Top End Energy Limited announced that Dr. Mike Fischer has agreed to join the Board as a Non-Executive Director. Dr. Fischer has almost 40 years of international oil and gas upstream experience having held senior executive and director roles in both large and small cap energy companies. Dr. Fischer is a company director and board advisor with close to four decades of global oil and gas experience spanning Asia Pacific, Africa, and Europe.

Dr. Fischer has held senior executive positions in BP, Woodside, OMV, Ophir Energy, Nido Petroleum Ltd. and Bangchak Corporation, encompassing extensive global experience in exploration and production (E&P) operations, business development and international portfolio management. Dr. Fischer was previously Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Ophir Energy Plc. Dr. Fischer is currently a Non-Executive Director of OKEA ASA.

Dr. Fischer is also a Non-Executive Director of Transitus Energy, a London-based hydrogen-focussed start-up. Most recently, Dr. Fischer served as the Executive Vice President Natural Resources at Bangchak Corporation, and as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nido Petroleum Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bangchak. Dr. Fischer holds a PhD from the University of Wales and a B.Sc.

(Hons) in Geological Sciences from the University of Leeds and is a fellow of the Geological Society of London. He also holds a GAICD from the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Subject to the completion of customary background checks, Dr. Fischer will be appointed as a non-executive director with immediate effect.