LONDON (ShareCast) - (ShareCast News) - London-based investment firm United Oil and Gas appointed Kenmare Resources director Graham Martin to the board as a non-executive chairman with immediate effect.
Graham, who worked for Tullow Oil between 1997 and 2016, was integral in growing the firm into a FTSE100 business, as well as its transformative mergers and acquisitions programme, before taking up his current role as a non-executive director at Kenmare Resources.

Brian Larkin, United's chief executive officer, said, "We are delighted to welcome Graham to our Board and to see him assume the role of Chairman. We have, from the outset, stated a clear vision to build an oil and gas company that will successfully operate in exploration, development and production stages. Graham's addition to our Board will further strengthen our strategic and corporate experience and will help us in achieving this goal and in ultimately delivering superior shareholder returns."

As of 1310 GMT, shares had gained 3.58% to 6.22p.

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