Trinity Exploration & Production plc announced that, having served on the board for over five years, David Segel is stepping down from his position as a non-executive director of the company. David remains fully supportive of the company's long-term strategy and has worked closely with the board to find a suitably qualified replacement. Following an extensive and thorough independent search process, the company announced the appointment of Kaat Van Hecke as an independent non-executive director, replacing david, with immediate effect.

Kaat will sit on the Audit and Remuneration Committees of the Board and will become the board member responsible for oversight of the HSSE function. Kaat has over 25 years' experience in the oil & gas industry and has a strong operations background, having started her career as a Production Engineer with ExxonMobil and Shell in Europe and Nigeria. As the Operations Planning Manager at Sakhalin Energy - in the far east of Russia - she played a key integration role in the start-up of the 450,000 boepd company.

At OMV, Kaat led the first strategic review and new corporate planning cycle for Upstream to later become Senior Vice President Austria Upstream.