Sound Energy announced the appointment of JJ Traynor, the company's existing chief financial officer, to the company board of directors with immediate effect. JJ Traynor has 29 years' experience in oil & gas and prior to joining Sound Energy in September 2017 JJ was Executive Vice President of Investor Relations at Royal Dutch Shell, and part of the finance leadership team there for 12 years. Prior to Shell, JJ was Managing Director of the award-winning oil & gas equity research team at Deutsche Bank.