Board Appointment

3 Jul 2007 07:01

Hardy Oil & Gas plc03 July 2007 For immediate release 3 July 2007 Hardy Oil and Gas plc. ("Hardy" or "the Company" or "Group") Appointment of Finance Director Hardy Oil and Gas plc. (AIM:HDY) the exploration and production company withassets in India and Nigeria, is pleased to announce the appointment of DineshDattani, FCA, as Finance Director with effect from July 1, 2007. Mr Dattani (57) is a Chartered Accountant with over 28 years of both industryand corporate experience principally with upstream oil and gas companies inCanada many of which are have had significant overseas operations. Prior tojoining Hardy, Mr Dattani has served in senior finance capacities with companiesincluding Canoro Resources Ltd., Bow Valley Energy Ltd., Sherritt InternationalCorporation, and Home Oil Company Ltd. all of which are / were listed in eitherCanada and / or the United States. Mr Dattani joins Chief Executive, Mr Sastry Karra and Mr Yogeshwar Sharma aspart of Hardy's executive team. Hardy is also pleased to announce that following the appointment of Mr. Sharmaas President and CEO of Hardy's wholly owned subsidiary Hardy Exploration &Production (India) Inc, in April 2007, Mr Sharma has been appointed Group ChiefOperating Officer and will be responsible for all the operations of the HardyGroup. Commenting on Mr Dattani's appointment Mr E. P. Mortimer, Chairman of Hardysaid: "We are delighted to welcome Dinesh to the Group, he joins us at an excitingtime in our development. His extensive experience in all aspects of financialmanagement will be invaluable as Hardy continues to expand its exploration andproduction programmes and grows its asset base in India and Nigeria" For further information please contact: Hardy Oil and Gas plc 020 7471 9850Yogeshwar Sharma Arden Partners 020 7398 1600Richard Day Buchanan Communications 020 7466 5000Mark Edwards/Ben Willey Additional information Dinesh Dattani FCA, aged 57, has held directorships in the following companies and / or partnerships in the past five years: Current Directorships / Partnerships From Company Name Position Held Public/Private1995 Double D Ventures Inc. Executive Director Private2007 WaveForm Energy Ltd. Non-Executive Director Public2005 Sonoma Resources Ltd. Non-Executive Director Private2007 Petroleo La Plata Inc. Non-Executive Director Private Former Directorships / Partnerships From To Company Name Position1997 2005 Globex Resources Ltd. Non Executive Director2000 2004 Coyotenet Communications Group Ltd. Executive Director2002 2003 Spherical Capital Inc. Executive Director2004 2006 Legacy Petroleum International Inc. Non Executive Director2007 2007 WaveForm Acquisition Corp. Non Executive Director2007 2007 Stone Castle Exploration Ltd. Non Executive Director On appointment, Mr Dattani will receive 400,000 share options. There are no further details in relation to the above appointment which require disclosure under paragraph (g) (iii) to (viii) of Schedule 2 to the AIM Rules. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange