Jersey Oil and Gas Plc announced that with immediate effect, Non-Executive Director, Les Thomas has assumed the role of Non-Executive Chairman, replacing Marcus Stanton, who, having served as Non-Executive Chairman for the last six years, will remain on the Board as a Non-Executive Director and chair of the audit committee. Les has over 35 years' experience in the oil and gas industry at Marathon Oil UK Limited and John Wood Group plc and, more recently, was Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of Ithaca Energy from 2013 to 2020. In addition, Richard Smith has joined the Company's executive team as Chief Commercial Officer. Richard has over 20 years' experience in the oil and gas industry and wider energy sector, in various senior business development, commercial, corporate finance and strategy positions. He was previously Corporate Development Director at Ithaca Energy.