Hardy Oil & Gas plc announced the appointment of Ian MacKenzie as Chief Executive Officer designate and Peter Milne as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the company. To ensure a smooth transition Mr. Sharma will remain as Chief Executive Officer until the Company's Annual General Meeting on 16 May 2012 when he will become a Non-Executive Director and be succeeded as Chief Executive Officer by Mr. MacKenzie. Mr. MacKenzie has held several senior management and executive level positions with public and privately held oil and gas sector companies. His most recent role was as an executive director of the KCA Deutag Drilling Group where he also held directorships for six other associated UK registered companies as well as six Norwegian companies for which he was the Chairman of the main operating entity KCA DEUTAG Norge A/S. Mr. Peter Milne has a proven track record in the oil sector. For over 15 years he was the Finance Director of Abbot Group plc.