Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc the first listed Nigerian oil and gas upstream firm, on Friday announced the retirement of Stuart Connal as the chief operating officer and executive director of the company, effective 30 March 2017. This was disclosed in statement sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange, signed by Mirian Kene Kachikwu the Company Secretary.
Connal was appointed Chief Operating Officer in August 2010 and as an Executive Director of the Company in March 2013. He is a chartered engineer with over 30 years’ experience in oil and gas companies in the United Kingdom and Nigeria.
Prior to joining SEPLAT, he spent 10 years at Centrica Energy where he held various positions including project manager for a number of offshore gas field developments and the Langeled gas receiving and conditioning terminal, for pipeline gas from Norway to the UK.
In 2006, he was one of the founders of Centrica Resources’ first ever international office in Nigeria where he held the position of managing director of Centrica Resources Nigeria for four years between 2006 and 2010 and was a member of Centrica Energy’s upstream leadership team in London.. Connal retires at the age of 60 years after seven years of dedicated service to the company.
“The Board and Management continue to express their deep gratitude to Mr. Connal for his invaluable contributions to the growth and development of the Company during his tenure, and wish him every happiness in his retirement”
