Echo Energy plc announced the following Board changes. Stephen Birrell has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer ('CEO') of the Company with immediate effect. Stephen is highly experienced geoscientist who has worked in the upstream oil and gas and mining industry for over 35 years with a particular focus on gas developments across multiple jurisdictions with Britoil, BP and Elf and Sterling Resources, where he discovered and initiated the development of the Black Sea gas field complex, Ana/Doina in Romania.

Stephen has a BSc Honours in Applied Geology and is a member of the Association of International Energy Negotiators and the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Martin Hull, the Company's existing CEO, and James Parsons, the Company existing Non Executive Chairman, are both transitioning into the role of non-executive director and both individuals have been asked to provide additional support to the new chairman and CEO for an interim period. These changes will take place with immediate effect.