Godwill Dike
Godwill Dike started his career with KPMG Nigeria where he passed his professional exams with national prize honours. Godwill Dike joined Total E&P Nigeria in 1994, enjoying a remarkable career across different functions. As pioneer manager of the pension funds of Total Upstream companies in Nigeria, he set up the independent subsidiary, Total E&P Nigeria CPFA Limited, to manage the fund, formulated its Governance and Strategy documents and secured the licence to operate as a Closed Pension Fund Administrator. He was then appointed into the Board of Directors in 2007 to provide full leadership to the CPFA, a position he held until 2010. During his reign at the Fund, Godwill’s eclectic and value mind-set helped close several deals that helped deliver the accelerated growth of the Fund.
From late 2010, he joined the LNG Strategy team of Total S.A. France to provide commercial support to the Group’s Global LNG businesses. While in this role, he was attached to the Mahakam LNG Joint Marketing Group, under Total Indonesia, in the 22 mtpa Bontang LNG Plant. Following a short attachment with the Gas Sales team of Total E&P Norway, Godwill then joined the LNG Trading Desk of Total Gas & Power Limited in London where he worked on portfolio optimisation and several ‘Sell’ and ‘Buy’ Sale & Purchase Agreements (SPA), including, notably, the 4 mtpa SPA under the Yamal project.
Prior to joining Nigeria LNG Limited in August 2015 as General Manager, Commercial, Godwill was General Manager and Senior Advisor on Oil & Gas Commercial Strategies at Total E&P Nigeria.