Rose Petroleum plc announced that Chris Eadie has been appointed to the Board of the Company as Finance Director with immediate effect. Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chris has subsequently had over 17 years of post-qualification finance experience and gained a wealth of capital market experience working across a wide variety of sectors and geographies. After leaving PWC, Chris held a number of senior finance roles at Cable and Wireless plc, following which he joined AIM-listed Aurum Mining plc as Finance Director.

Chris will continue to be involved with Aurum on a part-time basis while it continues its transformation.