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Gulf Keystone Petroleum Names Sasol Director Harris As Chief Executive

4th Jan 2021 09:21

(Alliance News) - Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd on Monday said it appointed Jon Harris as chief executive officer, effective from January 18.

Harris will have a period of handover with Jon Ferrier who, as previously announced, will retire on January 31.

The operator and producer in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq said Harris has over 30 years' experience in the oil & gas industry and joins Gulf Keystone Petroleum from South African chemicals firm Sasol Ltd, where he was executive vice president of Upstream.

Prior to this, he spent 25 years with BG Group in various international roles, including executive vice president of Technical and general manager of Production Operations, as well as senior management assignments in the US, Trinidad & Tobago, and Egypt.

"Jon is an experienced executive who brings a wealth of highly relevant project delivery, asset management, production operations and technical experience within the sector to the management team and to the board," said Chair Jaap Huijskes.

"On behalf of the Company, I would like to again thank Jon Ferrier for his outstanding commitment and contributions since joining Gulf Keystone in 2015," added Huijskes.

Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares were trading 5.4% higher in London on Monday at 128.96 pence each.

By Evelina Grecenko; [email protected]

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