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Dana Gas appoints James Dewar as Group CFO

  • United Arab Emirates: Monday, September 14 - 2009 at 13:57

Dana Gas PJSC, the Middle East's first and largest private-sector gas company, has announced the appointment of James Dewar as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

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Mr. Dewar brings in over 27 years experience working in global/ regional CFO roles with British Petroleum (BP) Plc in the UK, Dubai, Kuwait, Indonesia, Singapore and the USA.

Mr. Dewar is a Chartered Accountant from his time with Ernst & Young and holds a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in Accounting & Marketing from Strathclyde University in Scotland.

Ahmed Al Arbeed, Dana Gas Group Chief Executive Officer, welcomed Mr Dewar to the Group, saying:

"I am pleased to announce the appointment of James Dewar as Group CFO, effective October 1st 2009. Mr. Dewar joins us at an important time to add executive and financial leadership to support the further growth and development of Dana Gas. We are confident he will add significant value to the company, utilizing his extensive global business and finance experience in Upstream, Downstream, Petrochemicals and Trading for the benefit of Dana Gas shareholders, business partners and employees."


Speaking of the appointment Mr Dewar said, "I am delighted and honoured to be joining Dana Gas as Group CFO. I have watched the Company grow with interest since its inception and seen its phenomenal development over the past few years to become an increasingly successful energy company with interests across the MENASA Region. I look forward to working closely with Ahmed Al-Arbeed, the Board of Directors and the Dana Gas leadership team to contribute to the company's continued growth and success through long term value delivery to its shareholders."

Dana Gas recently announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2009, posting a net profit of Dhs392m and production figures of 3.19 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) for the quarter.
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About Dana Gas:
Dana Gas (PJSC) is the first regional private-sector natural gas company in the Middle East, established with over 300 reputable founder shareholders from across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, and some 300,000 investors from over 100 nationalities worldwide who submitted applications in excess of $78bn over ten days in the company's regional IPO in late 2005.

Headquartered in Sharjah in the UAE and listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), Dana Gas already has a network of offices in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Egypt, and the UK, with further offices opening throughout the Middle East. Dana Gas currently has assets and projects in gas exploration and production, processing, transportation and marketing in several countries, and is playing a major role in the rapidly-growing natural gas business throughout the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) Region across the entire gas value chain.

In addition to its current projects, Dana Gas will be expanding its activities in all elements of the natural gas value chain in the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia (MENASA) region, including in upstream exploration and production; through the midstream transmission and distribution of gas including LNG trading; and downstream into gas-related industries and petrochemicals.

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