Heirs Oil & Gas (HHOG), the leading African integrated energy company, has announced the appointment of Osayande Igiehon as Chief Executive Officer, effective May 4, 2021, together with a non-executive board.
The appointment brings together leading industry figures, with considerable global and regional experience.
Igiehon is joining from the Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) where he was previously a vice-president with the Group in The Hague, Netherlands.
He brings over 27 years of experience and expertise in the oil and gas sector with Shell where he held a series of senior management positions.
Mr. Igiehon previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Shell Gabon, where he led the successful turnaround of the operational, safety and financial performance.
HHOG also announced into its board, the appointment of Tony O. Elumelu, chairman of Heirs Holdings, the United Bank for Africa (UBA), Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp), and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation; Sally Udoma; Anil Dua; Ahmadu Kida; Stanley Lawson and Samuel Nwanze.
Chairman of the Board, Tony Elumelu, said:
I am delighted to welcome our new board members. We are building a role model institution for African businesses and our investment in human capital is a further strong demonstration of our intent. The regional and global expertise of our board members will serve to further drive value creation to our continent, as we execute our goal of becoming Africa’s largest, indigenous, integrated, energy company.