Sirius Petroleum announced the appointment of Simon Hawkins as a Non-Executive Director. Simon has 29 years experience working in oil and gas finance, having had nine years international experience with the Royal Dutch Shell group of companies in London, Netherlands and Nigeria followed by a successful career as an equity analyst at UBS, Dresdner Kleinwort, Ambrian Partners, MF Global and N+1 Singer. He joins the Company after two challenging years at Afren plc, where he was Global Head of Investor Relations.

The Company also announced the appointment of Simon Hawkins as Company Secretary. Simon John Lindsay Hawkins, aged 55 has been a director or member of the Omni Investment Research Limited.