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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Effiong Udofia Okon

Director New Energy | Seplat Energy PLC | Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

-Over 30 years solid experience in the oil and gas industry, leadership, people, change, new energy, project execution, production, business and technical skills. -Previous jobs/roles include Operations Director/Executive Director for Seplat Energy, Vice President Cost Leadership & Continuous Improvement for Shell Netherlands, General Manager Deepwater Production for Shell Nigeria where I managed the largest Deepwater Shell asset, GM Offshore Assets, Deputy VP Technical/Manager North Field Wells and Reservoir Business for the commissioning, start-up and early production phase of two mega projects (ca. US$25 Bln) for Qatar Shell (Pearl GTL and Qatar Gas LNG Trains 7 & 8). -Core skills in strategy, business, entrepreneurial, leadership, change management, transformation, innovation, corporate governance, investors relations, M&A, management of complex stakeholder relationships in Joint Ventures (Operated and Non-Operated) & Regulators, various technical areas including US SEC proved reserves evaluation & reporting, hydrocarbon maturation, development/production of brown and green fields, exploration, field development plans (FR/FDP). – Alumni of University of Benin, Nigeria, IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland and Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. – Member Society of Petroleum Engineer (SPE), Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), African University of Science and Technology (Abuja, Nigeria) Advisory Board, Texas A & M University (Doha, Qatar) Advisory Board.