Block Energy Plc, the exploration and production company focused on the Republic of Georgia, is pleased to announce that Mr Christopher (Chris) Brown has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the Company's Board.

Mr Brown, a consultant with nearly 40 years' experience across the international upstream oil and gas sector, will replace Mr Timothy (Tim) Parson, who is stepping down from the Board to pursue his interests in deep water drilling.

Educated at Exeter University, Imperial College and the INSEAD Management School, Mr Brown is currently a founding director at MontBlanc Oil & Gas and at Beagle Geoscience, which both provide consultancy and management services to the exploration and production sector.

In the past, he worked at Blue Gate Energy, Silurian Consulting, Aurelian Oil & Gas, Suncor Energy, Enterprise Oil and Shell International, where he took leading roles in establishing and managing oil and gas operations in countries and regions in the UK North Sea, Europe, North Africa and South America.  He has extensive experience of managing all types of seismic and well operations, including deep water, shelf, desert, mountain, urban and jungle terrain, and has been a regular speaker and presenter at industry conferences.

Block Energy Chairman, Mr Philip Dimmock, said: 
"We are delighted to welcome Chris to the Board at this critical and exciting time for the Company. He brings deep knowledge and experience of managing the discovery, evaluation and development of oil and gas fields.  His experience with overseas governments and national oil companies will also be invaluable as we carry out our work programme in Georgia and continue to explore new opportunities across the wider region.

On behalf of the Board and the Block Energy team, I extend warm thanks to Tim for the benefit of his work and the application of his experience over the past year, which helped us prepare for the AIM listing in June and for the implementation of our well work programme."