Board Appointment

Afren plc (AFR LN)

Board Appointment

London, 31 October 2013

Afren plc ("Afren" or the "Company") announces the appointment of Ms Sheree Bryant as a Non-executive Director of the Company and has been appointed to the Nomination Committee. Ms Bryant is a senior executive with a track record of developing, implementing and coordinating a wide range of innovative corporate social responsibility initiatives. In 2008 she founded Social Policy Group (SPG), a non-profit organisation which evaluates and develops recommendations on key issues in global health and social policy, and continues to serve as a Director. Prior to SPG Mrs Bryant worked with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and The Department of Government at Harvard University.

Ms Bryant is a Postgraduate Fellow of both the King's Institute for the Study of Public Policy at King's College, London and Harvard University. She has a BA from the University of Texas at Austin.

The Company confirms that there are no disclosures required under paragraphs 9.6.13 (2) to (6) of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.

Egbert Imomoh, Chairman of Afren, commented:

"On behalf of the Directors of Afren, I am delighted to welcome Sheree Bryant to the Board. Mrs Bryant has a strong track record leading organisations and working alongside government and communities to help implement social change. Her experience will particularly assist in evaluating and enhancing the effectiveness of our various Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives across our operations."

Notes to Editors

Afren is an independent upstream oil and gas exploration and production company listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the Financial Times Stock Exchange Index of the leading 250 UK listed companies. Afren has a portfolio of assets spanning the full cycle E&P value chain. Afren is currently producing from its assets in Nigeria and the Kurdistan region of Iraq and holds further exploration interests in Ghana, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Congo Brazzaville, the Joint Development Zone of Nigeria - São Tomé & Príncipe, Kenya, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Seychelles, Tanzania and South Africa. For more information please refer to www.afren.com.