Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc announced that Mr. Simon Oddie has agreed to take on the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Company on a permanent basis. Concurrently, Mr. Oddie is stepping down from his position as non-executive Chairman of Europa and will be replaced by senior non-executive Director, Mr. Brian O’Cathain. The above changes are effective immediately. Simon more recently was the architect of the Gemini Oil and Gas royalty funds where he established a solid track record in fundraising, investor relations, and origination, evaluation and execution of oil and gas deals. Mr. O’Cathain, who joined the Board as non-executive Director in January 2018, is a geologist and petroleum engineer with over thirty years’ experience in senior technical and commercial roles in upstream oil and gas exploration and production companies, including Shell International, Enterprise Oil and Tullow Oil.