Jann Brown the new Finance Director at Cairn Energy
Kevin Hart has given notice of his resignation as Finance Director of Cairn. It is currently envisaged that the effective date of the resignation will be at the year end or shortly following an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company which will be required to approve the planned Initial Public Offering (IPO) of its Indian exploration and production business on the Bombay Stock Exchange, whichever is earlier.
Kevin, aged 37, joined Cairn as Finance Director in 1998 and following his resignation will assume the position of Chief Executive of Bowleven PLC.
Jann Brown, aged 51 and currently Group Financial Controller at Cairn, will replace Kevin as Finance Director. Jann has served on the Group Management Board for seven years, and in addition to her duties as Group Financial Controller she has the key responsibility of project managing the planned IPO. She holds an MA from the University of Edinburgh and joined Cairn in 1998 after a career in the accountancy profession, mainly with KPMG. She is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and The Chartered Institute of Taxation.