JKX Oil & Gas appoints new audit committee chairman
MOSCOW. Jan 18 (Interfax) - British oil producer JKX Oil & Gas has appointed Richard Murray as chairman of the audit committee, the company said in a press release for the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
Murray has also been appointed a member of the remunerations committee.
"Richard became a Non-Executive Director of JKX on 1 January 2013. He recently retired from the position of Audit Partner at Ernst & Young after more than 35 years of service," the press release said.
In Ukraine, JKX owns Poltava Gas and Oil Company, which hold four licenses for the development of the oil and gas deposits of the Novo-Nikolayev complex in Poltava Region, as well as a Zaplavskoye deposit exploration license, an Elizavetovskoye deposit license, and yet another applying to the Chervonoyarskoye-Vostochnoye field.
JKX also has operates in Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia.
Via his Ralkon Commercial Ltd. (British Virgin Islands), Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoisky owns 27.06% of the stock in JKX.
