Chariot Oil & Gas Limited announced that Philip Loader, Non-executive Chairman, will become Executive Vice President for Global Exploration for ASX listed Woodside Petroleum Ltd. on 1 July 2013 and as a result is required to step down from the Chariot Board. At this point, the following changes will come into effect: George Canjar, currently Senior Independent Director, will replace Philip as Non-executive Chairman. Matthew Taylor, currently Exploration Director of Chariot, will be appointed to the board as Technical Director.

Mr. Taylor has over 30 years of experience within the exploration and production sector, having held senior positions with BP, BHP Petroleum, Hunt Oil and Triton Energy. Further to this, he has advised clients including Chevron, Dana Petroleum and Marathon Oil on new venture projects as a consultant. He first joined Chariot in 2009.