Roxi Petroleum (RXP) Names New CEO as David Wilkes

Roxi Petroleum (AIM:RXP) today announced the appointment of David Wilkes as CEO.

Of course David Wilkes joined the board on 1 October as Finance Director, so this move looks like a planned succession as the existing CEO, Rob Schoonbrood, retires at the age of 65.

Rob has worked extremely hard through the credit crunch to lay the financial foundations that will enable Roxi to drill the BNG and Ravninnoe contracts areas using finance raised from Canamens and to drill the Galaz block with the deal struck with KazRosMunai LLP.

Let's hope that David can build on these foundations and take the company to the next level. Results from the Ravninnoe Well #20 and Galaz Well NK22 cannot be too far away.