Afren plc (AFR LN)

Remuneration Committee Change

London, 26 August 2014

Afren plc ("Afren" or the "Company") announces the appointment today of Mr Iain McLaren as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.  Mr McLaren takes over from Mr Toby Hayward who was appointed as Interim Chief Executive on 30th July, 2014 and who has today stepped down as a member of the Remuneration Committee.

For further information contact:


Bell Pottinger


+44 20 7861 3232

James Henderson



Mark Antelme



Notes to Editors

Afren is an independent upstream oil and gas exploration and production company listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the Financial Times Stock Exchange Index of the leading 250 UK listed companies. Afren has a portfolio of assets spanning the full cycle E&P value chain.  Afren is currently producing from its assets in Nigeria and the Kurdistan region of Iraq and holds further exploration interests in Ghana, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Congo Brazzaville, Kenya, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Seychelles, Tanzania and South Africa.  For more information please refer towww.afren.com.


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