Chief Sena Anthony is at present a Lagos based Oil and Gas Law Consultant and an external director for Oando Plc. She graduated in Law from the University of Lagos in 1973 and she was called to the Bar 1974. She joined the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in 1978 and worked for the NNPC for thirty one years before she retired as Coordinator (Group Executive Director) Corporate Secretariat and Legal Division/Secretary to the Group Board of NNPC. She was the first female to be appointed to such position in NNPC. She was also director of several subsidiary and investee companies of NNPC eg, Brass LNG Ltd.

Whilst with NNPC she produced numerous legal documentation relating to the development, construction and operation of various oil and gas upstream and downstream projects, as well as some of the agreements for major projects eg, LNG, the West African Gas Pipeline and Brass LNG Projects. She also worked for eight years on the Nigeria LNG project and the first company secretary and General Manager Legal for Nigeria LNG Limited.

She has chaired a number of Government Committees to produce legislation pertaining to the Petroleum Industry eg Committee on Gas Reform Policy and Committee for legislation for production Sharing Contracts. She was also appointed by the current Minister of Petroleum Resources as a member of the Government Technical Committee for the drafting of the Petroleum Industry Bill.

Chief Anthony:

• Is the first female and to date, the only female to chair the Section on Energy and Natural Resources Law of the International Bar Association (IBA); and currently an Honourary Life member Council of the IBA; she is the first African to be so appointed.
• Is a fellow of the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law Policy, University of Dundee Scotland;
• Fellow of the Institute of Directors;

Was Board member of the following:

• Association of International Negotiators (AIPN)
• International Energy Law Institute of the US.

Is member of the following:

• National Executive Council – Nigeria Bar association
• Nigeria Body of Benchers and Life Bencher
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of the UK

She has attended various international courses and seminars on Oil and Gas Law and Policy including the Oxford University Oil and Gas Policy course for company directors and the Harvard Business School.

Dr. Ibilola Amao is the Principal Consultant of Lonadek Global Services (See: https://www.lonadek.com). Lonadek is a multi-award-winning, women-owned, ISO: 9001: 2015 Engineering Technology and Information Management Company. Lonadek builds capacity, capability and competence of STEM talent to deliver value through the democratization of technology in the Energy, Power, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas. Since establishment in 1991, Lonadek has trained over 5,000 Engineers and empowered over 100,000 STEM Talent. Lonadek is currently collaborating with Microsoft, LinkedIn and GitHub to digitally empower over 10,000 STEMpreneurs and TECHpreneurs in Africa. We focus on Human Capital Development Initiatives (HCDIs) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities.

Ibilola is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, Energy Institute (EI) UK, Nigeria Academy of Engineering and Nigerian Society of Engineers. She is an EI International Energy Week Board Member, Member of the panel of judges for the Royal Academy of Engineering UK Africa Prize as well as the EI Annual Awards. Ibilola is a Co-Founder of the Women In Energy Network (WIEN), a council member of WEConnet International, Nigeria and provides Engineering Technology Expertise on boards.

Ibilola is a 2021 WEConnect Rise To The Challenge Engineering Sector Awardee, 2020 C3E International Energy Women of Distinction Awardee, Forbes Rising Star 2019, Vital Voices VV100 Fellow, an International Women Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC) Awardee and a 2016 Energy Institute Champion. She mentors STEMpreneurs and TECHpreneurs. As a Vital Voices VV GROW, VV100, GAP 2017 fellow and WeConnect International certified member she is involved in Girls in STEM and Women in Entrepreneurship activities with WimBiz. Ibilola pays it forward for national development and socioeconomic transformation.

Abdulrazaq Isa is a Co-Founder and Chairman/CEO of Waltersmith Petroman Oil Limited an Indigenous Nigerian Independent oil and gas producing company which Operates the Ibigwe field in Oil Mining Lease 16 located in Imo State Nigeria.

Under Abdulrazaq’s leadership, WALTERSMITH commenced commercial export from the field in 2008 and in 2011 participated in the consortium that acquired Shell/Total/Agip 45% interest in OML 34.

With over 30 years professional experience as a Banker and Entrepreneur, Abdulrazaq has interests in Financial services and the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. He is an Alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria and The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.

Abdulrazaq is a member of several professional organisations and he is currently engaged in philanthropic work in support of the development of science education

Mrs. Cecilia Umoren was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1979. She is part of a group of professionals that founded Emerald Energy Resources Limited (EERL), an indigenous oil and gas company, Operator of OML 141, where she worked as Executive Director, Corporate and Legal Services until she was appointed Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Millenium Oil and Gas Company Limited (MOGCL) in July 2015, and in 2023 became the Executive Chairman of MOGCL.

Prior to joining Emerald Energy Resources Limited  in 2001, she was the principal/founding partner of the law firm Cecilia Okafo & Associates (now Sapphire Partners), a full service corporate and litigation firm, where she gained a wealth of experience in international transactions and local legal practice.  The firm represented many foreign companies in a range of matters both legal and commercial including contractual, regulatory and policy issues.

Mrs Umoren was one of the pioneer legal practitioners of telecommunications in Nigeria. She acted as external solicitor to Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and represented NITEL in its first major telecommunications Joint Venture, Mobile Telephone System (MTS) where she eventually served as Company Secretary. She also served in the Federal Government of Nigeria’s Ministerial Committee to implement the Open Skies Agreement.

Mrs. Umoren has a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) Degree from the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Bachelor of Laws (BL) from the Nigeria Law School, Lagos and a Masters in Comparative Law Degree from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA. She is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School’s Women’s Leadership Forum.

In addition to Millenium Oil and Gas Company Limited and Emerald Energy Resources Limited, she sits on the Board of Directors of Waltersmith Petroman Oil Limited and is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Trennco Power Limited. She is Chairman of the Board of Governors of Petroleum Club, Lagos Nigeria and  Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Women In Energy Network  Nigeria. She is also an active member of several professional and philanthropic associations including International Women’s Society Nigeria where she is a Past President and Trustee.