Egdon Resources plc announced the appointment of Neil Christopher O'Brien as a non-executive director of the company with immediate effect. Neil is chief executive officer of Alkane Energy plc which holds 40,000,000 ordinary shares of Egdon, representing approximately 18% of Egdon's issued share capital. More recently Neil was finance director at Speedy Hire PLC and a FTSE250 member.

Neil joined Alkane Energy plc as chief executive officer in November 2008.