WHO’S WHO IN CORPORATE NIGERIA: MUTIU SUNMONU – MR. SHELL
WHO’S WHO IN CORPORATE NIGERIA
MUTIU SUNMONU
CURRENT POSITION: Country Chairman, Shell Companies in Nigeria/ CEO, Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria (SPDC)/Vice President, Production, Shell Sub-Saharan Africa
PAST POSITIONS: Executive Director, Production, Shell Nigeria; Executive Director, Corporate Affairs, SPDC Eastern Operation; General Manager, Production, Shell Nigeria; Regional Business Adviser, Shell Headquarters, the Hague; Asset Manager, Southern Swamp Area, Shell Nigeria; Head, IT, Shell Nigeria; Information Planner/Portfolio Consultant, Shell UK Expro Aberdeen; Senior EDP Auditor, Shell Nigeria
CAREER START: Computer Programmer/Business Analyst, Shell Nigeria, 1978
EXPERTISE: Anything oil & gas, especially processes, people and operational management
NIGERIAN EDUCATION: BSc Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Lagos, First Class, 1978
FOREIGN EDUCATION: MBA International Business, Harvard Business School, 1996
JARUSHUB ONE-LINE DESCRIPTION: The A-Z of Oil & Gas
JARUSHUB REMARKS
Despite being the CEO of arguably the most sought after company in Nigeria, he doesn’t command celebrity status like say bank CEOs.
He has had all his career in Shell. He finished university in 1978, joined Shell same year, and today, 36 years later, still with them.
The above buttresses my common point here that oil and gas industry, especially upstream, has the lowest turnover rate. I have seen too many people spend 30 years and above in the industry, not necessarily in same company, but moving within the industry.
He made a First Class degree, like Biodun, Acha and Yemi earlier featured on this platform. I leave you, student-reader, with the conclusion.
Did anyone notice that he had no more than his Bsc from UNILAG until 1996, almost 20 years after working with Shell, and already a Manager? He got Harvard certificate after he was made already. Experience trumps certificate.
He was the second Nigerian CEO of Shell Nigeria
This man’s career story just nailed the perpetual arguments I’ve always had with some degree-freaked fellows. You don’t have to be a professor to get relevance in your society. Amassing certificates does not mean one is getting knowledge and experience to excel. I’m sure 80% of our professors will listen ‘attentively’ when this man speaks.
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