The Board of Ascent Resources plc announced the following changes to the PLC Board. John Edmund Buggenhagen who joined the management team as Chief Operating Officer on 14 January 2019 has been appointed to the PLC Board. John is an experienced and dynamic geophysicist. He was the CEO of Palomar Natural Resources. Prior to that John was Director of Exploration for San Leon Energy in London, and Exploration Manager Europe for Aspect Energy/Hungarian Horizon. Nigel Moore has retired from the board. Louis Emmanuel Castro, has been appointed as non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee. Louis is a chartered accountant and former investment banker with more than 30 years' City and industry experience. He was previously CFO at Eland Oil and Gas and CEO at Northland Capital Partners. Louis is also a non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Stanley Gibbons Group plc and Jangada Mines plc.