Tony Attah

Tony Attah has over two decades experience in the Oil and Gas Industry and prior to his current role at Nigeria LNG Limited, he was the Managing Director and Board Chairman of Shell Nigeria E & P Company SNEPCo, Vice President HSE and Corporate Affairs, Vice President Human Resources (HR) as well as other technical & non-technical roles in Operations and major projects including being the head of Head of Joint Venture Economics in the commercial function.

Tony Attah holds a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ibadan and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Benin. He is a member of Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)​, and a fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) .

Over his distinguished career across Europe, Russia and Africa, Tony has led multi-disciplinary teams across diverse cultures. He has been renowned for his strong strategic and commercial mind-set which is underpinned by a solid technical background and excellent leadership capabilities. His goal in NLNG is to sustain the historical excellent performance, move the company to the next level and continue to make NLNG an inspiration to Nigeria.

NLNG is rated the 4th Company in Nigeria (1st amongst home grown) and contributed over 12% of Government revenue in taxes and dividend in 2014 and 2015. With revenue exceeding $90bln since 1999, the company ranks with FTSE 100 companies globally and is being managed to world class standards and helping to build a better Nigeria.

Tony is epitomised by his focus on people and delivering business value to the stakeholders. His personal core values are Humility, Excellence and Respect for people. He is married with children and his hobbies are watching soccer, playing golf and listening to music.