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Chairman
Mohammed Sani Bello (Esq.), OFR
Mohammed Sani Bello has served in several command and administrative positions in the Army and Government. He is a former Governor of Kano State and was Nigerian High Commissioner to Zimbabwe. His business interests include banking, telecommunication, agriculture and education. He is on the board of several companies.

Vice Chairman
Professor Emmanuel Edozien, OFR
Professor Edozien is a former Professor of Development & International Economics at the University of Ibadan. He also served as the Economic Adviser to the President of Nigeria for over 3 years. He has consulted for the World Bank, the Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, Federal and State Government and multinational companies and is on the board of several companies, including Union Bank of Nigeria Limited and Paterson Zochonis Industries Plc.

Managing Director/CEO
Tunde J. Afolabi, MFR
Tunde Afolabi is the founding Managing Director of the company. A professional Geologist with over 30 years of oil and gas exploration and production experience from international companies. He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), a past President of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) and a council member of the Nigerian Association of Indigenous Production and Exploration Companies (NAIPEC).

Finance Director/ CFO

Erik Jorgensen

Erik Jorgensen, worked in Shell’s global M&A team as well as Shell Capital, working on debt and equity investments and hybrid structures for growth for oil and gas companies in emerging markets. His final Shell post was managing the Company’s cross border natural gas business in Denmark . In 2005, Erik joined Standard Bank Plc as a senior originator and energy finance advisor in the global oil & gas business, becoming Head of Oil & Gas (Africa; Europe; Asia; Middle East ), main deal manager and focus for proposed transactions. A Chartered Engineer and FSA-registered Investment Advisor, he holds a Corporate Finance Qualification from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales , as well as a BEng from Imperial College and an MSc from Cranfield University. Erik joined Amni in 2007.