Providence Resources, the Irish based oil & gas exploration company, has appointed Dr Angus McCoss as senior independent director with immediate effect.
Dr McCoss joined the Providence board as a non-executive director in June 2017.
Pat Plunkett, chairman of Providence Resources said: “We are delighted that Angus is taking on the role of senior independent director and are confident that he will bring the same wealth of experience to this position as he has provided to the board since joining in 2017.”
Dr Angus McCoss is the exploration director and a main board director of Tullow Oil and is a non-executive director of Ikon Science.c
Dr McCoss joined Tullow in 2006 following 21 years of wide-ranging exploration experience, working primarily with Shell in Africa, Europe, China, South America and the Middle East.
He held a number of senior positions at Shell, including regional vice president of Exploration for the Americas and general manager of Exploration in Nigeria.
Dr McCoss holds a PhD in Structural Geology and is a member of the advisory board of the industry-backed Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah.