Tullow Oil plc announced the appointment of Roald Goethe as an independent non-executive Director of Tullow with effect from 24 February 2023. Roald is a highly experienced oil and gas executive with extensive commercial knowledge of the energy industry in Africa including business development, M&A, and in oil markets, specifically hedging, financing and trading. In 1994 he joined Trafigura Group as an executive where he had an integral role in the development of the group's oil trading activities, primarily in West Africa.

In 2006 he founded his own company, Delaney Petroleum Ltd, trading crude oil and petroleum products predominantly with West Africa and the Middle East. He then returned for a three year term with Trafigura Group in Geneva and remained an advisor at the company until the end of 2021. Roald isa long-term supporter and shareholder of Tullow, holding c.22 million shares.

He is familiar with Tullow's strategy and aligned with the Company's commitments as a trusted partner to its host nations in Africa.