and CEO and Chairman of other leading US consumer concerns.
During this period Mr. Shull also co-founded and served as CEO of Meridian Ventures. He was also a director of Zale Corporation, where he served on the Compensation Committee and was Chairman of the Audit Committee for three years.
The company also announced that Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman Jeremy Asher and Non-Executive Director John Bell have ceased to be directors.
Mr. Asher previously served as Company's Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Audit Committee. He is Chairman of Agile Energy Limited and Tower Resources, and a director of Pacific Drilling SA, where he chairs the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
Mr. Asher is a member of the London Business School’s UK regional advisory board and the Engineering Advisory Board of Imperial Innovations, the commercial arm of Imperial College. Following several years as a management consultant, he was co-head of the global oil products trading business at Glencore AG and then acquired, developed and sold the Beta oil refinery at Wilhelmshaven in Germany.
Mr. Asher was CEO of PA Consulting Group, and since that time has been an investor and director in various public and private companies. He holds a BSc (Econ) from the LSE and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Mr. Bell has a First Class Honours Degree from Strathclyde University in Scotland and attended a one year Executive Leadership Program at Haas Business School at UC Berkeley, California. He is a registered Chartered Engineer, C.Eng. and a member of The Institute of Engineering & Technology as well as a member of the Institute of Directors. ■
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