Dr Alistair A.Rayatchi – Partner Risk Advisory Services–Moores Rowland International(US)
UK qualified consultant & trainer with over 15 Years combined experience in Auditing, IT Auditing, IT Security, Internal Auditing, Internal Control, Cyber Warfare, Risk management, for Financial Services/ Energy (Oil and Gas) sector
Presently studying for a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) – with special reference to International Business in Walden University, Maryland, United States, Victor has almost two decades experience that has transversed the manufacturing, communications, electronics, automobile and management consulting industries. Whilst holding a double Masters degree in Economics and Supply Chain Management from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and the prestigious Michael Smurfits Graduate School of Business, University College Dublin, Ireland respectively, Victor also holds a Diploma in Business and Industrial Law (DBIL) from the University of Lagos.
A member of various professional associations that include Strategic Planning Xchange, UCD Business Alumni, Procurement Professionals, Institute of Production and Inventory Control Society (IPICS), Blanchardstown Area Partnership, etc, Victor is focused and committed to undertaking research programs in the area of Strategy Processes Development and Implementation.
Ahmed, a Kenyan national, currently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of Sinewave Human Resources Consultancy, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) providing consultancy services in executive search / head hunting services, general HR practices and talent management.
A trainer, Inspirational and motivational speaker and entrepreneur, Ahmed’s passion is to instil and cultivate a transformational culture in people. Currently he is a life coach, a mentor and a trainer to over 2000 executives allover the world.
Ahmed holds a Computer Science degree (UK) and a Master of Arts degree in Social Sciences (US).
Prior to his current responsibilities, he worked as a Systems Accountant for fourteen years in Kenya, General Manager (Corporate Support Services) for a leading Logistics & Distribution Company (Dubai) for eight years, and Director (Shared Services) for a Dubai based IT Distribution Company, a subsidiary of MDS group (Middle East Data Systems), Dubai, for eight years.
He is also an International Faculty for an International Leadership and Management Institute headquartered in Atlanta (US), with two training centres in Maui, Hawaii (USA) and Singapore since 2002. He has conducted many programs in Leadership, HR, Strategic Management, Corporate Governance and many other soft skills.
On a social front, Ahmed was a successful soccer player, having played for top clubs in Kenya for over fifteen years as well as the Kenyan National Team between 1982-1986.
Mr. Olumide Bewaji
Olumide graduated from University of Lagos with BSc (Hons) Accounting. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria. He holds an MBA from Manchester Metropolitan University and MSc from University of Greenwich. He trained with Ernst and Young, Nigeria and worked with various organizations in Nigeria before moving to UK as an Enterprise Resource Management Consultant in year 2000 specializing in Business Intelligence and Performance Management. His experience cut across industries, from Banking to Energy and Public sector. He facilitates advance training programmes at various levels worldwide. His core competencies includes Financial Information Technology, Risk Management, Accounting Systems Development and Implementation, Forensic Accounting, Transaction Support, Due Diligence and Regulatory Compliance
Dr. David Worrall
Dr. David Worrall (BA, MPhil, MRes, PhD) has many years of experience in research, teaching and working on consultancy projects. In addition to working for BA Griffin Consulting, he also teaches students at Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin. He has a vast theoretical and practical experience of microeconomics, macroeconomics, international trade and development, enterprise development, revealed comparative advantage, intra-industry trade, the knowledge economy, foreign direct investment, the automotive industry, project management, Blue Ocean Strategy and strategic and quality management. Much of his work has focused on developing countries and their various attempts to become more competitive
through economic restructuring. He firmly believes that knowledge is best strengthened through practical experiences and has spent a considerable time abroad.
Carolyn Solanke
Carolyn Solanke is globally trained professional who holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, both from the University of Central Oklahoma, USA. She is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) having trained, qualified and practiced with KPMG Nigeria (Audit). Her passion and quest for excellence in relevant knowledge has led her to gain additional training and competencies in Adult Education and Career Development.
With over 20 years of experience across the Financial-Audit and Banking, Not for Profit and Community Development, Education and Tourism sectors across three continents, she maintains an unmatched passion for excellence. As a Trainer and Facilitator, she is known for the energy, innovation, resourcefulness and precision she demonstrates when meeting various organizational training and developmental needs.
Her Proficiency has been displayed in Curriculum development and design as well in the delivery of training in areas of Leadership and Personal Development, Customer Services, Communication, Global Community Development, Diversity Management and Volunteer Management.
Bunmi Olona
Bunmi Olona has over 14 years experience in Business Analysis and Project Management having worked on the implementation of several multi-million dollar projects within the Financial & Telecommunications industry. Bunmi’s expertise includes Enterprise Analysis and Process Re-engineering.
She has vast experiences in all phases of System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Project Lifecycle (PLC) including Requirements Definition, Design, Development, Testing and Support. She currently works with one of the biggest banks in Canada and was the lead for the implementation of a multi-million dollar bank-wide project mandated by the Canadian Deposit Insurance Company (CDIC). The early implementation of the project resulted in premium savings of over $20million dollars for the bank.
She was the Bank’s representative at the Canadian Bankers’ Association Working Group and was also consulted by the CDIC to review and vet a template which was later distributed to all the banks to be used in the calculation of customer payouts. She was awarded the Sparks award by the Bank to recognize her significant contribution to the successful implementation of the project. Bunmi holds a B.SC in Economics and is a member of the International Institute of Business Analysis and an associate member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Certified General Accountant, Canada (CGA)
Terngu Utim
Mr. Terngu Utim is the co-Founder & Managing Consultant at XPSG LLC, a full service geoscience and field development consulting company based in Houston.
He has taught over 20 runs of Exploration and Development geoscience courses. Over 130 participants
have attended his courses and Seminars that cover every stage of oil and gas field development. Over
the course of 20 years, Terngu Utim has worked at Shell, Emerson-Roxar, Cnooc-Nexen in exploration
and development roles across many basins including The Niger Delta (Deepwater & Onshore) , Kwanza
(Deepwater), Gulf of Mexico, (U.S.A and Mexico), US Onshore (Permian and East Texas), Caribbean and
West Africa Onshore Rift Basins.
He holds a B.S in Geology and Mining from the University of Jos, a Pg.Cert. in Geoscience from The
Robert Gordon University and an M.S in Petroleum Geoscience from The Royal Holloway College –
University of London. He is a member of SPE, AAPG and HGS.
Oluwatoyin Comfort Oluwaniyi
Oluwatoyin Comfort Oluwaniyi is a seasoned professional with a Bachelors Degree (Hons) in Accounting and a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (UK) with deep knowledge of management accounting, strategic planning and automated business processes. She worked as a Financial Analyst on the World Bank $100million Global Partnership Education Project on a Personal Consultation agreement basis. She has advised and consulted for many different businesses, both indigenous and International organizations, in the areas of Financial Reporting, Business Analysis, Taxation, Audit and Financial Management.
She innovated an online book keeping service platform to cater for Small and Medium Scale Enterprise (SME) book keeping needs which stemmed out from her passion to see SMEs grow in Africa. She presently lectures UK Taxation and business analysis at Bratim Training school for ACCA students. Also, she serves as a trainer in different capacity.
Oluwatoyin is also a Partner and Executive Director of ETSD (Eduteens Science Development Foundation); a non-profit organization based in Nigeria whose work is focused on improving student achievement, teacher effectiveness and overall school quality through the implementation of technology-led initiatives. She is also the chapter lead of Women in Tech Africa.
Dr. D.A. Nieuwland
Present: Independent consultant, teaching structural geology and geomechanics and related topics (fractured reservoirs, fault seal prediction, seismic interpretation and borehole stability related issues) and special topics on request. Courses and workshops are presented world-wide and are well received.
Since August 1999 I have worked as independent consultant. All the subsequent positions were as independent consultant, none of the positions was as employee, with the exception of the lectureship at the VU at which I was employed from 1999 until 2003.
2017 – present: Geomechanics advisor for Vermilion Energy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2015 – 2016: Geomechanics advisor for DONG Energy, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2015 – European representative for the AAPG Division of Environmental Geoscience.
2014 – 2015 Vice-President of the Division of Environmental Geoscience of the AAPG.
June 2015 – April 2016: Structural geology and geomechanics advisor for DONG Energy, Denmark. Involved in: exploration target evaluation, fracture prediction, fault seal prediction, well bore stability for vertical and deviated wells.
2014 – present: Vice-President of the Division of Environmental Geoscience of the AAPG.
1999 – present: Independent consultant and owner of NewTec International B.V.; I also teach structural geology and geomechanics and related topics (fractured reservoirs, fault seal prediction, seismic interpretation) and special topics on request. Courses and work-shops are presented world-wide and are well received
CHIJIOKE NWAOZUZU
Professor of Downstream Petroleum Economics and Policy
DSc, PhD, MBA, MBA in Oil /Gas, BSc
Prof Chijioke Nwaozuzu is from Imo-State in Nigeria. He attended Government Secondary School, Owerri, Imo-State, Nigeria (1973-78) with a First Division; Federal School of Arts & Science, Aba, Abia-State, Nigeria (1978-79); and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria (1979-83) with an Upper Second Class.
He is currently the Deputy-Director at Emerald Energy Institute (for Petroleum & Energy Economics and Policy), University of Port-Harcourt.
Prof Nwaozuzu was appointed Professor of Petroleum Economics, Management & Policy in 2015. He was also conferred with the Degree of Doctor of Science (DSc), by Victoria Global University, Island of Turks & Caicos (UK Territory) in 2014. He was awarded a PhD in Downstream Petroleum Management & Policy by the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law & Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee, UK, and also an MBA in Oil & Gas from CEPMLP, University of Dundee. He also obtained an MBA from Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, UK.
Prof Nwaozuzu has published several books and has written and published numerous articles in journals, petroleum industry magazines and newspapers.
Prof Nwaozuzu has consulted for numerous international and domestic companies, including Oracle Energy Corporation based in Vancouver, Canada; the National Refineries Special Task Force, Nigeria, several domestic Private Refinery Projects, etc.
He belongs to numerous professional bodies as a FELLOW, including the International Association of Research Scholars & Administrators (FIARSA), Certified Institute of Public Administrators (FCPA); Institute of Business Analysis & Customer Intelligence (FIBACI); Chartered Institute of Administrators (FCIA); the Civilian Institute for Democratic Administration, Ghana (FCIDA); National Institute for Education and Research (FNIER); Energy Institute, UK (MEI); Global Petroleum Club (CMGPC).
He has received numerous awards, notably Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe Leadership Award (2015), United Nations (POLAC) Ambassador for Peace Award (2015), African Leader of Integrity Award (2016), British High Commission Leadership Award (2016), Nigeria Humanitarian Icon Award (2017), NDIGBO Development & Leadership Award (2017), City Pride Award (2017), and Companionship Award (Civilian Institute for Democratic Administration, 2017).
Jamal M. Assad, Ph.D., P.G. #1276
Jamal Assad has 25 years of experience in Oil and Gas industry and leading academic environment. Assad’s integrated skill set includes 2D and 3D geophysical interpretation, exploration play analysis and prospect generation, field development and production, reservoir characterization, formation evaluation, reserves evaluation. He is highly proficient in the use of multiple seismic interpretation tools.
He worked on Seismic projects Onshore and Offshore, deep and shallow water, Clastics and Carbonates in the USA, Australia, Indonesia, North Sea, Poland, China, Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil as an oil company Senior geophysicist, academic, and international consultant.
He was employed by Halliburton, Core Laboratory, Fugro Multi-Clients/Jason and Nexen Petroleum. In 2011, Assad was a visiting professor of Geophysics at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT) Department of Earth and Environmental science (EES) and in 2010 was a visiting associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh in Geology and Petroleum Technology. Assad has served as a visiting faculty at California State University, and a Co-Director of the West Coast Geo-Technology Training Center, Bakersfield, CA.
Currently, I am a geophysical advisor for Signal Energy Alliance in Houston, Texas and adjunct professor of Geophysics at NMT Department of Earth and Environmental science.
Dr. Assad’s primary research interest has focused on fracture detection and the ability to extract fracture parameters such as crack density (porosity) and aspect ratio (permeability) and to enhance the method of fracture detection using seismic data. Currently, he is focusing his research on the study of orthorhombic anisotropy and its implication to oil recovery and reservoir exploration and exploitation, AVO/AVA inversion as well as on seismic data enhancement.
Assad has published 40 papers and abstracts in geophysics, geology and petroleum engineering and presented at many SEG, AGU and other society meetings. He is best known for his contribution in seismic anisotropy and seismic inversion and enhancement.
Dr. Assad obtained his PhD degree in Geophysics from University of Houston and Msc. in Geological Sciences from University of Kentucky, U. S. A. He is a Licensed Professional Geodcientist in Texas. He is a member of SEG, AGU, HGS, GSH, AAPG.