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Kola Karim is the Current Chairman of Costain West Africa Plc.
Mr. Karim is the Group Managing Director / CEO, Shoreline Energy International Ltd (a leading energy and infrastructure company focused on Africa). His current portfolio consists of business in the construction, commodity trading, agro-allied products, oil and gas, engineering and power sectors. In addition to this role at Shoreline Energy International, Mr. Karim serves as director in seven (7) companies including Schlumberger Testing & Production Services Nigeria Limited and Chairman, Nigerian Ropes Plc.
Mr. Karim is a young Global Leader 2008 Award winning and also a pioneer and active member of the Global Agenda Council on Emerging Multinationals.
His constant thirst for knowledge has led him to attend many courses both locally and international including management and leadership courses at the prestigious Harvard Business School and John F.Kennedy School of Government.
Mr. Karim is a member of the institute of Directors, Nigeria (loD), Lagos Polo Club, Ikoyi Club 1938 and Lagos Motor Boat Club .
Philip Wharton is the Deputy Chairman of Costain West Africa Plc. Philip received a construction degree from the Huddersfield University in 1971 and has successfully completed various in-house and external training programmes which include presentation skills, team leadership techniques, team management techniques, financial analysis, budgetary control skills and operational management techniques.
Philip started his career as a Quantity Surveyor with Kier limited and Henry Boot Civil Engineering. He has since held many positions as Managing Director of Miller Patterson (subsidiary) SIG Plc, CDL Limited (subsidiary) SIG Plc. He was President / Chief Executive Officer of SIG Southwest / SIG Plc and Aggreko International Power Projects prior to Joining Costain West Africa. He was until his appointment as Vice Chairman, the Managing Director of Costain West Africa Plc from January 2006 to December 2009.
Ayodeji Karim graduated from the University of Wales Institute, Swansea, U.K. with a degree in Applied Design and Engineering. He started his career as the Production / Packaging Supervisor with Le Pain Croissant Limited from 1997 to 1998. In 1998 he rose to become Shift Manager where he served for four years. Mr. Karim also worked as a Team Leader at Charles Walden & Associates Company Limited with responsibilities in Information Technology Networking, software and hardware installation and migration.
In 2001, he joined Fortis Construction as Executive Director where he designed, constructed and commissioned facility enhancements for projects to improve customer services, safety of personnel and equipment efficiency and later held the position of Chief Executive Officer. In this role, he implemented and developed a profit strategy aimed at achieving the organization’s profit generating objectives.
Ayodeji Karim was appointed Executive Director (Operations) of Costain West Africa Plc in February 2007 and is now the Managing Director.
Harm Ploeger joined Costain West Africa Plc as the Director of Finance on the 1st of December 2009. Before Costain West Africa, he had served in the international construction business both with Costain and Mushrif Contracting KSCC, in the functions of Executive Director-Finance and Group Financial Controller respectively.
In this early career, Harm worked in the oil & gas services industry of Nigeria and he has extensive experience working in emerging economies, both on the West Coast and in the Far and Middle East. He also worked as an auditor for KPMG and as a director and International Management Consultant for a medium sized consulting company based in the Netherlands.
He holds an MBA Degree in Finance from the Praeheb Institute in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
Dr. Ladi Bada has been working in the Nigerian oil and gas sector for the last 14 years with 10 of those years in directorial roles. He has attended oil and gas courses in Nigeria and abroad. He is presently a director in Linetrale Oil, one of the largest Nigerian oil and gas trading companies. He is also presently a consultant to Oriental Energy, a foremost indigenous aspects of their various acreages negotiation with multination oil companies and the Nigerian ministry of Petroleum Resources.
Mrs. Lara Coker was appointed Company Secretary and Corporate Services Director of Costain West Africa Plc in April 2008.Lara graduated from the University of Keele, Staffordshire, UK with a combined Degree in Law and Political Science. She was admitted to the Nigerian Bar in November 1988 and was awarded a Masters Degree in Commercial and Corporate Law in July 1989 by Kings College, University of London. She has versed experience in harnessing human resources and capital administration of a business having been exposed to the commercial and management side of business at Strachan Partners and Arthur Andersen. She continually seeks avenue to expand her legal knowledge by reading, participating in seminars and attending conferences in areas she finds interesting. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, the Nigerian Bar Association, the International Bar Association and Licensing Executive Association.
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