Afren

Prior to his recent appointment as Executive Director, Mr. Ogunbiyi has been an Associate Director and Special Assistant to the Chairman, General counsel for the group as well as a Director of Afren's Nigerian wholly owned subsidiary. Mr Ogunbiyi assisted in the establishment of Afren in late 2004.  He has over 10 years experience of private equity, acquisition, structured, trade and project finance, and public and private partnerships in the African energy and infrastructure sectors in particular.

Prior to joining Afren, he was the Deputy Head of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP's Africa Practice. Before this, Mr Ogunbiyi spent four and a half years with Herbert Smith's International Finance and Banking Department. He has also served as a strategic adviser to the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Business Group and the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) Banking Association's PPP Unit.  He holds Legal Practicing Qualifications from the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice.