TOTAL Group has announced the appointment of Mr. Abiodun Afolabi to the Board of Directors of Total E&P Nigeria Limited (“TEPNG”) and Total Upstream Nigeria Limited (“TUPNI”), respectively, with effect from Wednesday September 21, 2016, pursuant to Resolutions of the Board of Directors of each of the Companies, dated July 8, 2016.
Afolabi has also been appointed as TEPNG’s Executive Director, Human Resources and Corporate Affairs, with effect from the same date. He succeeds Mrs. Edith OFILI-OKONKWO who retired recently.
As an experienced administrator and until his new appointment, he was the Vice President, General Affairs, in Total E&P, Africa Division, a position he held for three (3) years.
Afolabi holds a Bachelors’ Degree in Geology from Tulane University, New Orleans and a dual Master’s Degree in Energy Management from the University of Pennsylvania, USA and the French Petroleum Institute (IFP), France. Prior to joining the TOTAL Group, he had worked as a Technical Analyst with The Environmental Consultant, New Orleans, Louisiana and as an Offshore Well Site Engineer at Continental Laboratories, Houston, Texas.
He began his careerin TOTAL, Nigeria in 1992 as an Economist. Since then he has held several key technical and managerial positions within theTOTAL Group ; some of which include auditor, Elf Petroland (now Total E&P Netherland), The Hague; Financial Adviser, Total E&P France, and Project Director, New Ventures & Assets Management Division, Total Head Office, Paris. .From September 2008 to July 2013, he held the post of General Manager, Business Development in Total E&P Nigeria.
As Executive Director, Human Resources and Corporate Affairs, Afolabi will oversee several entities, including Human Resources, Corporate Social Responsibility; Medical; Information Systems and Telecoms and Government Relations& Communication. He is married with children.
