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  • Adeleye Falade Assumes Office as NLNG’s MD/CEO

    Adeleye Falade Assumes Office as NLNG’s MD/CEO

    Adeleye Falade has officially assumed office as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NLNG. He took up the role on Wednesday at the company’s Corporate Head Office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, succeeding Philip Mshelbila, who was recently appointed Secretary-General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).

    Falade brings nearly three decades of experience in the global oil and gas industry, with extensive leadership exposure across the LNG and petroleum value chain. Over the course of his career within the Shell Group, he has built a distinguished record across upstream and midstream operations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Russia, and Africa.

    His professional expertise spans gas and petroleum operations, production optimisation, engineering, operational excellence, business improvement, and change management. He has also held several senior technical and leadership roles within Shell and its affiliated companies, gaining broad exposure to complex operational environments, multinational joint ventures, and the management of diverse, multicultural teams.

    Prior to his appointment as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NLNG, Falade served as Managing Director of Brunei LNG Sendirian Berhad, a position he assumed in April 2024. In that role, he led one of the world’s established LNG producers and oversaw strategic operational delivery within Brunei’s LNG sector.

    Earlier in 2023, he was appointed Country Chair for Shell Namibia, where he provided strategic leadership for Shell’s operations and stakeholder engagement in the country.

    Before taking on these international leadership assignments, Falade held key senior roles at NLNG. Between May 2019 and September 2023, he served as General Manager, Production, where he was responsible for ensuring production reliability, plant performance, and operational safety across NLNG’s world-class LNG facilities on Bonny Island.

    Earlier in his career, he served as Operations Manager at NLNG from July 2015 to May 2018, overseeing plant operations and operational performance. He later moved to the Netherlands as Regional Asset Management System (AMS) Implementation Manager at Shell in The Hague between May 2018 and April 2019. In that role, he led the deployment of asset management systems aimed at improving operational efficiency and reliability across Shell’s global assets.

    Falade has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering from the University of Ibadan. He also obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Henley Business School, University of Reading, United Kingdom, further strengthening his strategic and leadership capabilities in the global energy sector.

    Falade is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (FNSE) and a registered member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN). He is also a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

    Falade assumes leadership of NLNG at a pivotal time for the company and the global LNG industry. The company recently secured long-term Gas Supply Agreements (GSAs) with six third-party suppliers to strengthen feedgas supply to its Bonny Island trains. This comes as the Train 7 expansion project nears completion, a development expected to significantly boost NLNG’s production capacity and reinforce Nigeria’s position in the global LNG market.

    Fadale joins a fully Nigerian management team at NLNG, demonstrating the company’s sustained commitment to developing indigenous leadership and strengthening local capacity within the organisation.

  • International Breweries Plc effect boardroom changes

    International Breweries Plc effect boardroom changes

    The Board of Directors of International Breweries Plc has approved some changes in its boardroom. This follows the resignation of Mr. Michael Ajukwu, as a Non-Executive Director from the Board, effective 27 March 2025.

    The Board is appreciative of Mr. Michael Ajukwu’s immense and impactful contributions to the Company over the years and wishes him well in his endeavours.

    The Board also approved the appointment of Ms. Chinyere Ezeugwu as the Finance Director of the Company effective 27 March 2025, following the transitioning of the current Finance Director, Mr. David Tomlinson into another role in the Africa Zone.

    Ms. Chinyere Ezeugwu joined the Company in 2020 as the Head of Control and was later promoted to Head of Financial Planning and Analytics. Ms. Ezeugwu holds a Bsc.in Accountancy from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She is a member of the Chartered
    Institute of Management Accountants and a Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.

    The Board is pleased to welcome Ms. Chinyere Ezeugwu and trust that her inclusion will boost stakeholder’s value.

  • Wema Bank Appoints Chukwuemeka Obiagwu As Executive Director

    Wema Bank Appoints Chukwuemeka Obiagwu As Executive Director

    Wema Bank Plc has announced the appointment of Chukwuemeka Obiagwu as an Executive Director of the Bank effective from 1st of April 2021.

    Emeka is a multi-disciplinary professional with a background in Accounting, Insurance, Corporate Finance, Stockbroking, and Public Finance. He has over three (3) decades of experience in banking, financial services, and public service.

    Early in his career at Fidelity Bank Plc, Emeka successfully repositioned and grew a
    subsidiary which he eventually led as the Group Managing Director & CEO. At different times, he creditably led the Human Resources, Corporate Services.

    Transaction Support Services, Corporate Finance, Regional Banking as well as the
    Retail and Commercial Banking arms of the bank. He was a Non-Executive Director
    of Fidelity Pension Managers where he also served as Chairman of the Board, Audit
    Committee.

    He left Fidelity Bank Plc. in 2015 after 20 years of meritorious service and in January
    2016, joined the Federal Inland Revenue Service as a Director with responsibility for
    Enforcement. He was also a Member of the Technical Committee of the Board and
    Chairman of the Budget Committee of FIRS, among many other roles.

    Emeka is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School (SMP 16) as well as Harvard
    Kennedy School of Government Boston, Massachusetts USA, where he obtained an
    Executive Certificate in Economic Development. He has had the privilege of studying
    at some of the world’s leading institutions for Executive Business Education, such as,
    INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau, France; Kellogg School of Management to
    mention a few.

    Mr. Obiagwu is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN);
    Fellow, Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers; Honorary Senior Member, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Taxation; and Associate, Chartered Insurance Institute (London).