Sunbird Energy Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Kerwin Rana, the current Executive Chairman of the company will act as the company's Interim Chief Executive. Non-Executive and Independent Director Marcus Gracey, has also agreed to step in to the company as an Executive Director. The company announced the appointment of Nathan Rayner as Chief Operating Officer.

Nathan has been with Sunbird for just over two years has a proven track record of delivery in the oil and gas sector having been the former Chief Operating Officer of ASX-listed Dart Energy and holding senior technical roles at Origin Energy Limited, Addax Petroleum Corporation Limited and Arrow Energy Limited. The company announced the resignation from the Board of Sunbird of Managing Director Will Barker and Executive Director Andrew Leibovitch, both effective immediately. Their respective resignations from the Board of the Company also coincide with the conclusion of their executive consulting roles.

Given the above resignations, and also the compliance requirement to have 2 Australian directors on the board, Sunbird announced the simultaneous appointment of Gabriel Chiappini to the Board of Sunbird as a non-executive director. Gabriel is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience as a finance and governance professional. He is a current member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Institute of Chartered Accountants (Australia).