15th Nov 2013 15:00
15 November 2013
MAPLE ENERGY PLC
("Maple" or the "Company")
BOARD APPOINTMENTS
Maple Energy plc (AIM: MPLE; LIMA: MPLE), an integrated energy company with assets in Peru, is pleased to announce that Mr. Ricardo Vega Llona and Mr. Eduardo Andrés Beffermann Córdova have been appointed to serve as directors on the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") with effect from 15 November 2013. Mr. Vega Llona and Mr. Beffermann will serve as non-executive directors. For further biographical information on each of the newly-appointed directors, please see below.
Ricardo Vega Llona
Mr. Vega Llona, 70, has served as a senator in the Peruvian Congress as well as participated as a member of the Integration Advisory Council of the Peruvian government's Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Tourism and Integration. Mr. Vega Llona has also served as the executive director of the Investment Promotion Agency - PROINVERSION and a director of the Export Promotion Fund - FOPEX, two organizations focused on developing Peruvian commercial interests and increasing international exposure to business operations in Peru. In recognition of his services to the Peruvian government, Mr. Vega Llona was awarded the Grand Cross Order of Merit on June 20, 2008. Mr. Vega Llona has also held a number of senior positions with high profile Latin American companies and served as president and a member of the advisory council of The National Confederation of Private Business Associations - CONFIEP, an organization that gathers and represents the Peruvian private business community both domestically and internationally. Mr. Vega Llona has also been the president and a member of the board of directors and the advisory council of ADEX Peru, the association of Peruvian exporters. Currently Mr. Vega Llona serves on a number of boards of companies in the industrial and commercial sector, including Obrascon Huarte Lain (OHL), one of the largest international concession and construction groups. Mr. Vega Llona has previously been a director of Globenatural Internacional S.A. and Edelnor. Mr. Vega Llona holds a diploma in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business Administration (ESAN) in Lima and a diploma in Business Management from OIT, United Nations in Italy.
Eduardo Andrés Beffermann Córdova
Mr. Beffermann, 31, serves as Portfolio Manager at Bancard, an investment holding company based in Chile with assets over US$3 billion, and was previously the Vice CFO of Bancard. Mr. Beffermann has also worked in the International Revenue Management and Pricing department at Lan Airlines in Chile. Prior to that, he worked at F. Carlin y Cia. Consultores and CEOP Consulting, as a consultant.
Mr. Beffermann holds a major in Transportation, Engineering and Logistics from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a bachelor degree in Astronomy from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; having graduated with maximum distinctions in both programs.
Directorships
The directorships and partnerships held by Mr Vega Llona (full name: Ricardo Vega Llona) now and over the five years preceding the date of Mr. Vega Llona's appointment are as follows:
Current Directorships / Partnerships
Name | Position | Appointed |
The Maple Companies, Limited Director 2009
Unimed del Perú S.A. Chairman 1995
Edelnor Director 2003
Metalpren S.A. Director 2006
Summa Capital Chairman 2007
Redondos S.A. Director 2008
Autopista del Norte S.A.C. Chairman 2009
Grupo OHL en Perú Director 2009
Agrícola Cerro Prieto Director 2011
Directorships / Partnerships in the past 5 years
Name | Position | Appointed | Resigned |
Globe del Perú S.A. Chairman 1976 1996
Maple Energy plc Director 2009 2010
Mr Vega Llona was a director of Globe del Peru S.A. which was put into liquidation in March 1996 following a four year restructuring process.
The directorships and partnerships held by Mr Befferman (full name: Eduardo Andrés Befferman Córdova) now and over the five years preceding the date of Mr. Befferman's appointment are as follows:
Current Directorships / Partnerships
Name | Position | Appointed
|
None
Directorships / Partnerships in the past 5 years
Name | Position | Appointed | Resigned
|
None
Equity Interests
As at the date of this announcement, Mr Vega Llona has 45,000 share options in the Company and no shareholding and Mr Befferman does not have an interest in the share capital of the Company.
There are no other matters to be announced as required under paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules.
For further information, please contact:
Maple Energy plc (+ 51 1 611 4000)
Guillermo Ferreyros, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director
Cenkos Securities plc (+44 20 7397 8900)
Jon Fitzpatrick
Ken Fleming
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