Appointment of Non-Executive Director

RNS Number : 3725P

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

03 October 2011

 



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3 October, 2011

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP)

("Gulf Keystone" or "the Company")

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Gulf Keystone is pleased to announce the appointment of General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB LVO OBE DL, as a Non-Executive Director.

Lord Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie, 72, served in the British Army from 1957 to 2001.  From 1997 to 2001 he was Chief of the Defence Staff and the Principal Military Adviser to two Prime Ministers and three Secretaries of State for Defence. 

He was Director of NM Rothschild & Sons Limited from 2001 to 2011 and is currently a Director of Sciens Capital (US), Colt Defense (US), Petropavlosk plc.  He is a Council Member of The International Institute of Strategic Studies; a Visiting Professor and Honorary Fellow of King's College London University and Chairman of the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. 

He is President of The Army Benevolent Fund; Action Research; Federation of London Youth Clubs and a Governor of The Charterhouse, Clerkenwell.  He is a Board Member of the Moscow School of Political Studies.

He was, for ten years, Colonel Commandant of the Intelligence Corps and is currently Colonel of The Life Guards, Gold Stick to The Queen and was Colonel Commandant of the SAS from 2001 to 2010.

Commenting on today's appointment, Todd Kozel, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said:

"As we set about the further strengthening of our Board, we are delighted to welcome Lord Guthrie to Gulf Keystone as a Non-Executive Director.  He brings a wealth of experience to the company, honed over a long and distinguished career in which he has worked at the highest levels of strategy and policy development, both in the UK and abroad.  We greatly look forward to his positive contribution to Gulf Keystone as we continue to capture the value of our world class acreage in Kurdistan."

There is no other information that is required to be disclosed with regards to the above mentioned appointment pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules, save as set out below:

Current Directorships	Past Directorships within the last five years
Advanced Interactive Systems Inc	Aon Ltd
Colt Defense LLC	Ashley Gardens Block 2 Ltd
Hospitaller Limited	British Forces Foundation
Imperial War Museum Foundation	Favermead Limited
International Institute for Strategic Studies	N M Rothschild & Sons Limited
Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies	Region Holdings
Petropavlovsk plc	Wellington Museum Trust
Rivada Networks
Sciens Capital
The Basmom Foundation
The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth
The Household Cavalry Museum Trust Limited

Enquiries:

Gulf Keystone Petroleum:	[phone]
Todd Kozel, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ewen Ainsworth, Finance Director
Strand Hanson Limited	[phone]
Simon Raggett / Rory Murphy / James Harris
Mirabaud Securities LLP	[phone]
Peter Krens
Pelham Bell Pottinger	[phone]
Mark Antelme / Henry Lerwill

or visit: www.gulfkeystone.com

Notes to Editors:

§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on exploration in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum International (GKPI) holds Production Sharing Contracts for four exploration blocks in Kurdistan.

§ The Company's shares have traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange since listing on 8^th September 2004.

§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited is registered in Hamilton, Bermuda with further offices in Erbil, Kurdistan (Iraq), Algiers, Algeria and London, UK.

Not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States or jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom and Bermuda where to do so would constitute a contravention of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. This document (and the information contained herein) does not contain or constitute an offer of securities for sale, or solicitation of an offer to purchase securities, in the United States or jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom and Bermuda where to do so would constitute a contravention of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States unless the securities are registered under the Securities Act, or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available. No public offering of the securities will be made in the United States.

 

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