Sterling Energy plc announced the appointments of Mr. Michael Kroupeev to the position of Non-Executive Chairman. Mr. Leo Koot as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and Mr. Ilya Belyaev as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Mr. Kroupeev, who joined the company's board as a Non-Executive Director in May 2016, has been appointed by the board as Non-Executive Chairman. Mr. Kroupeev has over 20 years experience working within the exploration and production sector. Mr. Koot has over 28 years experience in the Energy sector. Since 2011, Mr. Belyaev has acted as investor in private equity and venture capital projects via Supremum Capital and Concentric VC.