President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday, affected a shake-up in the management team of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, by appointing five new Group Executive Directors for the organisation.
The appointees are Mr. Ian Gregory Udoh-Group Executive Director, Refining and Petrochemicals; Dr. Dan Iwoene Efebo-Group Executive Director, Corporate Services; Ms. Aisha Mata Abdurrahman- Group Executive Director, Business Development; Mr. Adebayo Ibikunle Ibirogba-Group Executive Director, Engineering and Technical; Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha as Acting Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production.
A statement signed by Presidential spokesman, Dr Reuben Abati, said Mr. Udoh, is a native of Akwa Ibom State and had been the Managing Director of Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemicals Company Ltd. (PHRC) since November 2012. He has considerable experience of managing the country’s refineries having held the position of Executive Director, Operations at both the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company Ltd. (KRPC) and the Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemicals Company Ltd.
In addition, Mr. Udoh has served as a General Manager in the Refining and Petrochemicals Directorate of NNPC.
Dr. Efebo is currently the Group General Manager, in charge of the NNPC’s Human Resources Division. He was General Manager, Human Resources, Brass LNG. He hails from Bayelsa State.
Ms. Abdurrahman is a native of Kogi State and has been the Managing Director of Nikorma, NNPC’s shipping subsidiary, since March 2011. Abdurrahman has also served as Managing Director of Hyson, an NNPC trading subsidiary, and as Executive Director (Services) of the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, PPMC.
Ibirogba, a Chemical Engineer, is currently the Group General Manager, Engineering in the NNPC’s Engineering and Technology Directorate, and hails from Ogun State. He served as General Manager (New Business), General Manager (Gas Development), and Group General Manager, Greenfield Refineries. In 2010, Mr. Ibirogba became the first African to be elected to the Board of Directors of the World LP Gas Association.
Dr. Dawha who replaces Mr. Abiye H. Membere as Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production, has been the Managing Director of Integrated Data Services Ltd (IDSL) since 2005.
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