On 25 June 2014, Tony Durrant had been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Premier Oil. Tony joined Premier in June 2005 and has served as Finance Director since that time. Prior to joining Premier, he worked at Lehman Brothers, latterly as Managing Director and Head of the European Natural Resources Group.

He moved to the investment banking division of Lehman in 1987 and from 1997 was a Managing Director and Head of the European Natural Resources Group. In this role, he managed both client relationships and numerous transactions for a variety of European and North American clients. He joined the Premier Board in July 2005 as Finance Director. In October 2012 he joined the Board of Greenergy Fuels Holdings Limited as a Non-Executive Director and is Chairman of their Audit and Risk Committee.