Ring Energy names CFO

Sonu Singh Johl will join Ring Energy as EVP, CFO, and treasurer, effective Feb. 27, 2026. The company had placed another Ring executive in the interim role following the September 2025 resignation of its previous CFO.

Feb. 4, 2026

Ring Energy Inc., The Woodlands, Tex., has named Sundip (Sonu) Singh Johl as executive vice-president, chief financial officer, and treasurer, effective Feb. 27, 2026.

Johl holds more than 20 years of experience across upstream oil and gas investment banking, corporate finance, and strategic advisory roles, with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, valuation, and financial strategy.

From 2020 through January 2026, Johl was managing director, co-head of Energy Investment Banking at Raymond James & Associates Inc., where he advised public and private oil and gas exploration and production companies conducting business in the Permian basin and other US onshore basins.

Johl's appointment follows the September 2025 resignation of then-chief financial officer Travis T. Thomas, who had served in the role since 2021. Rocky Kwon, the company’s vice-president of accounting, controller, and assistant treasurer, took over as interim chief financial officer while the company searched for a new executive to fill the role.