Personal Profile
Jimmy (James) Ahmed
B. Sc. Geology. 1978. ABU Zaria
Executive Summary
Jimmy is an accomplished technical and business management professional with over 35 years of global work experience in the petroleum industry, with Shell Nigeria and International. He held various technical, functional and Leadership positions locally and overseas, including member of the SPDC Board of Directors.
He effectively managed Shell Nigeria's Business and Government relations for over six years during periods of Shell Nigeria's business reputation and challenges in Nigeria. He was a member of the Board of Directors of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) for over four years.
Job History
- Member Board of Directors of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. (2010 – 2014)
- Member Shell Nigeria Business integrity Committee for over 8 years.
- General Manager – Business & Government Relations (2008 – 2014)
- Head of Reserves Controls Framework in the Shell Group's Reserves Audit Team, The Hague (2006 – 2008)
- Technical Audit Manager, SPDC and Audit manager SNEPCO (2003 – 2006)
- Head, Subsurface Computing Shell Nigeria (2000 – 2003) & member, Shell Group Subsurface IT portfolio management Board.
- Senior Production Seismologist, Global studies team, Rijswijk, The Hague (1997 – 2000)
- Head, Technical Training and coordinator Basic Exploration and Production Training course for new recruits (1992 – 1996)
- Various roles as Production Geologist/Seismologist in Nigeria and The Hague (1979 – 1992)
Areas of Expertise
- Business and political environment analysis and advise
- Stakeholder relations and business advocacy management
- Non Technical and Commercial Risk assessment, management and advise for existing and new business development
- Risk based controls framework reviews and audits (business, technical processes and governance) for business improvement
- Country entry risk analysis and advise for Nigeria energy Industry
- Technical training and consultancy
- Petroleum Field Development Planning advise
- Production seismic interpretation and petroleum geology quality assurance