Osagie Okunbor

Mr. Osagie Okunbor

All On Board Chairman

Managing Director SPDC & Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN)

Osagie Okunbor, a graduate of Business Administration of the University of Benin, joined Shell group in June 1986. His over 30 years working experience spans Nigeria, the United Kingdom, Brunei and more recently the Netherlands. 

Osagie rose through the ranks working primarily in the HR Function until 1996 when he proceeded on an international assignment to the United Kingdom as a Senior Advisor in the Shell London Office.

Between 2002 and 2006, he served as Africa Regional Human Resources Policy Manager, General Manager Human Resources for SPDC and eventually became the Human Resources Director in 2006, a position that placed him on the Board of SPDC. He was Vice President, Infrastructure and Logistics for Shell Nigeria (2007-2008) and then Vice President Human Resources, Sub-Saharan Africa (2008-2013).

Osagie Okunbor was appointed the Managing Director of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) and the Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria on March 1, 2015.

Before his current role, Osagie worked in The Hague, the Netherlands for the Shell Group as Senior Advisor, Upstream International Operated business, supporting the implementation of the revised strategy for positioning Shell Companies in Nigeria for a stronger and more sustainable future.

He is currently the Chairman of the Oil Producers Trade Section (OPTS) of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce. He is married and is blessed with three children and in his spare time, he enjoys music and football.

Keibi Dienye Atemie

Keibi Dienye Atemie

All On Company Secretary

Head of Legal, Nigeria & Company Secretary, Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN)

Keibi qualified as a Legal Practitioner called to bar in Nigeria in 1989.

She joined The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) in 2001, after 9 years’ experience in private legal practice and in the banking industry. In the past 20 years, she has supported a diverse portfolio of the operations of SCiN including litigation, pension funds, aviation, downstream oil products, gas distribution and commercial transactions.

In 2001, as Legal Adviser Litigation, she managed the cases against SCIN in Lagos. She became Senior Legal Counsel, Downstream, providing support to Shell Oil Products, gas distribution and Aviation teams in Nigeria. In 2006, as Managing Counsel, Partner & Commercial Agreements and Legal Manager for Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited, managed a team of lawyers supporting all commercial and partner related transactions for SCIN. She was lead lawyer in several high value projects including the successful negotiations of the Modified Carry Agreements with the Federal Government on alternative funding for JV Operations and the 2010-2014 divestments of SPDC’s interest in several oil mining leases in Nigeria.

In 2016, she became Managing Counsel Global Litigation, Sub Sahara Africa, responsible for the management of a large portfolio of litigation for Shell in Nigeria and South Africa, contributing to the significant reduction of the Litigation portfolio for Shell in Nigeria. She also double hatted as the Deputy Country Head of Legal for SCiN from 2010-2019.

Keibi is a member of the Nigeria Bar Association and AIPN. She is married with children and enjoys playing scrabble, mentoring and counselling in her spare time. She is actively involved in her local church activities where she is an ordained Deaconess.

Jan Van Bunnik

Jan Van Bunnik

All On Board Director

Finance Director of Shell Nigeria.

Jan graduated from Erasmus University of Rotterdam (EUR), Rotterdam, the Netherlands with a master’s degree in Finance and Accounting. After working as a Financial Planner at the Corporate Department NAM, Assen in the Netherlands for three years, He joined Shell in April 1996. His first three years were spent in the Shell Company of Gibraltar where he was involved in the Business Planning and Management of Information, Financial Accounting, Financing and Treasury, Taxation, Audit and IT. In July 1998, he became a member of the acquisition team in Shell Gas Direct where he worked on two small and one large acquisition in the downstream gas business in the U.K. Between October 1998 and February 2017, Jan has occupied different positions including Manager M&A and Financing, Shell International, London; Senior Manager M&A and Financing Shell International Gas, London; Global Treasurer, Shell International Petroleum Company, London; Head Upstream Commercial Finance-Africa, Shell International Exploration & Production, The Hague, Netherlands; Finance Director, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria LTD (SPDC), Port Har Court, Nigeria.

He is currently the Finance Director of Shell Companies in Nigeria. Jan has more than twenty-five years of international finance experience in accounting and controls, planning and performance appraisal, business partnering, treasury, M&A and commercial finance and stakeholder management across the different business segments in Shell.

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