{"id":113940,"title":"Baron Oil (AIM:BOIL) bolsters management team","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2024-04-23T09:24:26+00:00","modified":"2024-04-23T09:26:55+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/baron-oil-aimboil-bolsters-management-team/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/baron-oil-aimboil-bolsters-management-team.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/baron-oil-aimboil-bolsters-management-team.json","category":"Energy","categories":["Energy","Oil and Gas"],"tags":["3D","Asia","Baron Oil","boil","Chuditch PSC","Dr Malcolm Butler","Gerry Aherne","John Wakefield","Jon Ford","Latin America","Moray Firth","North Sea","NSTA","offshore","Rob Collins","Seismic","Share Talk","SundaGas Resource","Timor-Leste"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BARON-OIL.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"**Baron Oil PLC (AIM: BOIL)** has announced several changes to its board and management, spearheaded by the newly appointed [CEO, Andy Butler](https://www.share-talk.co.uk/announcement/rns/baron-oil/update-on-changes-to-board-and-appointment-of-cfo/34238865).\n\nButler expressed his commitment to enhancing shareholder value, governance, and transparency with the revamped leadership team.\n\nHe emphasized the ongoing focus on the Chuditch project in Timor-Leste, noting that the company is actively preparing to drill an important appraisal well and is engaging with potential investors.\n\nGerry Aherne, previously the chair of Cenkos, has taken over as the non-executive chair of the company, succeeding John Wakefield, effective immediately.\n\nJon Ford, the Technical Director, will transition from the board to a part-time consultancy role as a technical adviser.\n\nThe company welcomed John Chessher as an independent non-executive director and appointed Rob Collins as the Chief Financial Officer, a role currently not part of the board.\n\nButler thanked both John Wakefield and Jon Ford for their substantial contributions to the board and expressed enthusiasm about the new appointments, particularly highlighting Rob Collins’ extensive experience in financing natural resources projects."}