Regal Petroleum plc announced changes to the Board of Directors of the Company. With effect from 16 October 2017, Mr. Keith Henry will step down as Executive Chairman and Director of the Company and Dr. Alastair Graham will step down as Non-Executive Director of the Company. With effect from the same date, Mr. Chris Hopkinson, who joined the Board of Directors on 20 September 2017, will become Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, and Dr. Philip Frank, who has been a consultant to the Company since August 2015, will join the Board as a Non-Executive Director. Frank began his career with BP, followed by technical and management roles with Clyde Petroleum, Triton Resources, Monument Oil & Gas and Lasmo. He was then Exploration Manager for Emerald Energy, Exploration Director for Sterling Energy and a Non-Executive Director of Tower Resources.