Appointment: TOTAL Group announces Abiodun Afolabi, as New Executive Director, Human Resources and Corporate Affairs

Dennis Udoma, Uyo
TOTAL Group has announced the appointment of Mr. Abiodun Afolabi as the new Executive Director, Human Resources and Corporate Affairs.
A statement made available to the media by the Deputy General Manager, Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Charles Ogan said, Mr. Afolabi’s appointment by the company’s Board of Directors, comprising Total E & P Nigeria Limited “TEPNG” and Total Upstream Nigeria Limited “TUPNI,” takes effect from Wednesday, September 21, 2016.
This is pursuant to the resolutions of the Board of Directors of each of the companies which dated July 8, 2016.
Mr. Afolabi was appointed as TEPNG’s Executive Director, Human Resources & Corporate Affairs, with effect from the same date and succeeds Mrs. Edith Ofili-Okonkwo who has retired from the service of the company.
Mr. Afolabi, from available records, is an experienced administrator and was, until the new appointment, Vice President, General Affairs, in Total E&P, Africa Division, a position he held for three years.
He holds a Bachelors’ Degree in Geology from Tulane University, New Orleans and a dual Master’s Degree in Energy Management from the University of Pennsylvania, USA as well as the French Petroleum Institute (IFP), France.
Prior to joining the TOTAL Group, he had worked as a Technical Analyst with The Environmental Consultant Agency, New Orleans, Louisiana and as an Offshore Well Site Engineer at Continental Laboratories, Houston, Texas.
Mr. Afolabi began his career in TOTAL, Nigeria in 1992 as an Economist and since then, he has held several key technical and managerial positions within the TOTAL Group ; some of which include auditor, Elf Petroland (now Total E&P Netherland), The Hague; Financial Adviser, Total E&P France, and Project Director, New Ventures and Assets Management Division, Total Head Office in Paris.
From Sept 2008 to July 2013 he was the General Manager, Business Development in Total E&P Nigeria.
As Executive Director, Human Resources & Corporate Affairs, Mr. Afolabi will oversee several entities, including Human Resources, Corporate Social Responsibility; Medical; Information Systems/ Telecoms and Government Relations and Communication.
He is married with children.