– USA, TX – Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE: KOS | LON: KOS) today announced the appointments of Maria Moræus Hanssen, Sir John Grant, and Mike Stice to its Board as Non-Executive Directors, effective April 25, 2023
“I would like to welcome Maria, John, and Mike as new Directors. Collectively, they bring diverse skills and a wide range of relevant experiences to the Board, particularly concerning international operations, natural gas and LNG projects, and government relations. I look forward to working with each of them as we focus on the delivery of the Company’s distinctive strategy,” said Chairman and CEO, Andrew Inglis.
The Company also announced that Sir Richard Dearlove will not seek re-election to the Board at the end of his current term.
About Maria Moræus Hanssen
Maria Moræus Hanssen joins the Board with more than 30 years of experience in the upstream energy industry, including as deputy CEO and COO of Wintershall Dea GmbH, a Germany-based oil and gas producer, from May 2019 to December 2019, and, before its merger with Wintershall Dea GmbH, as CEO and Chair of the Management Board of DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG from January 2018 until April 2019.
About Sir John Grant
Sir John Grant joins the Board with decades of experience working at the highest levels of government, having served in the British Foreign Service from 1976 to 2007 during which time he held posts in Stockholm, Moscow, and Brussels, where he was the UK’s Permanent Representative to the European Union from 2003 to 2007. He also has extensive experience in the energy and mining sectors where he most recently served as VP of International Government Relations at Anadarko Petroleum Corporation from October 2016 until his retirement in 2019 and before that where he served as EVP of Policy and Corporate Affairs at BG Group.
About J. Mike Stice
Mike Stice joins the Board with a career that spans more than 40 years in the upstream and midstream gas businesses, including senior roles at Conoco and ConocoPhillips where he served as President of Conoco Asia Pacific Ltd., President of Conoco Energy Solutions, and President of ConocoPhillips Qatar. His most recent industry role was CEO of Access Midstream Partners L.P. from 2009 until his retirement in 2014. Mr. Stice is currently serving as a Director of Marathon Petroleum Corporation and MPLX GP LLC and is a professor at the University of Oklahoma, where until recently he also served as Dean of the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy.
About Kosmos Energy
Kosmos is a full-cycle deepwater independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused along the Atlantic Margins. Our key assets include production offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as well as a world-class gas development offshore Mauritania and Senegal. We also maintain a sustainable proven basin exploration program in Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Kosmos is listed on the New York and London Stock Exchange and traded under the ticker symbol KOS. As an ethical and transparent company, Kosmos is committed to doing things the right way. The Company’s Business Principles articulate our commitment to transparency, ethics, human rights, safety, and the environment. Read more about this commitment in the Kosmos Sustainability Report.
Source: https://www.kosmosenergy.com/
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