Dave Blackwood has been named interim chairman of oil and gas firm Ithaca Energy.
Mr Blackwood, the former head of BP’s North Sea business, will take up the post in a non-executive capacity until a permanent successor to Gilad Myerson, who is exiting the business, is appointed.
Yaniv Friedman, currently chief executive of Israeli company Modin Energy, is expected to take over as executive chairman of Ithaca in the coming weeks. Ithaca said this should happen once all formal conditions of his appointment have been satisfied.
The company added: “Yaniv has significant global executive experience working in the energy and infrastructure sectors, and brings considerable strategic, commercial, public company and M&A (mergers and acquisitions) expertise.”
Among other changes in Ithaca’s top level shake-up Luciano Vasques is expected to become chief executive on completion of the company’s “business combination” with the UK assets of Italy’s Eni.
Mr Vasques, 61, is currently managing director of Eni UK and led the recent acquisition and integration of Neptune Energy into its operations.
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