News..Appoints CCO
appoints Skripka as chief commercial officer
2016-07-13 07:10 ET - News Release
An anonymous director reports
TETHYS PETROLEUM LIMITED PRESS RELEASE: CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER APPOINTMENT
Tethys Petroleum Ltd. has appointed Alexander Skripka as chief commercial officer.
As chief commercial officer Mr. Skripka will be responsible for the commercial activities of the company including gas sales, existing and new contract or licence negotiations, and negotiations on financing, divestments and acquisitions.
Mr. Skripka studied political science and management, specializing in production and processing of oil and gas, at I. Gubkin, the Russian State Oil and Gas University. He also has an MBA in oil and gas management. Mr. Skripka worked for the Kazakhstani national company, KazTransGas JSC, and has extensive management experience in several other Kazakhstan-based oil and gas companies. He has actively worked with Tethys management for over six months in all aspects of the company, including gas sales, licence extension, restructuring of debt and obtaining a new loan facility from a Kazakhstani bank.
He is a director and shareholder of Olisol Petroleum Ltd., which owns 15.8-per-cent ordinary shares of Tethys and which is a party to the investment agreement described in Tethys's press release dated April 29, 2016.