Jersey Oil & Gas plc has appointed Les Thomas to the board as an independent non-executive director with immediate effect.
Mr Thomas has more than 35 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, in various subsurface, engineering, operational and senior management positions.
From 2013 to 2020, he was chief executive of Ithaca Energy Inc. after eight years on the board of John Wood Group plc as CEO of its Production Facilities business and the group director for HSE.
Prior to this, he spent 22 years with Marathon Oil UK Ltd including four years as European Business Unit leader.
Mr Thomas is also an independent director of Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Ltd, a joint venture between Repsol and Sinopec with a UK North Sea portfolio, and a non-executive director of engineering and manufacturing business Avingtrans plc.
He has a BSc in Civil Engineering and a Masters degree in Petroleum Engineering, both from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh.