NNPC GETS NEW GROUP EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS (GED)

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday approved the appointment of five new Group Executive Directors for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).The new appointees include Ian Gregory

Udoh, who takes charge of Refining and Petrochemicals, Dr. Dan Iwoene Efebo, Corporate Services, Ms. Aisha Mata Abdurrahman, Business Development, Mr. Adebayo Ibikunle Ibirogba, Engineering and Technical and Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha, Exploration and Production. The latter will for now serve in acting capacity.

Udoh who hails from Akwa Ibom State has been Managing Director of Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemicals Company since November 2012. He had worked in both the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company Ltd. (KRPC) and the Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemicals Company Ltd in senior positions. He also served as a General Manager in the Refining and Petrochemicals Directorate of NNPC.

Efebo, the new Executive Director of Corporate Services who hails from Bayelsa State was formerly the Group General Manager in charge of NNPC’s Human Resources Division. He was previously General Manager, Human Resources, Brass LNG.

Ms. Aisha Mata Abdurrahman from Kogi State has been the Managing Director of Nikorma, NNPC’s shipping subsidiary, since March 2011.Ms. 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).

On the other hand, Mr. Adebayo Ibikunle Ibirogba, a Chemical Engineer, was before the present appointment the Group General Manager, Engineering in the NNPC’s Engineering and Technology Directorate. He is from Ogun State and has also served as General Manager (New Business), General Manager (Gas Development), and Group General Manager, Greenfield Refineries. In 2010, Ibirogba became the first African to be elected to the Board of Directors of the World LP Gas Association.

Dr. Joseph Thlama 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. He is from Borno State and has served the corporation in various capacities, in the upstream and downstream sectors of the industry.