EnQuest plc has appointed chief financial officer and managing director, infrastructure and new energy Salman Malik as chief executive officer of its wholly owned subsidiary Veri Energy.
Veri will manage EnQuest’s existing infrastructure and new energy business as part of EnQuest’s ambitions to build an infrastructure and new energy business in a “capital-light manner”.
At the same time, Veri will have the opportunity to leverage support from financial and strategic partnerships.
Mr Malik remains an executive director of the EnQuest board, “ensuring ongoing alignment with EnQuest’s corporate strategy and net zero commitment”.
JONATHAN COPUS
Mr Malik’s replacement as CFO is Jonathan Copus, effective from 1 February 2024.
Mr Copus has a technical background in geology and geoscience alongside ten years’ capital markets experience.
He spent four years as CFO of Salamander Energy plc and for the last seven years has been CEO of Getech Group plc.