Abdulrazak Isa is a seasoned entrepreneur, manager and astute international businessman with over 30 years of experience in the Financial Services and Oil & Gas industries.

He has experience in strategy, enterprise transformation, asset development, business incubation and integration, start-up advisory and project management. He has participated in several international negotiations for asset acquisition and joint venture project financing in the Oil and Gas industry.

Under the leadership of Abdulrazaq, Waltersmith Petroman Oil Limited has successfully grown production from a mere 500 bopd in 2008 to 7,000 bopd in current production. In 2013, Waltersmith was also awarded the Marginal Oil Field Special Award for its outstanding contribution to the growth and development of the Nigerian Marginal Field Programme.

He is a member of several professional bodies and associations which include the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Energy Institute (IE) and the Institute of Directors (IOD). He is also an active member of the Independent Petroleum Producer Group (IPPG) and the Oil Producers Trade Section (OPTS).

Hezekiah Adesola (Sola) Oyinlola is an accomplished Professional of International repute who retired from Schlumberger Limited after 31 years in executive, operational and financial positions across the world. His last assignment was Chairman Africa & Global Head of Sustainability and CSR, based in Houston. He also served as President of the Schlumberger Foundation from 2011 until his retirement in 2015. Prior to these positions, Sola Oyinlola was Vice President & Treasurer worldwide, between 2007 and 2011.

He holds a BSc in Accounting with First Class Honors from the University of Ghana, and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1984. He is an alumnus of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, and has attended executive courses in several business schools in Europe and the USA.

Before arriving at the Schlumberger corporate headquarters, Mr Oyinlola had a long career in the field, based in multiple countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East and the USA, spanning executive, operations and financial positions, including Vice President & Managing Director for Nigeria & Gulf of Guinea, the first Nigerian in that position, and Vice President & Managing Director for the Malaysia-Brunei-Philippines region in East Asia. He was MD here in Nigeria when Schlumberger donated the University of Ibadan -Schlumberger Learning Center in 2001. He has served as Personnel Director for Europe, CIS & Africa, and has held several financial management positions in the US and Europe, including North American Controller, Europe & Africa Controller, Product Group Controller, Group Tax Director of various business units of the company. Prior to Schlumberger, Mr Oyinlola worked at the Central Bank of Nigeria and in ABB in Sweden.

Mr. Oyinlola is currently a director of GT Bank in Nigeria. He also serves on the boards of directors of Lekoil Limited, Shelf Drilling both in Nigeria, and on the boards of several non-profits, including the Schlumberger Foundation in the USA, where he has served since 2006, and the FSD Africa, the UK DFID supported organization working to eradicate poverty through deepening capital markets in Africa, based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is Chairman of the Nigerian American Chamber of Commerce in the US and sits on its board in Nigeria, and as a co-founder of the Lagos Petroluem Club, remains on its Advisory Board. He is co- founder & Chairman of Spectralink Wireless Limited, a new generation ISP utilizing TV white space technology to provide affordable broadband connectivity in sub Sahara Africa. Today, Mr Oyinlola is primarily an angel investor and mentor, additionally providing financial advisory services through his African Infrastructure Partners, LLC entity based in Houston.

Seth Ajayi is an internationally acclaimed Professor Emeritus and a quintessence of intellectualism. 

He is an Alumnus of the Prestigious Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria where he got a BSc. Honours in Zoology (1968), and University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom – MSc. Wildlife and Range Management (1971). His MSc. programme was rated as one of the most successful undertakings by United Nations /Food and Agriculture Organization (UN/FAO) and a letter of commendation was written to the Federal Government of Nigeria to this effect. He is the first (1st) African Ph.D holder in Wildlife Management (1975) and subsequently became the first (1st) Professor of Wildlife Management in Africa (1980). 

Some of his specific areas of achievement and contributions include:

– Development of scientific approach to Wildlife Conservation throughout Africa.

– Development of scientific processes for the domestication of three African Wildlife Species.

– Development of curriculum for Wildlife Conservation in Nigeria and several African countries.

– Development of the proposal upon which the National Parks Service was created in 1984.

– Creation of the First (1st) African University Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Management, University of Ibadan (1981) which has now metermorphosed into several others across Africa.

–  Pioneer Head, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Management, University of Ibadan (1981- 1987)

– Pioneer Dean, College of Environmental Resources Management, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB, 1988).

– Pioneer Director, Centre for Environmental Protection and Natural Resources (1999). e.t.c. 

Professor Ajayi served as Vice President, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN 1997 – 2000) and also served as a consultant to the United Nations /Food and Agriculture Organization (UN/FAO) for over 25 years. Furthermore, he has served as consultant to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), World Bank, UNDP, German Foundation for International Development, e.t.c.

He retired after 40 years of meritorious service in University of Ibadan (1969 – 2009) and was subsequently appointed as a Visiting Professor and Technical Adviser, Federal Ministry of Education (2010). In 2014, he was appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan as a Member, National Council on Shelterbelt and Afforestation and Ministerial Council on Great GreenWall. Seth Ajayi was appointed Professor Emeritus in 2017 among 84 nominees. 

He is a Fellow of Zoological Society of London, Institute of Biology London, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Linean Society of London, Strategic Institute for Natural Resources and Human Development, Institute of Industrial Administration, London e.t.c.

Prof. Emeritus Seth Sunday Ajayi is a recipient of several National and International awards such as: 

– 1994 United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Global 500 Roll of Honour, for outstanding practical achievements in the area of Environmental Protection.

– Nigeria National Merit Award – Science (2013). The higest honour by the Federal Government of Nigeria bestowed on Nigerian Intellectuals for their contribution to Innovation and National Development.

– Academic Noble International Award, Institute of Industrial Administration, United Kingdom (2009). e.t.c.

Prof. Ajayi is the father of Modern Wildlife Conservation in Africa. His scholarly antecedents has shown that a lot can be achieved silently without undue self advertisement.

Dr. Virgy Anohu is a seasoned banker who rose to the top of her profession. She is the Vice Chairman/CEO, Mortgage Guaranty Savings and Loans Limited, Nigeria. 

Born July 5, 1948, Virgy Anohu holds a doctorate degree in Linguistics Strategies from the University of Nigeria, and she is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School, Boston.

Dr Mrs Virgy Anohu is a very senior veteran pan-African Banker and Nigeria’s leading Mortgage Banker. She started out as a lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and later to Banking with top strategic management experiences from Manager at Diamond Bank, to Assistant General Manager at United Bank for Africa, Vice President at First City Monument Bank, Executive Director at Guardian Express Bank and now Vice Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer of Mortgage Guaranty Savings and Loans Limited.

Dr. Anohu also served as a delegate of the 2014 National CONFAB. She currently seats on the board of Premium Pension Limited.