Central Petroleum Limited (ASX:CTP) (FRA:C9J) (OTCMKTS:CPTLF) ("Company" or "Central") announces the appointment of Kathy Hirschfeld as a Non-Executive Director, effective from 7 December 2018.

Ms Hirschfeld is a highly regarded non-executive director, having served on the Boards of a number of companies listed on the ASX, NZX and NYSE, as well as Government and private company boards.

She is currently the Chairman of Powerlink, President of the UN Women National Committee Australia, Senator at the University of Queensland and a Board member of the Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.

Kathy has also been a Non Executive Director of Energy Queensland, Tox Free Solutions, InterOil Corporation, Broadspectrum and Snowy Hydro.

Previously she had leadership roles with BP in oil refining, logistics, exploration and production located in Australia, UK and Turkey.

Central Chairman Martin Kriewaldt said the Company was fortunate to have someone of Ms Hirschfeld's skills and expertise join the Board.

"Central will benefit from Kathy's industry expertise and engineering background as well as her boardroom experience involving capital raising, debt refinancing, acquisitions, takeover response and CEO succession. She brings invaluable experience in delivering shareholder value, understanding how operations, risk management & commercial decisions interact to deliver financial performance

Kathy was recognised in the AFR/Westpac 100 Women of Influence 2015, by Engineers Australia as one of Australia's Top 100 Most Influential Engineers 2015 and as an Honorary Fellow in 2014. She is a member of Chief Executive Women and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Academy of Engineering and Technology.

Kathy is also an executive mentor/coach with Merryck & Co.


About Central Petroleum Limited

Central Petroleum Limited (Central) is a well-established, and emerging ASX-listed Australian oil and gas producer (ASX:CTP). In our short history, Central has grown to become the largest onshore gas producer in the Northern Territory (NT), supplying industrial customers and senior gas distributors in NT and the wider Australian east coast market.

Central is positioned to become a significant domestic energy supplier, with exploration and development plans across 180,000 km2 of tenements in Queensland and the Northern Territory, including some of Australia's largest known onshore conventional gas prospects. Central has also completed an MoU with Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) to progress the proposed Amadeus to Moomba Gas Pipeline to a Final Investment Decision.

We are also seeking to develop the Range gas project, a new gas field located among proven CSG fields in the Surat Basin, Queensland with 135 PJ (net to Central) of development-pending 2C contingent resource.

 

Contact

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Greg Bourke: +61-478-318-702
Sarah Morgan: +61-421-664-969



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