FEMI OTEDOLA

FEMI OTEDOLA was appointed the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Forte Oil Plc (formerly known as African Petroleum Plc) on May 25, 2007.

FEMI OTEDOLA attended the famous London College of Printing from where he bagged a Diploma in Printing Technology in 1985. He then took over as the Managing Director of Impact Press Limited in 1988, growing the company into one of the foremost printing presses in Nigeria at that time.

In 1999, he ventured into the Oil and Gas sector by incorporating Zenon Petroleum & Gas Limited, an indigenous company engaged in the procurement, storage, marketing and distribution of petroleum products.  In 2001, he incorporated Seaforce Shipping Company Limited which currently owns and manages modern tanker fleet of vessels that transport petroleum products.

Mr. Otedola is today the President and Chief Executive Officer of Zenon Petroleum & Gas Limited; Chairman, Seaforce Shipping Company Limited, Atlas Shipping Agency Company Limited, F. O. Transport Limited, F.O. Properties Limited, Swift Insurance Brokers Limited and Garment Care Limited.

Mr. Otedola, a former President of the Nigerian Chamber of Shipping, and the immediate past Chairman of Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, was appointed member of the governing council of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council (NIPC) in January 2004, and in December of the same year, he was appointed a member of the committee saddled with the task of fostering business relationship between the Nigerian and the South African Private sectors.

Mr. Femi Otedola was further recognized for his immense contributions to the growth of the Nigerian economy when in May, 2010 he was awarded the prestigious National Honours of “Commander, Order of the Niger – CON” by President