Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has announced the appointment of Rahul Dhir as it’s Chief Executive Officer and an Executive Director of the Group.
Rahul will take up his appointment from 1 July 2020 and Dorothy Thompson, currently Executive Chair of Tullow, will return to her position as Non-Executive Chair after alimited period of handover.
Rahul brings extensive leadership experience in oil and gasto Tullow. He is currently CEO of Delonex Energy, an Africa￾focused oil and gas company that he founded in 2013. Under his leadership, Delonex has delivered low-cost drilling and seismic operations along with leading social and environmental performance in sub-Saharan Africa.
In Chad, the company has achieved material exploration success and discovered substantial oil resources. Delonex has also delivered exploration campaigns in Ethiopia and Kenya where Delonex operates Block 12A with Tullow as a non￾operating partner.
Prior to establishing Delonex, Rahul served as Managing Director and CEO of Cairn India from its IPO in 2006 until
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