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Egbert Faibille Jnr

CEO

Petroleum Commission Ghana

Egbert holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Ghana, Legon. 
Mr. Faibille Jnr worked with the GNPC during which period he was seconded to the West African Gas Pipeline Project (WAGP) as the Ghana Country Communication Representative of the project.
He subsequently joined the British American Tobacco (BAT) as Corporate & Regulatory Affairs Manager.
He was called to the Bar in October, 2004.
Egbert holds an LLM in Oil and Gas Law from the University of Aberdeen, and a Certificate in Strategic Management of Regulatory and Enforcement Agencies from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Mr Faibille Jnr was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Petroleum Commission in August, 2017.
He is a member of the Board of the Petroleum Commission and chairs the Local Content Committee. 

Kadijah Amoah

Chief Executive Officer

Pecan Energies

Ms. Kadijah Amoah is the Chief Executive Officer of Pecan Energies Ghana Limited. She is a lawyer and the first Ghanaian woman to lead an oil and gas exploration and production company.   

She is a member of the Executive Management Team of Pecan Energies in Norway and holds directorships in AGM Petroleum Ghana and Aker Ghana Investment Company. She is also a council member of the Ghana Upstream Petroleum Chamber. 

Prior to joining Pecan Energies, Ms. Amoah worked as Head of Investments and Business Development at the Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana. She was the Government of Ghana lead of the Millennium Challenge Corporation and Government of Ghana lead of the U.K Ghana Business Council.    

Ms. Amoah holds a B.A. (Hons) in Political Science and Sociology, LLB (Hons), and an M.Sc. in International Business from the University of Ghana. A Post Graduate Diploma in Strategy and Innovation and a Masters in Business Administration from the Saïd Business School, (Oriel College) University of Oxford.  

Ms. Amoah is an alumnus of the International Leader's Programme of the U.K Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Raisa Program by the Spanish government. She is an Eisenhower Fellow and a member of Oriel Law Society, Oriel College. She was adjudged the 'Female Energy Personality of the Year' at the 2023 Ghana Energy Awards. 

Marlise Schmidt

General Counsel

Globeleq Africa Limited

Luca Faccenda

MD Cote d’Ivoire

Eni

Marica Calabrese

Managing Director

Eni

Nina Birgitte Koch

Senior Vice President Africa

Equinor

Nina Birgitte Koch is senior vice president for E&P Africa in Equinor, including assets in Algeria, Libya, Angola, Nigeria, and Tanzania. Prior to that she has been country manager in both Angola and Canada. Koch joined Equinor in 1992 and has more than 25 years of broad leadership experience from the energy sector, with a diverse skillset within finance, controlling, strategy and business development, operations and risk management.  

Nina Birgitte Koch is a Norwegian citizen and holds a Master’s in Economics and business administration from the Copenhagen Business School, and a Master’s from the Norwegian School of Management's “Change Management” program. 

Mike Peo

Head of the Infrastructure, Energy and Telecommunications

Nedbank Capital

Maggy Shino

Petroleum Commissioner

Ministry of Mines and Energy Ministry of Mines and Energy

Nahed Kahloul

VP Offshore Atlantic East at Exploration

SLB

Peter Venn

Chief Executive Officer

Seriti Green

Roger Brown

Chief Executive Officer

Seplat Energy

Mr. Brown was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Seplat Energy Plc in August 2020. He joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Executive Director in July 2013. During his time at the Company as CFO, he was instrumental in completing the dual listing of the company on the main markets of the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges, which was the first for a Nigerian corporate. He has also been instrumental in broadening the capital base of the company and also increasing Seplat Energy’s footprint in Nigeria by acquiring oil and gas assets.  

With a background in finance, he is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Mr. Brown has over 30 years’ experience, primarily focused on emerging markets with extensive experience in structuring energy and infrastructure transactions on the African continent.  

Prior to joining Seplat Energy, he held the position of Managing Director of Oil and Gas EMEA for Standard Bank Group and prior to Standard Bank Group, Senior Manager in the Corporate Finance department of PricewaterhouseCoopers.  

Mr. Brown has extensive financial, accounting, M&A, debt and equity capital markets experience in the emerging markets space, and in particular the African oil and gas sector. He has advised on and provided capital to some of the largest and highest-profile transactions that have occurred across the African Continent, including many of the asset divestments in the onshore Niger Delta undertaken by Shell, Total and ENI.  

Al’Louise van Deventer

General Manager: Technology and Engineering

Eskom Holdings

Luyanda Matlala

Principal Deal Originator

DBSA

Mohammed Usman Abdul-Razaq

Senior Vice President and Head of Capital Mobilisation and Partnerships

African Finance Corporation

Richard Barke

Vice President, Exploration Africa

ExxonMobil

Richard Barke joined ExxonMobil in 2004 after completing his PhD in Geology, from the University of Oxford. In his 20 year career, he has had several technical and managerial roles within ExxonMobil Exploration, Production and Research Companies in the UK and US. Mr. Barke currently serves as Director for South Atlantic Exploration, ExxonMobil Upstream Company, responsible for managing the Corporation’s exploration acreage and developing new exploration ventures across Sub-Saharan Africa and South America. Prior leaderships positions include Upstream Geophysics Manager, Upstream Research Planning Manager and Geoscience Manager for Angola and Tanzania Developments, in addition to technical roles in Global Exploration, Nigeria Exploration and North Sea Production. Richard is an avid mentor and has a passion for developing new lines of business working with talented and multidisciplinary teams. He loves to spend his spare time with his young family in Houston, travelling to the UK, Europe and Colombia, and running the occasional marathon or trail run.
 

Zakaria Dosso

Managing Director

Africa Energy Investment Corporation (AEICORP)

Thierno Seydou LY

Director General

Petrosen

Eng. Charles Sengweni

Secretary General, Tanzania

PURA

Xolile Sizani

Chief Executive Officer

PetroSA

Xolile Sizani is the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (PetroSA) and is a seasoned Senior Executive with over 24 years experience that spans across the Petro-chemical, FMCG, Gases, Engineering, Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Energy, Facilities Management industries and Consulting Services. He has leadership experience and expertise in General Business Management, Strategy Development & Execution, Sales & Marketing, Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Leadership Development & Executive Development, Projects & Engineering Management, Change Management, Process Engineering & Business Process Improvement, SHERQ, Digital Transformation & Technology and Supply Chain.  

Mr. Sizani is recognized by the Engineering Council as a Registered Professional Engineer and holds a Government Certificate of Competency. He has two Master’s Degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Business Leadership and has completed an Executive Development Programme with the Said Business School at Oxford University in London, through Linde University. He is also a member of IoDSA and has completed Being A Director Training with IoDSA and a trained Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.  

He has been appointed as an Executive Director, Non-executive Director, and Chairman of Boards of Directors and Committees in several companies locally and globally. His strengths and passion include, amongst others - Strategy, High Performance, Leadership Development, Business Support & Turnaround, Investment, Risk Management, including several years of experience in Corporate Governance and Ethics. 

Ayanda Noah

Group Chairperson

CEF (Central Energy Fund)

Ayanda Noah is the Group Chairperson for CEF Group of companies. She is a seasoned professional with over 30 years’ experience in the sector. She started her career as an engineer-in-training at Eskom in 1992. Her technical skills led to various recognitions in the form of leadership roles ranging from middle to senior management. Prior to her resignation from Eskom 2018, Ms Noah headed up the Distribution and Customer Services Divisions, wherein she was accountable for an asset base worth over R250bn, 18 000 employees, over 6 million customers, a budget totaling R20bn (Opex and Capex) and a revenue of R185bn.

Muhammed Jawara

Deputy Managing Director

Gambia National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC)

Adesua Dozie

Vice Chairman, Nigeria

ExxonMobil

Adesua Dozie is the Vice Chairman of ExxonMobil Affiliates in Nigeria and the Regional General Counsel-Africa Upstream for ExxonMobil. Prior to joining ExxonMobil, Adesua was General Counsel of GE Africa where she was also CoChair of the GE Women’s Network in Africa. Prior to joining GE in 2013, Adesua worked in senior legal roles for the Coca-Cola Company, where she also supported the growth of the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation as Legal Adviser and Secretary to the Board. She previously served as Legal Counsel to Elf Petroleum Nigeria, and Associate Counsel for the Nigerian law firm Ajumogobia & Okeke. She holds an LL.B From the University of Buckingham; an LL.M from Cornell Law School; and is admitted to the bar both in New York and Nigeria. Adesua has advised on over $10 billion of transactions across Africa, in turn facilitating regional growth, strengthening corporate governance and compliance cultures across diverse business communities, and serving as a guardian of the complex dynamics between purpose, profit and risk. Adesua is married to Uzoma Dozie and has 3 children - Chidi (22), Adaeze 20) and Chizara ( 14).

Priscillah Mabelane

Chairperson

National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA)

Sibongiseni Khathi

Chief Executive

Transnet Pipelines

Sibongiseni Khathi is the Chief Executive of Transnet Pipelines a division of Transnet SOC. Transnet Pipelines is responsible for operations and maintenance of South Africa’s 3,800 km of strategic network of gas and liquid petroleum pipelines.  

His qualifications include: 

• Global Executive Leadership Development Programme, GIBS 

• MBA in Strategic Management, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 

• Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management, University of Natal, South Africa 

• BSc in Chemical Engineering, University of Natal, South Africa 

Jacob Mbele

Director General

Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, South Africa