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Experienced professionals provide senior oversight across petroleum trading, structured finance, risk, compliance, commercial development and regional execution.
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Executive oversight, finance and compliance, commercial development, and business and government relations are represented across the team. Their previous experience informs Kemet’s approach; it is not a record of transactions completed by the company.
A highly accomplished energy and finance executive with more than 27 years of international experience spanning energy trading, commercial strategy, infrastructure investment, and downstream petroleum operations.
He began his career under the BP UK graduate programme in London before joining BP Plc, where he held senior roles across upstream finance, commercial operations, and integrated trading and supply. As a West Africa Originator at BP Oil International, he helped shape BP’s Africa trading strategy and contributed to the establishment of BP Global West Africa Ltd in Nigeria.
His senior leadership experience includes serving as Director at PwC West Africa, Group Executive Director for Commercial and Investments at Rainoil, and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Eterna Plc and Ardova Plc. Across these roles, he has worked across Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea, Angola, the United Kingdom, and wider West and Central African markets.
At PwC’s West Africa Energy Advisory practice, he led transactions across infrastructure and energy. At Ardova, he drove a multi-year transformation strategy focused on LPG expansion, renewable energy, and strategic upstream investments, including the successful acquisition of a majority stake in the Olua Field on OML 25.
Widely respected within the Nigerian energy industry, he served as Chairman of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) from 2021 to 2023, leading downstream industry engagement through the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act. He is also a strong advocate for cleaner energy solutions, gas commercialisation, and sustainable energy transition initiatives. His leadership and industry contributions earned him the BusinessDay Downstream CEO of the Year Award in 2021.
A French-qualified Chartered Accountant holding the Diplôme d’Expertise Comptable and a Partner at Quantum Assurance & Advisory, he brings more than 15 years of audit, finance, and advisory experience across Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa.
He began his career at PwC auditing major oil and gas and consumer-goods companies in France and Cameroon, before leading Mazars’ Financial Advisory Services for Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa.
At Quantum Assurance & Advisory, he advises entrepreneurs and businesses across Central and West Africa on fundraising, valuation, deal origination, banking-sector audits, banking licence applications, and the design of internal-control frameworks for financial institutions and multinational organisations.
Recognized for his rigorous analytical approach and strong client focus, he combines deep technical expertise with practical strategic insight to deliver complex assignments effectively. Fully bilingual in French and English, he operates confidently in cross-border and high-stakes business environments.
A commercial development and trade origination professional with a track record of building frontier-market commodity platforms across Nigeria, Ghana, and Cameroon. He has led and supported complex transactions involving refined petroleum products, trade finance, upstream energy opportunities, and cross-border commodity flows, working with international traders, financial institutions, and government-linked counterparties.
At Sunbeth Energies, he built the company’s Cameroon trading platform from inception and structured financing solutions supporting gasoline and gasoil trade into Nigeria. He previously built MTI Group’s solid-minerals trading division from the ground up, broadening his experience across energy, mining, and strategic commodities.
He holds master’s degrees from the University of Oxford and the University of St Andrews. Recognized for his analytical and execution-driven approach, he combines strong commercial acumen with practical experience in structuring and delivering high-value transactions in dynamic and emerging markets.
A Barrister-at-Law and the Chief Executive Officer of Fenline Energy Limited, Adewole brings experience across Nigerian retail energy, refined-product supply, commercial operations, risk management and government relations.
In his executive work, he has overseen retail and trading operations, supported station-network performance and coordinated the supply of refined products across multiple outlets. His experience includes building commercial partnerships, managing stakeholder relationships and developing market opportunities in regulated energy environments.
He has also led business growth and product-sales initiatives at Cicada Energy, including the use of third-party storage and supply infrastructure to serve the petroleum-products market. This gives him practical experience across the retail, trading, logistics and relationship-management sides of downstream energy.
Alongside his commercial responsibilities, Adewole has contributed to institutional governance and risk oversight. He chaired the Risk Management Committee at Norrenberger Pensions and served as a Non-Executive Director at Prudent Energy & Services Ltd.
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