Tiriah David-West

Tiriah is the founder of Artery Resources.  He is an energy sector focused investor and a philanthropist with 23 years of experience.  Prior to founding Artery in 2012, he was a Partner at Mauritius-based Afrinvest Capital Partners and a Consultant at London-based Afrinvest Ltd, where he raised over US$3.3 billion in structured finance facilities for major international petroleum trading firms, including Trafigura, Mercuria, Arcadia and Glencore.  He started his energy career at the Energy Group of Lagos-based United Bank for Africa Plc.  He is on the board of directors of South Offshore Nigeria, an oil and gas engineering, procurement, construction and installation firm with operations in Congo, Gabon and Nigeria. He is a key supporting member of poverty relief charity World Vision through which he has funded development projects in Ghana, Zambia, South Sudan and Uganda.  He is a supporter of poverty relief charity Tearfund through which he has funded peace building and conflict management projects in the North East of Nigeria.  He is also a supporter of the Rivers State Government Flood Relief & Rehabilitation fund through which he has funded flood relief projects in the Niger Delta of Nigeria.  His awards and public service appointments include the Lagos State Government Award for Tax Compliance, Peace Ambassador to development charity Millennium Village Vocational Centre in the South West of Nigeria, and Advisory Member of the Edo State Government Oil Palm Development Committee.  He is a member of the King’s College Old Boys Association in Nigeria, the King’s School Old Brutonians Association in England and is a graduate of the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture in London.

Makoji Aduku

Makoji is a geologist and member of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists, the Nigerian Mining and Geoscience Society, the Society of Mining Engineers, and sits on the Editorial Board of the Africa Oil & Gas Report journal.  He has 35 years of experience in the petroleum sector with a career spanning from Kragha & Associates Mud Logging Company as Operations Supervisor, Shell Petroleum Nigeria Ltd as Well Site Operations Engineer, Dupont Nigeria Ltd as Operations Geologist, and Conoco Energy Nigeria Ltd as Director of Government Affairs.  He is a co-founder and shareholder of Pillar Oil Ltd (operator of the onshore Umuseti/Igbuku marginal field complex, Nigeria) and served as pioneer MD of Gas Transmission & Power Ltd (GTPL) (operator of PSC OPL 905 in the Anambra Basin, Nigeria).  He established Energy Portfolio Managers, an energy and petroleum advisory and consultancy firm focused on West African opportunities and Onshore Frontiers, a solid minerals consulting, exploration, mining and mineral processing firm.  He holds a B.Sc. (Geology) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and an M.Sc. (Sedimentary Geology) from University of Benin.

Thomas Keller

Thomas is a senior energy and commodities consultant with over 40 years of experience in international trade, business development and strategic planning in the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Mauritania, Guinea, Mali, Togo and Venezuela.  He is the founder of Cleveland Energy, Malta and Cross Energy, Geneva.  Prior to this, he held senior management positions at crude, products and consumer goods trading firms specialising in West Africa including Addax, Petrotrade, Galaxy Africa, Cora Merchants and Import 10.  Fluent in French, Spanish and English, he is a skilled business developer and collaborative strategist focused on project delivery and cooperation with clients, suppliers, traders, bankers, field experts, contractors and authorities.

Onimisi Ojeba 

Onimisi is an investment banker with 19 years of experience specialising in corporate finance advisory, strategic finance advisory and private equity funding.  His career in the international debt and equity capital markets includes Executive Director at Mizuho Group (USA), Vice President at J.P. Morgan Investment Bank (USA), Associate at Emerging Capital Partners (USA / Nigeria) and Senior Consultant at Deloitte Consulting LLP (USA).  He holds a B.Sc. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from University of Lagos, an M.Sc. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Cornell University, USA and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.