Board overhaul at Cairn

16th Jun 2011 07:46

The end of an era is imminent at oil firm Cairn Energy as chairman Norman Murray is set to step down from the board at the beginning of July, with current chief executive Sir Bill Gammell moving up to replace him.Simon Thomson, currently the Legal and Commercial director of Cairn, will succeed Gammell as chief executive. He has been in his current role since 2006.The board shake-up does not stop there, however, with Malcolm Thoms, chief operating officer, and Philip Tracy, group Engineering and Operations director, set to relinquish their board positions at the start of July.Dr. Mike Watts will continue as deputy chief executive. Jann Brown, in light of her widening responsibilities including Human Resources, Corporate Affairs and Company Secretarial in addition to her current role as finance director, is set to become managing director of the company, and will report to the chief executive."After twelve years on the Cairn board, nine as chairman, it is now time to turn my attention and energy to new challenges including my role as chairman of the board of Petrofac, the international oil and gas facilities service provider," said Murray.--jh