Jersey Oil & Gas plc (JOG) has appointed Richard Smith as chief commercial officer.
Mr Smith has more than 20 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry and wider energy sector.
He has held various senior business development, commercial, corporate finance and strategy positions.
Mr Smith was previously corporate development director at Ithaca Energy, where he spent 10 years alongside Les Thomas and Graham Forbes to deliver its successful growth from a small-cap E&P business into one of the largest independent UK North Sea oil and gas producers.
Prior to joining Ithaca Energy, he spent eight years with TotalEnergies in its UK North Sea business and at its head office in France.
Mr Smith began his career in the energy industry as a consultant at EA Technology, working on various financial and regulatory assignments associated with the liberalisation of the European electricity and gas industries.