Baron Oil Plc announced Rob Collins has been appointed as the company?s chief financial officer (CFO), currently a non-board position. Rob Collins has over 20 years' experience in natural resources corporate finance, advising on a broad range of corporate transactions spanning various commodity groups and transactions primarily at Evolution Securities, Canaccord Genuity Europe and GMP Securities Europe. He has successfully advised on numerous IPOs, public and private equity raises and M&A transactions for many UK, Canadian and Australian listed companies as well as acting as CFO for Victoria Oil & Gas Plc.

Rob commenced his career at Coopers and Lybrand and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.