TomCo Energy plc announced that Sir Nicholas Bonsor and Paul Rankine have resigned as directors of the company with immediate effect. Paul will continue to act as a technical consultant to the company on expiry of his notice period. In addition, Andrew Jones and Simon Corney have joined the board as Non-Executive Chairman and Non-Executive Director respectively.

Simon Corney was previously a partner at Altima Partners. Before then he worked at Deutsche Bank within the investment banking division and at Shell, including on oil and gas acquisitions. Since leaving Altima Partners he has been working as a consultant, including for Altima Partners and Dominic Redfern.

Andrew Jones has previously founded and developed a number of companies within the media and technology sectors.