Empire Oil & Gas NL announced the appointment of experienced business executive, Mr. Thomas (Tom) Vincent, to the Board as a Non-Executive Director of the company, effective immediately. Mr. Vincent is replacing former Non-Executive Director, Mr. Brett Heading, who resigned in September 2015. Mr. Vincent, is highly experienced in legal, investment and corporate management in both Australia and the UK.

Tom's broad commercial expertise has been developed through legal practice, investment banking and his commercialization of a niche aviation industry start-up business. Previous roles include working for Deutsche Bank AG, London as Vice President of their Credit Trading, evaluating and recommending investment opportunities.