Ugo Okafor

UGO OKAFOR

President, Chief Executive Officer

Ugo is an astute professional and business executive with extensive experience spanning over 20 years in management, business strategy and the oil and gas industry.

 

Ugo is an alumnus of the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he completed the Advanced Management Program, and also an alumnus of Harvard Business School.

 

Ugo graduated from the Vanderbilt University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate (JD). At Vanderbilt, he was on the Deans List and received the Vanderbilt award for scholastic excellence.

 

Over the years, as founder and Chief Executive of SunTrust Atlantic, Ugo has been and continues to be actively involved in the strategic development and operations of the Umusadege field. In his role as joint venture partner, he provides strategic advice and direction through the operating and management committees of the Umusadege joint venture and involvement in the entire production value chain of the Umusadege field.

 

Ugo serves on the boards of several companies, among which are Umugini Pipeline Infrastructure Limited (owner and operator of a 52km crude oil pipeline from Kwale to Eriemu), Midsun GGF Limited (a crude oil gathering and processing facility company) and Ingentia Energies Limited (operator of the Egbolom Field-PPL 202).

 

Under Ugo’s leadership, SunTrust Atlantic was awarded a 35.82% participating interest in PPL202 (formerly OML23) during the 2020 marginal field bid round. Ugo served as immediate past Chairman of the Board of Ingentia Energies Limited and inaugural Chairman of the Operating Committee of the PPL202 joint venture, bringing to bear his invaluable experience to drive strategy for successful and sustainable operations of the Egbolom field.