Hope Okwa has over 27 years industry experience. He has strong technical Drilling Engineering experience with IOCs, NOCs and indigenous Companies including BP, Shell, BG, Saudi Aramco, Chevron, Addax, First E&P.

He has acquired demonstrable expertise and competence in wells project planning and project delivery with a keen eye for value adding technology deployment.

His involvement and participation in high-profile projects has allowed him garner capacity for leadership, mentorship and development of local expertise as well as working in difficult fiscal regimes to maximize profitability.

Hope hold a BSc. Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Benin, Nigeria, and an MSc. in Petroleum Engineering form Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh

He is a Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers and APEGA.