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InterOil Names Former BG Group CEO Chris Finlayson As Chairman
[August 10, 2014]

InterOil Names Former BG Group CEO Chris Finlayson As Chairman


(dpa-AFX International Compact Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) READING (dpa-AFX) - InterOil Corp. (IOC) has appointed former BG Group Chief Executive Officer and Shell executive Chris Finlayson as Chairman-designate. Finlayson, aged 58, joins the company's board with immediate effect, and will replace Dr Gaylen Byker.



Finlayson, who is a director of Lloyd's Register, is the former chief executive of FTSE 100 company BG Group plc (BG.L, BRGYY.PK), and a former executive vice president and managing director with European oil giant Royal Dutch Shell Plc. (RDS-B, RDSB.L, RDSA.L, RDS-A). He is a geologist, physicist and petroleum engineer.

InterOil is a Singapore-based an independent oil and gas company, with a primary focus on Papua New Guinea.


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