Carogas vision is to build a world class oil and gas business in Africa.
Carogas Energy founders consists of a group of leading technical and commercial professionals with extensive international experience in the upstream oil sector in Europe, Africa and the Middle Eastern regions.
Managing Director
Dr Carim Akintunde was appointed Director of Geoscience, NAE, Eni Nigeria in 2015 where he managed all subsurface activities, PSC’s and new projects for 3 companies (NAOC, NAE & AENR). Prior to this, he managed ENI’s involvement in deep offshore operations and coordinated NAE’s technical activities across the entire value chain, ensuring compliance with approved budget, policies and procedures. Dr Akintunde has also worked as Corporate Upstream business division manager managing Eni’s upstream business and Managed Opportunities in new projects and co-ordinate/follow up ongoing development projects and production operations. He holds a BSc and MSc. in Geology from the University of Ibadan and a PHD in Technology management from University of Ife, Nigeria.
Executive Director
Iyior Abumere is the Business Development and Geoscience Manager at Carent Oil and Gas with a wealth of experience in geology, geophysics and petroleum economics. Iyior has assumed several high-profile positions such as Senior Project Manager at Talisman-Sinopec delivering a multimillion-pound subsea tie back well and providing subsurface inputs to the $500million Tartan redevelopment, Senior Geologist on Shell’s flagship project in Nigeria and as Development Geologist Project Leader at PA Resources in charge of PA’s North Sea, North Africa and West African Assets. He led efforts in the appraisal, development and management of BP’s largest subsea assets – PSVM and Greater Plutonio. As Project Director at ZAIL, he supervised a technical team in delivering a billion-dollar field development plan for a cross block development offshore Angola.
Technical Advisor
Broad based industry professional with extensive experience in various technical and leadership roles across the hydrocarbon funnel. Experience ranges from operational roles to subsurface leadership roles, in deepwater to remote onshore environments. Developing young industry professionals is a particular skill that I’ve developed over the years. Currently working as a freelance engineer and looking to build capability portfolio in diverse areas of Petroleum Engineering, Production Technology, Well Engineering, Field Development Planning, Well & Reservoir Management, Digital Oilfield, Reserves & Resources Evaluation, Portfolio Evaluation, Arbitration Technical Support.
Corporate Strategy & Business Improvement
Celine Loader is a Business & Brand strategist with over 25years’ experience from a variety of organizations, including a blue-chip multinational. She has worked in diverse sectors: Technology (with software giant Microsoft UK, Africa and Middle East); Banking (with United Bank for Africa, First Bank of Nigeria and the Regulator, Central Bank of Nigeria, as Director of Marketing and Communications); Media (as founding Executive Director of ASPIRE Media Ltd, UK); Oil & Gas (as Board Advisor in SEPLAT Petroleum Development Co.). She has won many recognitions, including the European Federation of Black Women Business Owners Excellence Award, Guardians of the Nation International Role Model Award, Fellow of the Institute of Brand Managers, and the maiden Microsoft UK Finance and Admin Measure of Excellence (FAME) Award. She holds a Masters degree in Development Economics from the University of Reading, UK
Commercial Director
Alex specializes in equity capital markets, private equity, start-ups, and venture investing. He advises high-potential businesses on scaling up and connecting private capital to exciting opportunities. Through Mode Ventures, Alex has built a portfolio of 20+ businesses, primarily in Europe and the US, by investing early and actively following their progress. Leveraging his operational, executive, and board-level experience, Alex focuses on growth, strategy, and raising capital. He has developed strong connections with private investors, family offices, and corporates. Fluent in Spanish and French. Alex holds a top-tier MBA and has lived and worked internationally.
Finance Manager
Ofure Obomighie has over 18 years of solid Accounting and tax experience having worked in leading multi-national Oil & Gas and manufacturing companies. She led the team at Accenture that changed the processes and systems for the National oil company in Nigeria (NNPC) and negotiated large contracts with the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) contract team and won contracts worth billions of naira for Invesys Systems Nigeria Limited. As Chief Financial Officer she produced the valuation documents and strategic financial projections for Dealdey Limited that won the company $10m investments from Swedish investors. She is a qualified accountant with CIMA, has an AAT qualification, B.sc Degree in Economics & MBA from Warwick university.
Engineering Director
Engineering Manager and Director at Carent Oil, ex-employee of Shell Nigeria, Schlumberger, ENI & Sonatrach Algeria. 20 years plus of operational reservoir & production engineering experience. A brilliant track record of unlocking the potential of hydrocarbon fields.
