By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate
Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-FCMB Group Monday announced it has appointed Oluwatoyin Ashiru and Gregory Ero as non-executive directors of the bank with effect from December 23, 2013.
Ashiru is a graduate of the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK where he obtained a B.Sc in Materials Science and Engineering. He concluded his Ph. D at the University of Birmingham, UK in Industrial Metallurgy.
He began his career as a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the Universities of Lagos and Ibadan respectively before serving as Nigerian Senior Research Fellow at the International Tin Research Institute in the UK. He is currently the Managing Director and CEO of Tricontinental Oil Services Ltd.
He is an accomplished Materials and Metallurgical Engineer with over 30 years of comprehensive professional experience in academia, entrepreneurship, management, engineering technologies, invention, and consulting for the enhancement of productivity in major industries worldwide.
He also has a strong background in program development and quality assurance, with an outstanding history of managing projects from initial conception, through development, to implementation for major oil and gas, chemical, petrochemical, steel production, and energy production industries worldwide. He holds an exceptional record for executing mission-critical projects on schedule and within budget, and is highly skilled on strategic planning, budget controls and problem solving. He also has an extensive international experience in the UK, USA, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Far East and Asia.
Ashiru has served on Joint Venture and Consortium Executive Committees and has participated directly in claims negotiations and settlement agreements in excess of US$100 million. His wealth of experience also includes membership on the Governing Board responsible for strategic and operational decisions, and he was responsible for worldwide engineering operations for proposals and projects.
He holds USA, British, European, Brazilian and other international patents for products and systems that he invented. He is a recipient of several merit awards which include his recognition in the USA as a “Professional with Extraordinary Ability”, listings in who is Who in the World and Dictionary of International Biography, and the prestigious Distinguished Innovator Award of the Association of Tin Producing Countries.
While Ero is a graduate of the University of Ibadan with a B.Sc Hons in Chemistry. He also attended the Imperial College, London and obtained an M.Sc and D.I.C. in Petroleum Engineering, and also a DMS from Templeton College, University of Columbia New York and the Institute of Management Development, Lausanne, Switzerland.
He began his career as a Petroleum Engineer in the Lagos Office of the Federal Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and thereafter, was posted as Head, Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Warri. He spent much of his career in the Public Service, where he served in many capacities spanning three decades in the petroleum industry at NNPC.
He has held many positions including CEO/Group General Manager of NAPIMS, NNPC; Managing Director, National Engineering and Technical Company (NETCO) – JV owned by NNPC and Bechtel of the United States; Managing Director, Integrated Data Services Limited (IDSL), a subsidiary of NNPC; General Manager, Commercial, Nigeria LNG; General Manager, Human Resources Development, NNPC; Head Central Purchasing and Supply Department, NNPC and Head of DPR, Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Warri.
Ero is a fellow of many professional bodies, including the Fellowship of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering; Fellow, Nigerian Society of Engineers; Hon Fellow, Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineering; Fellow, Institute of Directors of Great Britain. He is presently the Chairman/CEO of Arkleen Oil & Gas Limited, Chairman, Cardinal Drilling Company Limited among others.
