Board Members
Effiong Okon
Effiong Okon
Effiong Okon has ca. 29 years in the energy industry as a seasoned Petroleum Engineer and Executive Management staff.
He started his career with Shell in 1992 as a Reservoir Engineer (RE) and has worked in various capacities in Africa, Europe, Middle East, after 26 years in Shell, he joined Seplat in 2018. Positions held in Shell include Chief Reservoir Engineer for EP Shell Africa, General Manager Offshore Assets (Shallow Water and Deepwater), Manager North Field (largest gas field in the world – 1,500 Tcf) Wells and Reservoir, Deputy Vice President Technical Qatar Shell, Vice President Cost Leadership & Continuous Improvement and in Seplat, Executive Director Operations.
Key achievement includes delivery of mega projects like USD 1 bln EA/EJA shallow water development project, commissioning, start-up and early production phase of two mega projects (ca. $25 Bln) for Qatar Shell (Pearl GTL and Qatar Gas LNG Trains 7 & 8), led various business transformation projects.
Engr. Okon experience covers upstream, integrated oil and gas business, Exploration & Production, Safety, Strategy, Leadership, Petroleum Engineering Front End Development Studies, Project Execution, Operational Excellence, Production, Cost Leadership, Field Development, Full Life Cycle Management of Complex Oil and Gas Assets (Upstream and Midstream), Onshore and Offshore, diverse geographies and cultures, successfully leading multi-disciplinary teams, leading strategic change and innovation, talent identification and development, managing service providers and controlling material budgets. Engr. Okon sits on several boards (public listed and non-listed) and is a member of several professional organisations, including the Society of Petroleum Engineers (‘SPE’), Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), etc. Engr. Okon is Alumni of IMD Business School (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Harvard Business School (Boston Massachusetts, USA).
Engineer Effiong Okon is presently the Operations Director for Seplat Energy PLC and sits on the Seplat Board as Executive Director. He is married to Mrs Mary Bertha Okon and they have 4 children
Yemi Odusanya
Yemi Odusanya
Yemi Odusanya is an executive director with over two decades of experience in commercial banking, strategy, and operations. He has a track record of holding senior roles across multiple commercial banks in Nigeria where he has made significant impact in Strategic Business Units such as Treasury, Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking, Public Sector and Banking Operations.
Yemi Odusanya started his banking career as a pioneer staff of the then newly established GTBank in 1991 where he worked across commercial banking, corporate banking and other divisions, including the role of Unit Head, Commercial Banking Group (Plastic and Light Manufacturing). He has also held managerial positions across other banks including United Bank for Africa, Equitorial Trust Bank, and Access Bank.
While at Access Bank, for 15 years, Yemi served as Head of various Divisions including Commercial Banking, Public Sector, Financial Institutions and Treasury. As a General Manager, he was a pioneer member of the Business Banking Division in 2013, crafting the 5-year strategy that was instrumental to the success of the Business Unit. He also served as a non-Executive Director of Access Bank, Zambia.
He is currently responsible for the Corporate Banking and South Directorates of the bank.
Yemi Odusanya is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, an Honourable Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, and a Fellow of the institute of Credit and Collection Management of Nigeria. He holds a First Class Honours Degree in Accounting from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and has attended several executive management and professional programs in world class institutions such as Harvard Business School, Boston, Wharton Business School, Philadelphia and Lagos Business School.
Henry Shofowora
Henry Shofowora
Henry Shofowora is a Professional in International Trade Finance; with diverse experience in domestic and international banking operations and human resource management; with a high sense of commitment to training and development.
Henry has over 20 years working experience in the financial sector with the last fifteen years working in the banking industry and trade operations, business development and relationship management across various commercial banks.
He is currently the Principal Partner /Consultant of MSNL Consulting and CEO Multi Shoffy Nigeria Limited
Akinloye Hazeez
Akinloye Hazeez
Akinloye Hazeez Babajide is a member of the Federal House of Representative Lagos – Eti-osa constituency. He is a Legal Practitioner
Born in Ajiran Land of Eti-osa Lga In Lagos State. Hon. Hazeez Babajide Akinloye is a Prince of Lagos. His father is the Ojomu of Ajiranland, an Influential Monarch in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. Babajide Akinloye is well travelled legislator whose wife is also a Legal Practitioner. He is a staunch member of the Action Congress now All Progressives Congress (APC), he has held different positions in the house including special and ad-hoc committee positions.
He is popularly called the ‘humble Prince of Eti-osa’
POLITICAL HISTORY
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- Federal Representative at House of Representatives 2011 – 2019
- Chairman at Anti-Corruption Committee Reps 2015 – 2019
- Committee Member at Environment Committee (Senate) 2015
- Committee Member at Rules & Business Committee (Reps) 2015
- Committee Member at Health Institutions Committee (Reps) 2015
- Committee Member at National Planning and Economic Development Committee (Reps) 2015
- Honourable Member at Lagos State, Nigeria from 2003 – 2011
Razzaq Abiodun
Razzaq Abiodun
Razzaq Abiodun is the MD/CEO of LASACO Assurance Plc. He has over 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry spanning claims, reinsurance, underwriting and marketing.
He began his insurance career with City Union Insurance Company where he rose to the position of Deputy Manager, Claims/Reinsurance. He was also a Senior Manager at Metropolitan Trust Insurance Company (now Consolidated Hallmark). Abiodun also worked in WAPIC Insurance Plc where he was an Assistant General Manager, before his appointment as pioneer Managing Director of WAPIC Insurance (Ghana) Ltd.
Abiodun holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Lagos State University and a Graduate of Law, LLB from the Ghana Institute of Professional Studies (GIMPA).
Abiodun is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute of United Kingdom. In 2012, he was awarded the Fellowship of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Ghana.
Joseph Odubade
Joseph Odubade
Joseph Odubade is an administrative superstar with years of professional experience with strong leadership and relationship building skills. He a very positive enthusiastic person who enjoys meeting individual and traveling.
Joseph is currently the MD at Project blue cross Ltd U.K.
He started his early education at Ireti primary Sch Ikoyi. Then went to St Peters primary sch. Ajele Lagos island. He proceeded to Igbobi college yaba for his secondary education before traveling to Uk to pursue greener pasture. He attended both London Business Sch (HND) Accounting and Greenwich business school for career in public health
He has many years of experience working in public health sector as well as private Organisations in U.K.
Joseph enjoys politics, reading, traveling and photography. He is married with kids.