Chikezie Nwosu is an experienced senior executive with over 29 years local and international experience in the oil & gas industry vis-a-viz management of oil & gas projects, new business development and divestments and acquisitions.
He has worked with leading international oil and gas companies including Shell International E&P B.V. as a Global Principal Technical Expert and Asset/ Subsurface Development Manager (New Business Development), Qatar CO2/EOR, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), Shell Nigeria Exploration and Development Company (SNEPCo) as Regional Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa in Petroleum Engineering and Senior Front-End Project Manager.
Mr Nwosu held Senior Executive positions in SINOPEC-Addax Petroleum Nigeria Limited, as Deputy Managing Director (Technical) and a member of the Board of Directors of both Addax Petroleum Development Nigeria Limited (APDNL) and Addax Petroleum Exploration Nigeria Limited (APENL) and for Tolea Energy B.V. the Netherlands as Executive Vice-President for Business Development and Africa.
He is a first class graduate of Nuclear Engineering Science, holds an M.Sc with distinction, majoring in Theoretical Nuclear Physics, and is a member of several professional organizations including the Society of Petroleum Engineers (2017/2018 SPE Nigeria Council Chairman and member Board of Trustees), Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) and currently serves on the Advisory Council of the Nelson Mandela Institute’s African University of Science and Technology (AUST), Abuja.
He is a director of Waltersmith Petroman Oil Limited and Waltersmith Refining & Petrochemical Company.