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2009-06-22 17:50:18 CEST 2009-06-22 17:51:03 CEST REGULATED INFORMATION Atlantic Petroleum P/F - Company AnnouncementNew Board Members to be proposed at upcoming Extraordinary General MeetingTórshavn, Faroe Islands, 22nd June 2009 - P/F Atlantic Petroleum (OMX: FO-ATLA) the international upstream oil and gas company, announces that the Board of Directors of the Company proposes the election of three new Board members, Birgir Durhuus, Jan Evensen and Diana Leo, at the upcoming Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on 3rd July 2009. As stated in the Company's announcement of 9th June 2009, the change in the composition of the Board of Directors shall reflect the new phase that the Company entered in September 2008 when it became an oil producing company. The new Board members will supplement the current competences within Atlantic Petroleum and add further international expertise to the current Board. The three new proposed Board members are: • Birgir Durhuus (age 45): Head of Alternative Solutions & Risk Management at Danske Capital. Mr Durhuus holds a Master of Economics in Finance from CBS (Copenhagen Business School) • Jan Edin Evensen (age 58): Chief Technical Officer & Chairman of the Board for Rock Energy AS. Mr. Evensen holds a Cand. Real (M.Sc.) in Geology from the University of Oslo • Diana Leo (age 43): Production Operations Manager of Siri Area Asset (Denmark) with the E&P division of DONG Energy. Mrs. Leo graduated as a Production Engineer (B.Sc.) from the Copenhagen Engineering School. In addition, she holds an MBA from the University of Salford, UK, and an M. Eng. (Petroleum Engineering) from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK The three recommended new Board members are independent of the Company. More detailed Curricula Vitae appear at the end of this announcement. Further details can be obtained from Wilhelm Petersen, CEO, tel +298 350 100 (wilhelmp@petroleum.fo) or Teitur Samuelsen, Financial Manager, tel +298 350 100 (teiturs@petroleum.fo). This announcement will be available, together with other information about Atlantic Petroleum, on the Company's website: www.petroleum.fo. On the website, it is also possible to sign up for the Company e-mail newsletter. Announcement no 15/2009 Issued 22.06.2009 P/F Atlantic Petroleum Telephone +298 350 100 Gongin 9 Fax +298 350 101 P.O.Box 1228 petroleum@petroleum.fo FO-110 Tórshavn www.petroleum.fo Faroe Islands Curricula Vitae of proposed new Board members of Atlantic Petroleum Birgir Durhuus has been Head of Alternative Solutions & Risk Management at Danske Capital since 2007. From 1999 to 2007 he held various positions including head of sales & research at Nordea Markets in Copenhagen, where he was responsible for international investors and Danish institutional investors. During the period 1994 to 1999 he was Head of Research at Nykredit Bank in Copenhagen. Mr. Durhuus holds a Master of Economics in Finance from CBS (Copenhagen Business School). Jan Edin Evensen has been Chief Technical Officer & Chairman of the Board for Rock Energy AS since December 2008. Since 1977, Mr. Evensen has had a long international career in the oil and gas industry. During 2007 and 2008 he was an independent energy consultant. Between 2004 and 2007 he had a position with the Petroleum Institute of Thailand as Chairman of the E&P Standing Committee and Appointed Director of the Council of Trustees. During the period 1993 to 2007, Mr. Evensen was with Amerada Hess International in a number of positions. He was General Manager/Director for Hess (Thailand) Ltd in Bangkok from 2001 to 2007, General Manager/Director for Hess (Vietnam) Ltd in Hồ Chí Minh City between 2001 and 2002, Executive Exploration Manager NW Europe for Amerada Hess in London from 1997 to 2000 and Executive Exploration Manager in Oslo, Norway, between 1993 and 1996. Mr. Evensen holds a Cand. Real (M.Sc.) in Geology from the University of Oslo. Mr. Evensen currently holds the following Board positions: MoVa AS, Kviknehytta AS (Chairman of the Board) and Rock Energy AS (Chairman of the Board). Diana Leo has worked as Production Operations Manager of the Siri Area Asset in Denmark with the E&P division of DONG Energy since December 2008. Most recently, Mrs. Leo was promoted to a Senior Manager position and joined the Leadership Forum of DONG Energy. During the period 2002 to 2008 she worked for Shell E&P (Exploration & Production), initially as a Production Technologist then as Offshore Installation Manager of the Nelson Platform in the UK and from 2007 to 2008 she worked for Shell E&P in Sarawak, Malaysia. From 1993-2002 Mrs. Leo held other positions within Danish Oil and Natural Gas (now DONG Energy) in the Drilling Operating Division, including a secondment to Amerada Hess Copenhagen as a Petroleum Engineer as well as three years in the Gas Transmission Division of Danish Oil and Natural Gas. Mrs. Leo graduated as a Production Engineer (B.Sc.) from the Copenhagen Engineering School. In addition she holds an MBA from the University of Salford, UK and a M.Eng. (Petroleum Engineering) from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK. |
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