LEKOIL announced the appointment of The Rt. Hon. Mark Simmonds and Mr. Tony Hawkins as Non-Executive Directors, with immediate effect. Mr. Simmonds was the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Minister with responsibilities for Africa, the Caribbean, UK Overseas Territories, International Energy and Conflict Prevention. He served as a Member of the UK Parliament for fourteen (14) years and was also a senior advisor to the then Prime Minister, David Cameron. He focused on driving and facilitating inward investment into Africa and the Commonwealth across a range of key economic sectors including Hydrocarbons, Financial Services, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Energy & Agriculture. Mr. Hawkins is an English and Australian qualified lawyer of twenty (20) years' experience, who has worked in both private practice and corporate roles. He is a senior energy lawyer, asset manager and commercial negotiator, predominately in oil and gas but also in power, LNG and renewables. Mr. Hawkins is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Columbus Energy Resources plc as well as owning a consultancy firm. Previously, he was Legal and M&A Director at Columbus Energy Resources plc which followed his role as General Counsel & Head of Commercial for Sterling Energy plc, a London listed oil & gas company. Prior to Sterling Energy, Tony spent six (6) years at Centrica plc (a FTSE 100 listed utility), where he had several roles, including interim General Counsel for Centrica Energy. Prior to that, he worked for ten (10) years in private practice in Australia and the UK, most recently with Dewey LeBoeuf in London. Concurrent with these appointments, LEKOIL announces that Mr. Greg Eckersley, who has served as LEKOIL's interim Chief Financial Officer since May 2019, will not be returning to his previous role on LEKOIL's Board as a Non-Executive Director following the completion of his six (6) month term in that position. In addition, Non-Executive Director, John van der Welle, will also be stepping down from LEKOIL's Board with immediate effect. Hezekiah Adesola Oyinlola will assume the role of Chair of the Audit Committee following John's departure.