BG Group appoints new Non-Executive Director

4 March 2013

BG Group appoints new Non-Executive Director

BG Group today announced the appointment of Lim Haw-Kuang as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Mr Lim, 59, fills the vacancy left by Philippe Varin, who stood down from the board in February after almost seven years as a Non-Executive Director with BG Group.

Commenting on the appointment, BG Group Chairman Andrew Gould said: "I am delighted to welcome Haw-Kuang to the BG Group board. He has extensive experience across the international oil and gas industry, including long service as a senior executive in China, the world's fastest growing energy market.

"This gives him a background highly relevant to BG Group as the Company becomes China's largest supplier of liquefied natural gas through long-term agreements with CNOOC," Mr Gould said.

BG Group confirms that there are no details to be disclosed under paragraphs 9.6.13 (2) - (6) of the Listing Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority. Other than as noted below, Mr Lim has held no directorships in publicly quoted companies in the past five years. 

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Notes to Editors:

Lim Haw-Kuang is the former Executive Chairman of Shell in China, a company he joined in Malaysia in 1978. He has held roles in information technology, finance, natural gas, exploration and production and oil products.

His previous assignments include Business Development Manager for the Former Soviet Union and Sakhalin, Chairman and Managing Director in Malaysia and International Vice President Corporate Strategy and Planning. He became Executive Chairman in China in 2005.

In 2011, he was honoured by the Beijing Municipal Government with the Great Wall Friendship Award, recognising his contribution to the city.

Mr Lim is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby. He is also Chairman of two of the Company's business divisions, Sime Darby Energy and Sime Darby Utilities. He studied information technology at Imperial College, University of London, and has a MBA in International Management from the International Management Institute, Geneva.

BG Group plc (LSE: BG.L) is a world leader in natural gas, with a strategy focused on connecting competitively priced resources to specific, high-value markets. Active in more than 20 countries on five continents, BG Group has a broad portfolio of business interests focused on exploration and production and liquefied natural gas. It combines a deep understanding of gas markets with a proven track record in finding and commercialising reserves. For further information visit: www.bg-group.com

There are matters set out within this announcement that are forward-looking statements. Such statements are only predictions, and actual events or results may differ materially. For a discussion of important factors which could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements, refer toBG Group's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2011. BG Group does not undertake any obligation to update publicly, or revise, forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required.

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