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My career experience covered me to Oilserv under his wings. organization’s risk profile.
most of the significant oil and
gas transactions that have been My goal as the Group Head, Legal I am wholly adapted to Oilserv’s core NEW EXECUTIVES Carol Asiimwe
consummated in Nigeria in the is to strategically re-position the values of Quality, Accountability, Country Office Lead, Kampala
past fifteen years. Key highlights Legal Department, to optimally Integrity, Innovation, and Teamwork Oilserv Limited, Uganda.
include leading the legal function support the Oilserv Group on its and pledge to exemplify these
for the acquisition of SPDC JV trajectory growth path of becoming core values in the course of my
divested interests in OML 17, a the African champion for the gas work as the Group Head, Legal.
deal worth over $1.1bn of which revolution and energy transition My expectation is the support of
the financing was secured from through insightful leadership everyone as we embark on this
a consortium of international that provides legal guidance, wonderful journey. THE GODSEND
banks; and advising Seplat on a innovative solutions, and business
dual listing of its equity on both strategies that create value and Thank you
the London and Nigeria Stock move the organization forward. ‘Emeka, you must be a son of Emeka Ojukwu [RIP] my Pan-African friend. If you help me with
Exchanges. The successful IPO We will have a Legal Department the oil and gas infrastructure in the Albertine region, I will build a monument of you in Uganda.
and admission to both the LSE and adequately functioning as a You are a godsend’ H.E, The President of Uganda, Gen (Rtd) Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, 2014
NSE remain a first for any Nigerian legal function leader, that would
entity. However, an interesting co-create institutional frameworks
thing during my time at Oando was and corporate governance model,
This is an immortalized power statement, if not a
that my first transaction in the role that supports the Oilserv Group
plea, etched in the memories of regional oil and
was completing acquisitions of in the attainment of its strategic
gas sectoral stakeholders, who were part of the
Searex VI and Searex XII drilling objectives; and a Legal Department
third Mineral Wealth Conference hosted by the
rigs from Frazimex. That was functioning as a business advisor,
Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP) Going forward, it is
incidentally, my first encounter contributing and weighing in on the
in 2014. The conference was attended by Tullow
with the amazing entrepreneurial Group strategies and enterprise important for
Oil Ltd, Total E&P, CNOOC, and Schlumberger
instincts of the Chairman/GCEO, with the legal lens and making Oilservers at large,
Oilfield, among others. Innocently, the highest
and thankfully fate has brought sure the vision aligns with the
power figure in the East African Region, H.E. Gen to emulate the spirit
(Rtd) Museveni, unveiled Oilserv’s GCEO, Eng.
Dr. Emeka Okwuosa in the highest ever distilled of capacity building
form, to key investors and policymakers in the and mentorship of
oil and gas sector. This seemingly smooth sail to Africans, beyond
glory was not accidental, but well coordinated by
Nigeria. I expect
the most non-typical Oilserver who ensured that
the GCEO takes center stage when the President that a One-Oilserv
is inhouse.
approach is
This non-typical Oilserver is me, Caroline conceived and
Asiimwe, a molecular parasitologist, with a steady
career in infectious diseases research, policy, promoted by every
and programming. By 2014, I was a renowned mentee of Eng. Dr.
peer-reviewed health system-strengthening Emeka Okwuosa
research scientist working at the World Health
My goal as the Group Head, across Africa.
Legal is to strategically re-position Organisation-Regional Office of Africa in Uganda
the Legal Department, to optimally (ref: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6840-5985).
support the Oilserv Group on its
trajectory growth path of becoming
the African champion for the gas
revolution and energy transition
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