Construction giant, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, has announced Mutiu Sunmonu as its new Chairman.
Spokesman to the company, Moses Duku, had earlier in March of this year announced Sunmonu’s appointment as the new chairman with effect from April 1, 2016.
Sunmonu takes over from Air Vice Marshall Nurudeen Imam (Rtd). Imam had served on the board of the company for more than sixteen years.
The handing-over ceremony was held in Abuja. Imam said he was “significantly fulfilled to have worked with one of the finest corporate teams any director or chairman could wish to work with.”
According to Imam; “I can assure you that nothing brightens the heart of a retiring officer than the knowledge that he has a worthy, competent, capable and ready-to-step-up successor. I believe that in my successor, our company is in capable and safe hands”
Imam wished the in-coming chairman a healthy, prosperous and successful tenure in office.
The Man Mutiu Sunmonu
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Until January 2015, Mutiu Sunmonu was the Managing Director of the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), Vice President Production (Sub Sahara Africa) and Country Chair of Shell Companies in Nigeria.
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He graduated from the University of Lagos in 1978 with a first-class degree in Mathematics and Computer Sciences.
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He joined the IT department of Shell in Nigeria where he held various roles before being posted abroad.
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Following three years in Aberdeen at Shell UK, he returned to Nigeria in 1993 to become Head of IT Infrastructure Services and in 1995 he became IT Manager for the Shell Petroleum and Development Company.
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In 1997 he moved to the core production side of the business as an area production manager.
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In 2001 he worked as Regional Business Adviser at Shell Headquarters at The Hague, in the Netherlands where he helped develop the initial investment proposal for the China West-to-East integrated pipeline and gas supply project.
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Returning to Nigeria in 2003, Mutiu was appointed General Manager Production for SPDC Eastern operations.
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Two years later, he joined the Board of SPDC following his appointment as Executive Director Corporate Affairs and then Executive Director Production in 2006 with overall accountability for the company’s oil and gas production activities and delivery.
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Mutiu was appointed Managing Director of SPDC and Vice President Production in 2008, and in January 2010, Country Chair of Shell Companies in Nigeria.
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He is married to Funke and they have four children.
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Mutiu’s hobbies include golf and reading (especially autobiographies).
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He is a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, the Nigeria Association for Energy Economics.
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In his spare time he enjoys imparting knowledge.
