ABUJA, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu has been appointed the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). His appointment was announced via a statement issued on Tuesday, 04 August 2015 by the special adviser to the Nigeria president on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
The Institute for Oil, Gas, Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development, said: “Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu is the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of ExxonMobil Nigeria. In this capacity, he oversees the compliance programs of ExxonMobil in Nigeria and advices on issues related to adherence with compliance regulations and Anti-Corruption Laws for the company in Africa.
Dr Kachikwu bagged a first class degree in Law and was best graduate and multiple awards winner from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Nigerian Law School. He thereafter obtained a Masters and Doctorate Degree in Law from Harvard Law School USA, with distinctions. He has worked as an Investment Attorney in USA, as General Counsel with Texaco Upstream and Downstream in Nigeria and is now Executive Vice Chairman of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited and General Counsel for ExxonMobil Nigeria affiliate Upstream and Downstream Companies in Nigeria.
He has forayed into business, working as Chairman and CEO of his own Companies in Downstream Petroleum, Law Practice and Consultancy and Publishing. He has lectured in Nigeria, at Harvard and various Institutions around the world as either a visiting lecturer or professor in Law. He has three published law books in Investment Law and Contracts and numerous articles in various Journals.”
Credit: Unic Press & OGEES Institute
