The Board of Songa Offshore SE announced that Ron Blakely has been appointed as a Director of the company. Mr. Ronald Blakely is a former executive whose career spanned more than 38 years with Royal Dutch Shell companies. At time of retirement in October 2008 he was Executive Vice President Global Downstream Finance based in London, UK.

In previous roles he had been CFO of Shell Oil Products in the USA and CFO of Shell Canada. Mr. Blakely is currently a non-executive Director, Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Ophir Energy plc.