The Board of Eterna Plc has notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) of the appointment of Nnamdi Obiagwu as the Company’s Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer.
According to the statement released by the company and signed by Bunmi Agagu, the Company’s Secretary, Obiagwu’s appointment became effective on January 10, 2020.
Obiagwu has several years of experience that span across IT, Sales, Business Development, Financial & Business Reporting, Data Analytics, Distributor Network Development, Fuels Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Oil & Gas Consulting, Financial Advisory, and Marine Vessel Management.
Obiagwu’s brief profile: Obiagwu has worked across several industries and countries during his career whilst also attending numerous local and international training including INSEAD Kenan-Flager Business School, Enterprise Leadership Program, Achieve Global Professional Selling skills and Acclivus Professional Negotiation.
He is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Technology Owerri.
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The new Eterna CEO started his career in Computer Networking but soon moved to Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc as a Sales Engineer. He rose through the ranks to become Logistics/ Fleet Manager having served in the Lubricants, Fuels, Supply Chain, Logistics and Planning areas of the business in Nigeria and Belgium before leaving to gather more experience in consulting, business advisory and Marine. He joined Eterna Plc in 2017 as the then General Manager of Lubes.
Obiagwu has served on the Boards of several private companies in the past.
About Eterna Plc: Eterna Plc distributes and markets petroleum products and fuels. The Company further offers engineering and technical services for companies in the oil industry.
In plain terms, Eterna manufactures and sells a range of lubricants and petroleum products as well as supplies imported fuels for the retail, industrial, agricultural, automotive, marine, and energy sectors in Nigeria. The Trading division bulk imports and sells premium motor fuels and automotive gas oil, dual-purpose kerosene, base oils, bitumen. low pour fuel oil and crude oil.