Block Energy plc announced that David ("Dato") Sandroshvili has been appointed as independent non-executive director with immediate effect. Mr. Sandroshvili has spent most of his career in oil and gas corporate finance advisory, but for the last six years has held senior positions in oil companies. He is currently the CFO at New Age (African Global Energy) Limited. Prior to this appointment, he was Director of Strategy, Commercial and Portfolio at Ophir Energy plc. Mr. Sandroshvili started his corporate finance career at Schroder Salomon Smith Barney (part of Citigroup) in London, before moving to UBS Investment Bank, where he managed the Russia/CIS oil and gas advisory business. Subsequently, Dato was Managing Director of the Oil and Gas Advisory at Evercore Partners. Mr. Sandroshvili is a dual national of Georgia and the United Kingdom. He has an MBA in International Finance from Brandeis University in Massachusetts and a Diploma in Accounting from Tbilisi State University.