Oil and gas explorer Bluebird Energy (LON:BBE) has appointed 32 year old James Ede-Golightly as its new non-executive chairman.
Ede-Golightly is currently a non-executive director of ORA Capital Partners, through which he holds an indirect 25.8 percent interest in Bluebird, and chairman of East Balkan Properties.
He also holds non-executive directorships at several other companies including AIM listed stocks Obtala Resources (LON:OBT) and Paragon Diamonds (LON:PRG).
Back in December, David Bramhill resigned as executive chairman of Bluebird after deciding not to put himself up for re-election.
In August last year, Bluebird began a strategic review of its assets following the sale of a net 30 percent interest in the Centurion project in Sumner County by operator Running Foxes. The company subsequently disposed of its stake in Centurion for US$3.1 million.
The review concluded that the ongoing focus in the US should be on those assets where the company has, or intends to have, a controlling interest.
The future operational focus of the company in the US will be on Solitaire in eastern Colorado, where it has a 100 percent interest but where it will seek farm-in partners to assist in the future exploration and development of the project.
Bluebird added that UK and European on-shore projects will play a major part in its future.