Challenger Energy Group PLC announced the appointment of a new Country Head and Managing Director for its operations in Trinidad and Tobago. Mr. Sohan Ojah-Maharaj will assume responsibilities in mid-April 2022 as the company's Country Head and Managing Director - Trinidad and Tobago. In this role, Mr. Ojah-Maharaj will be responsible for day-to-day operations in Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname and will work as a key member of the executive team on the twin aims of delivering organic production growth and seeking to add production growth inorganically.

Mr. Ojah-Maharaj is a Trinidadian national, who will be relocating back to Trinidad and Tobago for this role. Mr. Ojah-Maharaj is currently a Senior Reservoir Engineer and Business Consultant at the leading global petroleum consultancy, Gaffney Cline & Associates. In this position, Mr. Ojah-Maharaj has worked extensively in Trinidad and Tobago and the broader Caribbean region, as well as internationally more generally.

Prior to Gaffney, Cline & Associates, Mr. Ojah-Maharaj held senior management and operational roles at a number of petroleum companies with assets in Asia, Europe and Trinidad and Tobago. The company's current Managing Director - Trinidad and Tobago, Mr. Geoffrey Leid, will be stepping down from his current role in mid-April 2022 once Mr. Ojah-Maharaj commences, but will remain with the Company for an agreed transitional period and thereafter as a consultant, and will work closely with Mr. Ojah-Maharaj to ensure an orderly transition.