TEAM

Crownwell has sourced the industries’ best and most talented with many of the staff training and studying institutions from around the world. However, we pride ourselves on having an over 90% indigenous workforce, which is aligned with our aim of providing jobs for Nigeria’s people and youth.

We also have a considerably sized back office function with departments including Finance, HR, Operations and Sales. Company HSE Policies and Plans are drawn up and fully operational. Company HSE Policies and Plans are drawn up and fully operational. All staff have been health and safety trained with self-development plans to ensure that we continually invest in developing highly skilled and competent staff.

We have a technical team of exploration geoscientists and geophysicists who focus primarily on data acquisition and interpretation. The team is led by the University of Nigeria’s top geoscience lecturer Dr Eze Martins.

The team have worked with large multinationals including Shell, Agip and Total. The technical team focuses on research and development, their objectives include outlining a low-cost technology strategy that will enable maximised and sustainable recovery of resources.

Crownwell also outsources some of its data acquisition programmes to robust and competent contractors however virtually all jobs hitherto contracted out have been handled by local, indigenous contractors.

MEET THE TEAM

Chief Sikiru Kola-Adejumo

Chairman & CEO

Chief Sikiru Kola-Adejumo is a business manager, philanthropist, and key player in several industries within Nigeria and much of West Africa. He is the Chairman of Crownwell Petroleum Development Company Limited, actively participating in the upstream and downstream oil and gas sector since its incorporation in 1993.

Senator Emmanuel Paulker

Shareholder

Former Senator of Bayelsa state

After taking his seat in the Senate in June 2007, he served as Chairman of both the Upstream and Downstream Petroleum Committees of the Senate.

Justice George Oguntade (CFR)

Shareholder

Retired Nigerian jurist who served as Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria from May 19, 2004 to May 10, 2010 and is Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom

Alhaji Ibrahim Sulaiman

Shareholder

Seasoned Legal Practitioner with over 17 years of experience and a demonstrated history of working in several senior managerial roles within both Government and Private Institutions.

Engr. Sunday Babalola

Shareholder

Trained Engineer with over 35 years of professional experience in power and oil and gas businesses. He is also the Former Deputy Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources in the Upstream and Gas Divisions.

Lanre Osho

Shareholder

Trained Geologist and former manager of Reservoir Engineering Services at Integrated Data Services Limited (IDSL), a division of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

TECHNICAL TEAM

Dr Henry Ohen

Advisory

CEO of HPO Global Resources consulting firm, Dr Ohen advises on the use of cutting edge and innovative hydrocarbon exploration technologies.

Okoro Eze Martins

Chief Geoscientist

PhD holder focused in Applied Geophysics from University of Nigeria. Mr Eze has a demonstrated history of working with subsurface geological and geophysical data. Strong knowledge in Reservoir Geology, Geophysics, Stratigraphy, and Frontier Basin Exploration