Rotimi Adefarasin

Managing Director

He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with First Class honours in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Lagos. He has over 30 years post-graduation experience, out of which 25 years have been spent within the mid-stream and upstream sectors of the Oil & Gas industry. While working for Shell subsidiary in Nigeria (SPDC JV), he held key roles and carried out several short assignments in different countries including Egypt, Ghana, Togo, Gabon, Cameroon, Sultanate of Oman, Netherlands, USA and the UK. Prior to taking up the role of Managing Director in West African Exploration & Production Company Limited (WAEP), he was the General Manager, Non-Operating Ventures and Corporate Planning in FIRST Exploration & Petroleum Development Company (FIRST E&P), with responsibilities for value creation from the following assets: OML-71, OML-72 and OML-34 and driving business performance as detailed in the annual 5-year Business Plan. One of his major achievements as an E & P professional was leading a multi-disciplinary team to successfully bid and secure the award of a deep-water block to an independent oil company operating within the West African region. He enjoys mentoring and coaching young E&P professionals towards actualizing their potentials within and outside the industry. His mandate in WAEP is to turn the young company into an enviable independent E&P Company within West Africa through focus on technical and operational excellence. He is married and a functioning member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Toluwalope Solana

Chief Financial Officer

Frank Toluwalope Solana FCA is a chartered accountant with about 35 years post-graduation experience. He has held management and finance-related roles in several FMCG companies. A graduate of the prestigious University of Ife, Ile-Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) and a thoroughbred professional, Tolu has proved himself in the corporate environment as a senior management staff and a finance controller both in Nigeria and Overseas. His key areas of expertise include, budgeting and forecasting, financial controls and risks, profit improvement and reduction of operating cost, motivating and mentoring & IFRS conversion and Implementation. His key achievements include executing several trainings for oil and gas staff, debt recoveries, cost optimisation, government relations, securing and executing key contracts in the oil and gas industry and beyond, among others. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer, West African Exploration and Production Company (WAEP).

Patrick Obilo Orji

Head, Internal Audit and Control

Patrick Obilo Orji is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and a Certified Information System Auditor. He has over 30 years hands-on experience in accounting, internal audit, taxation, management training, business process re-engineering, and investigation. Patrick coordinated the running of many open and in-house seminars/workshops on accounting, internal auditing, forensic auditing, general management, international financial reporting standards for small and medium enterprises (IFRS for SMEs) and international public sector accounting standards (IPSAS) in collaboration with ICAN Port Harcourt & District Society. He has also coordinated forensic reviews of corporate accounts of some government and private sector organizations with deposit money banks in Nigeria. He is currently the Head of Internal Audit & Control, West African Exploration and Production Company Limited, Lagos.

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