Tony Attah appointed new NLNG boss as Babs Omotowa exits

 

The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), on Thursday appointed Tony Attah, as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.
He takes over from Babs Omotowa, who has been in office since December 2011.
NLNG General Manager, External Relations, Kudo Eresia-Eke, in a statement said Omotowa, will return to Shell International in the Hague, ‎Netherlands.

“He leaves the company in a stronger position and well positioned for the next chapter of the company’s growth,” it said.
The statement noted that Attah, who was appointed by the company’s Board of Directors, will be taking over from Omotowa after returning from an assignment at Shell’s Group Integrated Gas business as Senior Projects Advisor, working on projects in The Netherlands and Singapore.

Attah, before the new appointment, was the Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo).
With 28 years experience in the Nigerian oil and gas industry, Attah is a trained mechanical engineer and an MBA holder, who started his career in Sokoto Cement Company as a Maintenance and Operations Shift Supervisor.

Attah joined Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in 1991, working in various technical and management roles in Field Maintenance, Production Operations, Core Engineering and Major Projects Commissioning, Rotating Equipment Engineering among others.
“At NLNG, Attah will be responsible for sustaining NLNG’s top quartile performance in supplying LNG to the global energy market and advancing the company’s expansion programmes,” the statement added.