Erin Energy Corporation announced that effective December 9, 2015, Dr. Daniel M. Matjila resigned as a member of the board of directors of the company as well as a member of both the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the company. Dr. Matjila was designated for nomination to the stockholders of the company by the Public Investment Corporation (SOC) Limited (PIC), a non-affiliated minority shareholder of the company. Effective December 9, 2015, the Board appointed Dudu Hlatshwayo, who was designated for nomination by PIC, as a director of the company to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Dr. Matjila.

In addition, the Board appointed Ms. Hlatshwayo to serve as a member of both the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the company. Ms. Hlatshwayo is an independent non-executive director of PIC, a position she has held since December 2013. She is the Chairman of Change EQ (PTY) Limited, which she founded in 2006.

Ms. Hlatshwayo also serves on the boards of KZN Growth Fund, AFMETCO, and the Land Bank.