Sound Oil, the European / Mediterranean focused upstream oil and gas company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Davies and Gerry Orbell as Non Executive Directors of the Company, with immediate effect.

Directorate Changes

Simon Davies retired as Executive Chairman of Threadneedle Asset Management in 2012 having joined Threadneedle as Chief Investment Officer in 1995; over this period Threadneedle's assets under management increased from £22 billion to approximately £70 billion. Simon is currently Chairman of JP Morgan Overseas Investment Trust, a Non Executive Director of Grainger and a Director of a number of subsidiaries of Old Mutual Wealth Management. Simon was previously a Non Executive Director of Sound Oil.

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