Here are the profiles of some of members of the board.
Board Chairman – Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu
Until his appointment as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Kachikwu was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of Exxon Mobil (Africa).
A first class graduate of law from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and the Nigeria Law School, he also holds masters and doctorate degrees in law from the Harvard Law School.
He started his working career with the Nigerian/American Merchant Bank before moving on to Texaco Nigeria Limited from where he joined Exxon-Mobil.
GMD NNPC – Maikanti Baru
Before his appointment as the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Maikanti Baru worked variously in both the Upstream and Downstream Sectors of oil and gas industry.
He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained First Class (Honours) degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical engineering.
Until his appointment, he was the Group Executive Director, Exploration & Production of the corporation.
Other positions he held includes Group General Manager of Greenfield Refinery Projects, Managing Director of Hyson, Executive Director of Nigerian Gas Company (NGC), General Manager – Gas Division of NAPIMS, Manager – Operations, Procurement Management Services and Manager – Engineering for National Engineering and Technical Company Limited (NETCO).
He was also the NNPC’s Chief Technical Negotiator on the West African Gas Pipeline project from July 1999 to April 2004; Chairman of NNPC Anti – Corruption Committee since September 2004 till date; and has relentlessly sensitized staff on obligations and laws on corruption and corrupt practices.
Mr. Baru is a fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (FNSE) and a recipient of the Presidential Merit Award of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers. He is married with children.
Abba Kyari
Abba Kyari, who is the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, was born in Borno State in 1938. He had his early education at Borno Middle School, before proceeding to Barewa College, Zaria. A lawyer, banker and sociologist, Mr. Kyari enlisted in the Nigerian Army as an Officer Cadet in 1959 and rose through ranks till he retired as Brigadier.
During his Army career, he held various positions, including Platoon Commander and then Transport Offices in the 1 Brigade Transport Company, Second-in-Command and then Commander in the Nigerian Army Artillery; commander of 1 Brigade, Kaduna and Commanding Officer 5th Battalion, Nigerian Army, Kano.
He obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from the University of Warwick, England (1980); Bachelor of Arts Degree in Law from the University of Cambridge, England (1982), where he also obtained a Masters’ Degree in Law (1984) after being called to the Nigerian Bar in 1983.
Between 1988 and 1990, he edited the Democrat Newspapers published by New Africa Holdings Limited Kaduna. He served as Commissioner for Forestry and Animal Resources in the Borno State Executive Council (1990), before being appointed Secretary to the Board of African International Bank Limited between 1990 and 1995.
In July 1967, he was appointed Governor of North-Central State carved from the Northern region by the Yakubu Gowon administration.
He led the Northern delegates to the 1994 National Constitutional Conference, and was appointed Chairman of the National Defence Committee of the conference.
After retiring from army, he was appointed to the boards of First Bank of Nigeria, Standard Alliance Insurance and Merchant Bank of Commerce. He became Chairman of Gamah Flour Mills and of Alif Engineering and Construction.
At various times he worked with the New Nigeria Development Company, New Africa Holdings, African International Bank, United Bank for Africa, Unilever, and Mobil in various capacities over the years.
Mr. Kyari was appointed the Chief of Staff to President Buhari on August 27, 2015.
Mahmoud Isa-Dutse
The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance; Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, was appointed the permanent secretary for the Federal Ministry of Finance on November 10, 2015.
A graduate of Economics from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Mr. Isa-Dutse also has a Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania in the United States and a PhD in Corporate Governance from the Manchester Business School in the UK.
A professional banker with years of experience spanning over 20 years, he currently sits on the board of Access Bank Plc and Northern Nigeria Flour Mills Plc as a non-executive director; a Director of Northern Nigeria Flour Mills Plc, Kano.
He retired in 2002 as an Executive Director at United Bank of Africa Plc where he was at various times in charge of Credit Risk Management, Investment Banking and Corporate Banking; Chairman and member of the Board Risk Management Committee(Chairman); Member, Board Credit and Finance Committee and Member, Board Audit Committee.
Pius Akinyelure
Mr. Akinyelure retired as the executive director of Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc. An industrialist and businessman, Mr. Akinyelure has interests in various companies operating in the shipping, insurance, banking, oil and gas sectors of the Nigerian economy.
He is the chairman/Director of many blue chip companies, including United Courier Limited.
Tajuddeen Umar
Mr. Umar is the former chairman of the Joint Development Authority (JDA), an exclusive economic zone overlapping Nigeria’s maritime boundaries and law and Nigeria’s exclusive economic zone.
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