Buru Energy Limited announced that Shane McDermott has been appointed as Company Secretary with effect from subsequent to the resignation of Mr. Chris Bath, the company's current Chief financial Officer and Company Secretary. Mr. McDermott will assume the role of Head of Finance. Mr. Shane McDermott has an accounting and auditing background having worked at a large international accounting practice for five years at its Perth office before joining Buru Energy in 2009.

He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and an Associate of the Governance Institute of Australia. He acted as Buru Energy's joint company secretary from 1 December 2011 to 1 November 2012 and was the assistant company secretary for two years prior to that appointment.