By Danlami Nasir Isah
Engr. Farouk Ahmed is the Authority Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). He has a sound commercial and trading background, holding top management positions in the process, both within Nigeria and outside the country.
A graduate of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA, Engr. Ahmed obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering Technology, with cumulative professional and career experience spanning over 34 years in the American technological space and in the Nigerian oil and gas industry.
The Nigerian oil and gas expert commenced his career as a Logic Board Verification Engineer at Apple Computer Incorporated, which was later changed to Apple Incorporated, in Dallas, Texas, USA.
From there, he later returned to Nigeria to participate in the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme.
Thereafter, he Joined the then Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), now Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), where he grew through the ranks to hold top management positions in the organization.
Engnr. Ahmed has a sound commercial and trading background and has held several senior positions over the 34 years spanning his professional career in the oil and gas industry, some of which include:
Senior Crude Oil Trader, Duke Oil Incorporated; Manager, Crude Oil Export Programming and Nominations, Shipping and Terminals (Crude Oil Marketing Division-NNPC); Executive Director, Commercial, Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC); Managing Director, NiDAS Marine Limited; Executive Secretary, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Authority (PPPRA); Managing Director, PPMC; and Special Adviser (Downstream) to Group Managing Director (GMD), NNPC.
The NMDPRA Boss was a member of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Shippers Council and has also been the MD/CEO, Hauwath Consulting Limited.
Engr. Ahmed is a Member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) as well as a Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE-USA). He is also a Registered Member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).
