Serica Energy plc has appointed Chris Cox as chief executive officer, effective from 1 July 2024.
Chairman David Latin will end his temporary role as interim CEO on the same date.
Mr Cox has more than 40 years’ experience in oil and gas in a wide range of roles with majors and independents.
For the past two decades he has been leading multi-asset and multi-country businesses including as CEO of Spirit Energy, interim CEO at Capricorn Energy and chairman of Kellas Midstream.
Mr Cox is also an experienced non-executive director of private equity and publicly listed
companies, most recently with Nostrum Oil & Gas.
He holds a BSc in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College, London.
Mr Cox holds no ordinary shares or options over ordinary shares in Serica.