Sterling Energy plc announced the appointment of Mr. Tony Hawkins to the Board of Directors with effect from December 7, 2020. Mr. Hawkins will succeed Mr. David Marshall who has, by mutual consent, stepped down as a Director of the Company with effect from December 7, 2020. Mr. Marshall will remain available until the end of 2020 in order to affect an orderly handover. In the interim period, Mr. Michael Kroupeev (the Company's Non-Executive Chairman) will temporarily move to Executive Chairman. Until August 2020, Tony was the Chief Executive Officer of Columbus Energy Resources plc. Tony is currently a Non-Executive Director of Lekoil Limited, an AIM listed company with operations in Nigeria.