Directorate Change

RNS Number : 0620A
Diversified Gas & Oil PLC
24 May 2019
 

24 May 2019

DIVERSIFIED GAS & OIL PLC

("DGO" or the "Company")

 

Appointment of Independent Non-executive Director

 

Diversified Gas & Oil plc (AIM: DGOC), the US-based owner and producer of gas and oil wells and operator of midstream assets in the Appalachian Basin, is pleased to announce the appointment of David J Turner, Jr. as an independent non-executive director, with effect from 27 May 2019.

 

Mr Turner serves as Regions Financial Corporation's Chief Financial Officer and is a member of the Regions Executive Leadership Team.  Regions Financial Corporation is an NYSE Listed S&P 500 banking group.  Mr Turner leads all finance operations, including financial systems, investor relations, corporate treasury, corporate tax, management planning and reporting and accounting.

 

Mr Turner joined Regions in 2005 and led the Internal Audit Division for Regions before being named Chief Financial Officer in 2010. His responsibilities included overseeing various audits of the overall Corporation reporting to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. 

 

Prior to joining Regions, Mr Turner served as an audit partner of KPMG LLP and he previously served Arthur Andersen LLP in a number of positions, including audit partner, audit manager, senior auditor and staff auditor. His primary focus was auditing financial institutions.

 

Mr Turner earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Alabama and attended Tulane University in Louisiana. 

 

Mr Turner will be appointed to the Board's Audit Committee as its Chairman.

 

Commenting on the appointment, David Johnson, Chairman, said:

"David's range of capital markets, financial operations and audit experience make him an excellent addition to the Board, as we continue to enhance our corporate governance structures and practices. On behalf of the Board, I am delighted to welcome David to Diversified."

 

In addition to his appointment to the DGO Board, David Jackson Turner, aged 55, serves on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee for Junior Achievement of Alabama, Inc., United Way of Central Alabama, Inc., and is a member of the President's Cabinet of the University of Alabama, the Financial Services Roundtable, the Alabama Society of CPA's and the American Institute of CPA's.  He is the Past President of the Congregation of Independent Presbyterian Church and a member of the Rotary Club of Birmingham.

 

Mr Turner does not hold any ordinary shares in the Company.

 

There are no further disclosures to be made pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Diversified Gas & Oil PLC

Rusty Hutson Jr., Chief Executive Officer

Brad Gray, Chief Operating Officer & Finance Director

Eric Williams, Chief Financial Officer

Teresa Odom, Vice President, Investor Relations

www.dgoc.com

ir@dgoc.com

 

+ 1 (205) 408 0909

 

Cenkos Securities plc

(Nominated Adviser)

Russell Cook

Katy Birkin

Ben Jeynes

 

+44 (0)20 7397 8900

 

Mirabaud Securities Limited

(Joint Broker)

Peter Krens

Edward Haig-Thomas

 

+44 (0)20 3167 7221

 

Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited

(Joint Broker)

Callum Stewart

Nicholas Rhodes

Ashton Clanfield

 

+44 (0)20 7710 7600

Buchanan

(Financial Public Relations)

Ben Romney

Chris Judd

James Husband

dgo@buchanan.uk.com

+44 (0)20 7466 5000

 


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