Olakunle Gidado is currently Head of Nigeria for Lukoil International Trading and Supply Company (LITASCO) with a mandate to develop and grow LITASCO’s presence in Nigeria. Prior to this, he was Managing Director and Regional Lead for BP West Africa where he was responsible for delivering BP supply and trading West Africa strategy. Specifically in Nigeria, he served as BP country Manager with the responsibility of championing the broader BP agenda in country; providing support to BP Castrol and BP aviation in their quest to enter the Nigerian market. He was previously Head of BP LNG Structured Products & Sub Saharan Africa origination where he led the drive to offer risk management products to Global LNG customers and the development of merchant LNG opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa.
Mr Gidado Joined BP’s Natural Gas trading business in Houston Texas in 2006 where he stayed until moving to London UK to serve as Chief of Staff to BP Global Gas Chief Operating Officer. Before joining BP he held senior commercial finance and accounting roles in Texaco Oil international and Cinergy Corp. He served on the board of Nigermed a BP/NNPC Joint venture in Nigeria. He currently serves on the board of the New Telegraph newspaper in a non-executive capacity. Mr Gidado is currently a DBA candidate from the University of Warwick business school and has a BSC in Accounting, a MBA, MSC in Finance and a Post Graduate degree in Organisational Leadership from the university of Oxford.