Sound Energy announced the appointment of John Joseph Traynor as Chief Financial Officer of the company with immediate effect. In his role as Chief Financial Officer JJ will lead the finance, commercial, business development and investor relations functions. It is intended that JJ will also be appointed as a Director of the company at a future date, and a further announcement will be made, as appropriate, in due course.

John Joseph Traynor has 29 year's experience in oil & gas. He was Executive Vice President of Investor Relations at Royal Dutch Shell, and part of the finance leadership team there for 12 years.