Alhaji (Engr.) Goni M. Sheikh
Non-Executive Director
Alhaji (Engr.) Goni Musa Sheikh graduated from Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter and Imperial College, University of London. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Mining Engineers, a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), a member of the Council of Registered Engineers of Nigeria (COREN), a member of the Council of Mining Engineers and Geoscientists (COMEG) and a member of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society. Engr. Sheikh serves as a Governor of Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and as a Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. He has more than 35 years of cognate experience in Mining, Oil and Gas operations and in management of several mining companies.
Engr. Sheikh commenced his career as Mining Engineer I with the Nigerian Mining Corporation (NMC), Jos, in 1980, and was appointed General Manager/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Kaolin Limited (a Subsidiary of Nigerian Mining Corporation, Jos) in 1990. From 1980 to 1990, he was involved in the design, development and/or operations of several mineral projects, including gold, barytes, cement, feldspar, talc, bentonite, tin ores, soda ash, tantalite, lead/zinc sulphides, diatomite and kaolin. In 2000, Engr. Sheikh was appointed General Manager, Corporate Infrastructure and Projects of the Nigerian Mining Corporation, Jos, where he was in charge of all operations and development of new projects of the corporation. Between 2000 and 2006, Engr. Sheikh was the Executive Secretary, Bitumen Project, Akure. He served as Special Technical Assistant to two Honourable Ministers of Mines and Steel Development, and he held several positions in Government, including Director, Mines Inspectorate Department; Director, Mining Cadastre Office; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources; and Permanent Secretary, Ecological Fund Office, the Presidency.
Engr. Sheikh has represented the Nigerian Nation in many International fora, served on several boards and worked closely with many international organisations and blue-chip companies. He was the Nigeria Governor for OPEC for three years, and was one time the Chairman, Board of Governors of OPEC. Engr. Sheikh is a recipient of several academic awards and has pioneered many novel processes. Engr. Sheikh retired as a Federal Permanent Secretary after putting in 35 years of service into the Nigeria Civil Service.