Dr. Daru Owei
Non-Executive Director
Dr. Daru Owei is a graduate of the University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, where he obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, and the University of Salford, Salford, England, where he graduated with a Ph.D in Economics.
Dr. Owei has worked in various capacities in industry and government. He started his working career after graduation from the University of Ibadan with the Nigerian Agip Oil Co. Limited as a Personnel Officer, later working in various capacities in the company as Training and Development Officer, Organization and Development Officer, Chief Economist, Head of Budget Control and Business and Budget Control Manager. He also served the company as a Public and Government Affairs Officer and Divisional Manager of the company in the Abuja Liaison Office, later occupying the position of General Manger, Human Resources and Organization, with functions that oversee the Information, Communication and Technology and Services Departments. Dr. Owei was later appointed the Deputy Managing Director of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited, a position he occupied until he retired on 5 July, 2009. He was on the Board of Directors of four ENI Subsidiaries in Nigeria, including Nigerian Agip Oil Co. Limited, Agip Energy and Natural Resources Limited, Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited and Nigerian Agip CPFA Limited.
Dr. Owei has served in various capacities in both the old Rivers State Government (which comprises the present Rivers and Bayelsa States) and the Federal Government of Nigeria. He also has served in Federal and State Government Parastatals.
In 1980, the Rivers State Government of Nigeria appointed Dr. Owei the Director of Budget and Control, a position he occupied up to September 1983. He also served in the transitional Government of General Abdulsalaam Abubakar, as Special Assistant to the Head of State in the Office of the Special Adviser on Petroleum Matters in the Presidency. He served as a Director on the Board of Pabod Finance and Investment Company Limited, Chairman of the African Continental Bank Ltd and Director representing the oil companies on the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission.
Dr. Owei is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management and a Justice of the Peace.