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Board of Directors' Profile

Jubril Adewale Tinubu
Group Chief Executive, Oando Plc.

Wale Tinubu is the Group Chief Executive of Oando Plc. He assumed this position in January 2005 after the consolidation of all Oando's companies into an integrated energy group known as the Oando Group.
Prior to this, Wale was MD/CEO of Oando Plc, a position he assumed in July 2001 after serving as the Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the company.

With Mr. Wale Tinubu at the helm of affairs, Oando has in just four years, successfully evolved from being the 7th placed petroleum marketing company listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange to the premier position. He has also successfully steered the company to the status of an integrated energy solutions provider, by adding gas, upstream oil, international supply, trading and energy services to its present stable of offerings.

In 2002, Wale Tinubu piloted the largest ever acquisition of a quoted Nigerian company, with the acquisition of Agip by the then Unipetrol through an international bid conducted by Agip Petroli International B.V.

In 2005, the Tinubu-led Oando become the first company in Africa to have an inward listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, thereby making Oando the official economic ambassadors of the NEPAD dream as championed by the Presidents of Nigeria and South Africa. Oando is blazing the trail for the drive for unity, integration and efficient exploitation of African resources for the benefit of Nigeria and the African continent.

In its usual pioneering manner, Oando in 2006 became the only Petroleum Marketing Company in Nigeria to have had its processes, products and services comprehensively audited and endorsed by International Standards Organization (ISO) as meeting international standards.

In January 2007, he was recognised by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Geneva, Switzerland, as one of the 250 leading executives, public figures, and intellectuals, all 40 or younger, chosen from around the world as Young Global Leaders for 2007.

Wale started his career with the family's law firm, K.O. Tinubu & Co, upon graduation, where he worked on corporate and petroleum law assignments. In 1994, he became one of the founding partners of the Ocean and Oil Group.� Whilst at Ocean and Oil, Wale was responsible for the strategic expansion of the business.

Wale has a Bachelor of Law Degree (LLB) from the University of Liverpool, England and a Master of Law degree (LLM) from the London School of Economics where he specialised in International Finance and Shipping. He is also a member of the Nigerian Bar Association.
He is the Chairman of Gaslink Nigeria Ltd, Oando Supply and Trading, Oando Power, Oando Energy Services, Oando Exploration and Production, Ocean and Oil Holdings Limited, Oando Ghana, Oando Togo, Oando Sierra Leone, Tilca Nigeria Limited and Trojan Estates Limited.

He is a member of the 7th Governing Council for Lagos State University and the Institute of Directors of Nigeria and was selected as a Young Global Leader (Business) for 2007 by the World Economic Forum.

Alh. H. Mahmud	Oba M.A. Gbadebo	Gen. M. Magoro
Mr. A. Akinrele	Mr. Adewale Tinubu	Mr. Femi Adeyemo
Mr. Mobolaji Osunsanya	Mr. O. P. Okoloko	Mr. V.O. Ibru
Mr. Omamofe Boyo	Mrs. Oredeji K. Delano	Mr. Navaid Burney