Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has announced the appointment of Steve Lucas as a Non-executive Director of the Company effective immediately. Lucas was Finance Director at National Grid plc from 2002 to 2010 and holds significant expertise in energy and power, infrastructure finance and treasury. Prior to this position, he worked for 11 years at Royal Dutch Shell and for six years at BG Group, latterly as Group Treasurer. Lucas is currently serving as a Non-executive Director of the drilling company Transocean Ltd and retired last year as a Non-executive Director of Compass Group plc where he was chairman of the audit committee. He will be appointed as Chairman of Tullow’s audit committee effective 16 May 2012.
David Williams will retire from the Board of Tullow and as chairman of the Audit Committee on 16 May 2012 after the Annual General Meeting. After serving as Director for almost 6 years, Williams has been a valued member of the remuneration and nominations committees. The Board would like to thank him for his substantial contribution over this period.