A new era has birthed at the Nigeria Liquefied
Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), today, as the
company appoints its Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer.
Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), today, as the
company appoints its Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer.
In a statement by Kudo Eresia-Eke, the General
Manager, External Relations of the NLNG, the
Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG),
today, appointed Tony Attah, as its Managing
Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), to take
over from Babs Omotowa, who had held sway in
the organisation since December 2011.
Manager, External Relations of the NLNG, the
Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG),
today, appointed Tony Attah, as its Managing
Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), to take
over from Babs Omotowa, who had held sway in
the organisation since December 2011.
According to the statement, Omotowa, who would
be returning to Shell International in the
Hague, Netherlands, leaves Nigeria LNG Limited in
a stronger position and well positioned for the next
chapter of the company’s growth.
NLNG Limited disclosed that Attah, who was
appointed by the company’s Board of Directors,
will be taking over from Omotowa after returning
from an assignment at Shell’s Group Integrated
Gas business as Senior Projects Advisor, working
on projects in The Netherlands and Singapore,
adding that before then, he was Managing Director
of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production
Company (SNEPCo).
Meanwhile the new CEO, Attah, who the company
said has a 28-year experience in the Nigerian oil
and gas industry, is a trained mechanical engineer
and an MBA holder, who started his career in
Sokoto Cement Company as a Maintenance and
Operations Shift Supervisor.
The company added that he joined Shell Petroleum
Development Company (SPDC) in 1991, working in
various technical and management roles in Field
Maintenance, Production Operations, Core
Engineering and Major Projects Commissioning,
Rotating Equipment Engineering among others.
He was also once Head of Joint Venture
Economics in Commercial. “At NLNG, Attah will be
responsible for sustaining NLNG’s top quartile
performance in supplying LNG to the global energy
market and advancing the company’s expansion
programmes,” the company noted.
