By Teddy Nwanunobi
The current Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic LNG Company of Trinidad & Tobago, Dr. Philip Mshelbila, will succeed Engr. Tony Attah as the next Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) in August.
This was sequel to the approval of the Board of Directors of the NLNG at its last board meeting.
Attah, who was appointed by the NLNG Board in July 2016, will return to his parent company, Shell, on August 30, 2021 at the expiration of his five-year tenure at the helm of affairs.
Mshelbila, who is rounding-up his tenure at the Atlantic LNG Company, will be taking over August 31, 2021.
NLNG is an incorporated Joint-Venture owned by four Shareholders, namely, the Federal Government of Nigeria, represented by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (49 per cent), Shell Gas B.V. (25.6 per cent), Total Gaz Electricite Holdings France (15 per cent), and Eni International N.A. N.V. S.àr.l (10.4 per cent).
Attah has over 25 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry.
Prior to his appointment in September 2016, he was the Managing Director and Board Chairman of Shell Nigeria E&P Company (SNEPCo), Vice President for HSE and Corporate Affairs and Vice President, Human Resources (HR) in Shell E&P Africa.
Over his distinguished career across Europe, Russia and Africa, Attah has led various multi-disciplinary teams across diverse cultures.
He is renowned for his strong strategic and commercial mind set which is underpinned by a solid technical background and excellent leadership capabilities.
His goal in NLNG remains to sustain the company’s historical excellent performance, while working to raise the company to the next level and continuing to make NLNG an inspiration to Nigeria as part of NLNG’s vision of helping to build a better Nigeria.
Attah holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ibadan and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Benin.
He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (FNSE), member of Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), and member of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
Attah is driven by his focus on people and on delivering business value to stakeholders.
His personal core values are humility, excellence, integrity and respect for people.