Mr. Unuigbe has over 20 years experience in oil & gas project finance and sectors spanning energy, petrochemicals & power. He worked for 11 years in investment banking and project finance starting at Citigroup in London, where he rose to the position of Manager, Project and Corporate Finance. He went on to provide oversight for the execution of various project / structured finance and advisory mandates at Standard Bank where he served as Director & Head of the Project & Structured Finance Group. He also had a stint in the public sector as Special Adviser to the Minister of Finance and later as Honourable Commissioner for the Ministry of Budget, Planning and Development in Edo State, where he played a pivotal role in securing Budget Support for the State from the World Bank.
He was a founding Executive of First Hydrocarbon Nigeria (FHN), where he served as Chief Financial Officer/Executive Director, a role in which he led the company’s financing of its acquisition of OML 26 from the Shell JV for $147.5 million. He is a recipient of the 2009 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellowship Award for Emerging Young African Leaders. Mr. Unuigbe holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Sussex UK and a master’s degree in International Securities and Investment Banking from the ISMA Centre, University of Reading UK. He is the Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) and also on the supervisory board of Prime Oil and Gas Coöperatief U.A. in the Netherlands.