SIFAX Group has appointed Mobolaji Musah as the new Managing Director of, SIFAX Oil & Gas Limited, just as it elevated Olujimi Osho to the position of Executive Director, Legal Services and Company Secretary.
Musah, who has over 26 years of experience in the oil & gas industry, holds a Post-graduate degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Ibadan and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Lagos State University.
He served as Wellsite Engineer and District Drilling Engineer at Abacan Resources Limited before joining Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum in May 1998 as an operations engineer.
He rose to the position of the General Manager of the company in 2013 and was also a member of the Y.F. Powers’ (a sister company) technical team involved in the designing and actualisation of the first phase of the 270MW Lagos State/AES Emergency Barge Power Project.
He later served as the company’s Acting Managing Director and was on full-time secondment to Folawiyo Aje Services Limited (FASL) as CEO. FASL is the technical advisor on the OML113 project.
He is a member of several professional bodies, including the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), council member of the Nigerian Gas Association and Nigerian Association of Indigenous Petroleum Explorers and Producers (NAIPEC).
Osho is a legal expert with vast experience in advocacy, commercial and property law, trademark and copyrights law as well as arbitration and legal drafting.
He holds a Masters Degree in Law (LL.M) and Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Lagos and LL.B (Hons.) Degree from the then Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State.
He had served as the General Manager, Legal Services and Company Secretary, Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited and General Manager, Legal Services, Mac-Folly Hospitality Limited (owner of Lagos Marriott Hotel, Ikeja) both subsidiaries of SIFAX Group.
He is also co-author of the Compendium of Laws under the Nigerian Legal System.
Executive Vice Chairman of SIFAX Group, Dr Taiwo Afolabi, said the decision to strengthening the executive management team was a pointer to the company’s vision of driving business growth and delivering excellent services to the satisfaction of its clients.