Lightning Ventures Inc. announced the appointment of Robert Tjandra to its Board of Advisors. Mr. Tjandra will lead the company's market growth efforts in ASEAN, starting with Indonesia. Mr. Tjandra has extensive oil and gas experience with both national and international companies in emerging markets as well as in developed countries. He started his career working for BP as the first Indonesian national petroleum geologist for BP in Indonesia. His career with BP included a secondment to BP North Sea Operations in Aberdeen, UK.