Northern Petroleum plc announced the appointment of Keith Bush as Managing Director. Keith Bush joined Northern in May 2012 as Chief Operating Officer and was appointed to the Board last November. He started his career with Western Atlas Logging Services, then progressed to managerial positions in Amerada Hess, Burlington Resources and prior to joining Northern was General Manager Operations for E.ON Ruhrgas in Norway.

Keith has extensive experience in the North Sea, North Africa, Norway and North America. After 18 years of service, Richard Latham, non-executive Chairman has retired from the Board. Derek Musgrove, who has been Managing Director since 1999, has retired from the Board.