He is a Retired Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).  Former Operations controller and Head of Terminals, Depots and Jetties Operations in Nigeria.

He was also the Head of Issuance of Petroleum Product Import Permit for the DPR of Nigeria.  He was one time in charge of Quaterly Crude Export Allocation and has participated also in the following landmark projects for the DPR:

• Commissioning of the Bonny Terminal offshore loading facilities in 1973.
• First Nigerian to participate in the Soil Resistivity Survey of the Nigerian Products Pipeline routes in 1977.
• Worked in various departments such as Upstream, Downstream, Safetyand Environment, Facilities and Terminal Operations
• 1995-1998 Member of the team that developed present TotalUpstream field
• Participated in the model test of the SBM (Single BuoyMoving) in France for Bonga Field which is the largest SBM inthe world at the time.
• Headed Facilities Section in DPR, Port Harcourt
• Headed Safety and Environment, Port Harcourt

He has a strong passion for research and innovation and has been an invaluable asset to the Group as COO of Creekfiled and Director in Woodston Engineering.