TransGlobe Energy Corporation announced that Ms. Susan MacKenzie has decided to retire from the Board and will not stand for election at the Company's Annual General and Special Meeting on May 13, 2020. Dr. Timothy Robertson Marchant (age 69) has been appointed to the Board as a non-executive independent director effective March 20, 2020. Dr. Marchant is the Adjunct Professor of Strategy and Energy Geopolitics at the Haskayne School of Business of the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta Canada. Dr. Marchant has extensive international E&P experience with various small, medium and major E & P companies over his 30+ year career, including living and working in Egypt, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia. Dr. Timothy Robertson Marchan's current Directorships (Public Entities) are Vermilion Energy Inc., Valeura Energy Inc. and Cub Energy Inc. Dr. Marchant will stand for election at the Company's Annual General and Special Meeting on May 13, 2020.