DR. TIMOTHY OKON – IIPELP Director
Former Group Executive Director Exploration and Production and Group Coordinator Corporate Planning & Strategy NNPC
Dr. Timothy Okon is a graduate of Imperial College London & Texas A&M University. He has demonstrable accomplishments in oil and gas exploration and exploitation and excellent business skills in comparative analysis of fiscal regimes. He is currently the CEO of IIPELP Group and led the government team working on the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill. Dr Okon was the Group Executive Director Exploration and Production as well as the Executive Director for Corporate Planning and Strategy and Director of Transformation at NNPC.

NIYI AYOOLA-DANIELS - IIPELP Founder/President
Visiting professor of Energy Law & Policy/Founder
Niyi Ayoola-Daniels, is a seasoned Energy Lawyer and President of the International Institute for Petroleum, Energy Law and Policy (IIPELP). He is the author of the Book "Nigerian Laws, Cases & Materials on Oil & Gas". He has consulted for Nigeria's House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream). He is actively engaged in Oil and Gas Legislative advocacy, legislative networking, extensive lobbying, legislative compliance, formulation and monitoring of bills, policies and legislative proceedings as well as capacity building in Nigeria's oil and gas legal system.

DR. DAVID IGE - Chief Executive Officer of GasInvest Limited
Former Executive Director (Gas & Power) NNPC
Group Executive Director (Gas & Power) and Senior Business Adviser to the Minister of Petroleum Resources (Gas issues). He was responsible mainly for the development of the Nigerian Gas master Plan and also advised the GMD (NNPC) on broad upstream issues.

MR. OSTEN OLORUNSOLA
Former Director (Department of Petroleum Resources) DPR
Mr. Osten Olorunsola has been in the industry for over 31 years. He was appointed Director, Department of Petroleum Resources in 2011. Prior to that appointment, he had served as Strategic Business Adviser to the Minister of Petroleum Resources (2008-2009).

ENGR. ERNEST NWAPA
Former Executive Secretary - Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB)
Engr Nwapa is the pioneer Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).

MRS. DOROTHY UFOT, FCIArb. (U.K.), SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA
Dorothy Ufot is the founding partner of Dorothy Ufot & Co, a leading law firm in Nigeria since 1994, where she heads the international arbitration and litigation departments of the firm. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1989; she has an LLM, from the University of Lagos. Dorothy is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

DR. DAMILOLA OLAWUYI
Dr. Damilola Olawuyi is the Vice President of the Nigerian Branch of the ILA. He is qualified to practice law in Nigeria and Canada. He is the Executive Director of the Institute for Oil and Gas, Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development, Nigeria (OGEES Institute), Afe Babalola University, Nigeria.

MR. CHIAGOZIE HILLARY NWOKONKO
Practice areas are Energy and Natural Resources, Project Finance, Foreign Investment and Divestment, Intellectual Property, Tax Advisory and Legislative Advocacy and Governmental Related Activity. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association.

EYO O. EKPO
He is a former Attorney-General/Commissioner for Justice, Cross River State and Current Head, Regulatory and Transactions Monitoring Unit) – Presidential Task Force on Power.MrEyoEkpo is currently a Commissioner in the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).

IBIRONKE ODUMOSU
Assistant Professor of Law, University Of Saskatchewan
Ibironke Odumosu has served as a consultant for the United Nations University (UNU) on a UNCTAD/UNU project on the rule of law and good business practices in zones of conflict. She is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

ADEYEMI-AKISANYA
Founder & Principal, Adeyemi-Akisanya Associates
Mr. Yemi Akisanya retired from Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited ("MPN") in March 2002, He advised, and participated, often in a (legal) leadership role, in matters involving Asset Acquisition/Disposals, Project Financing, Taxation, and New Business (Exploration, Development and Production) Ventures.

TUNDE FAGBOHUNLU
Senior Advocate of Nigeria
Tunde Fagbohunlu is a partner at Aluko & Oyebode, one of the largest integrated law firms in Nigeria, and he heads the firm's litigation, arbitration and ADR department. He specializes in commercial litigation and has litigated an extensive range of issues, including oil and gas law, maritime law, aviation law, banking, intellectual property, contract law, securities regulation, receiverships and insolvency, both at trial and appellate levels.

PROF. MUHAMMED TAWFIQ LADAN
Professor of Law with specialization in Comparative Jurisprudence, Human Rights, Humanitarian, Environmental, Energy, Mineral Resources, Security and Development laws at the Department of Public Law of the Faculty of Law, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State.