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Peter C. Ntephe has served as secretary of ERHC since February 2001. >From 1987 to 1992, Mr. Ntephe worked with Serena David Dokubo and Company, rising to the Head of the Corporate Legal Services Department. From 1992 to 1999, he was a partner in the law firm of NSW Law and oversaw the firm’s provision of company secretarial services to corporate clients. From 1999 to 2001, he was Chief Legislative Aide to the Chairman of the Senate Committee for Judiciary and Legal Matters, National Assembly of Nigeria. Mr. Ntephe has a Bachelors’ and two Masters degrees in law, the second Masters being a specialization in regulatory issues from the University of London. Mr. Ntephe teaches business law as part of adjunct faculty at the American Intercontinental University, London.
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Mr. Jeter has served as a director since April 2005. Ambassador Jeter retired with the rank of Career Minister from the State Department in 2003 after a 27-year career in the Foreign Service. He is the immediate past US Ambassador to Nigeria. He also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, State Department Director for West Africa, President Clinton's Special Envoy for Liberia, and Ambassador to Botswana. Ambassador Jeter was Deputy Chief of Mission and later Charge d'Affaires in Lesotho and Namibia. He also had multi-year assignments in Tanzania and Mozambique. He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree, with Honors, from Morehouse College and Masters Degrees in International Relations, Comparative Politics, and African Studies from Columbia University and UCLA. He is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Africa, US Export - Import Bank and a board member of Africare and Africa Action.
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Mr. Nwizubo is currently President of Clement E. Nwizubo, CPA, PC, a New-York based firm which he founded in 1987. From 1985 to 1987, Mr. Nwizubo was the Manager of Financial and Accounting Reporting at Primerica Corporation. From 1983 to 1985, he was the Audit Manager of Watson Rice and Company. Between 1980 and 1983 he worked as a senior accountant with Stewart Benjamin and Brown. Mr. Nwizubo is a Certified Public Accountant. He took a BS in Accounting and Business Administration in 1977 from Oneonta State College, NY and an MBA in 1980 from Fordham University. Mr. Nwizubo is a US citizen.
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Dr. Uzoigwe has served as a director since April 2005. Dr. Uzoigwe started his career with Dow Chemical Company where he held various senior positions in its Walnut Creek Research Center and in its Specialty Chemicals Production Facility in Pittsburgh, California. He joined the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in 1981. During his tenure at NNPC, Dr. Uzoigwe held several senior technical and management positions, including Chief Engineer and Project Coordinator (Petrochemicals), Group General Manager (R&D Division), and Managing Director of NNPC’s Refining and Petrochemicals subsidiaries. In 1999 he was appointed the Group Executive Director (Exploration and Production), a position he held until he retired from NNPC in 2002. Dr. Uzoigwe is a Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer and a Registered Professional Chemical Engineer in the State of California. He is also a fellow of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers and a Fellow of the Polymer Institute of Nigeria.
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James Ledbetter manages ERHC's relationships with consortium partners and various regulatory agencies. He also is playing a key role in helping ERHC Energy expand its asset base and diversify beyond the Joint Development Zone. Mr. Ledbetter has more than 25 years experience in exploration and production projects. He has an international background, having worked on projects in more than 20 countries, including work in Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North and South America and the Pacific Rim. Prior to joining ERHC Energy, Mr. Ledbetter served as a technology coordinator for Saudi Aramco's Research & Technology Division, where he coordinated more than 200 technology initiatives. Prior to that, he developed and evaluated the worldwide exploration portfolio for Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation as its chief of strategic planning & economics, worldwide exploration. Prior thereto, Mr. Ledbetter worked for International Economic & Engineering Consultants, Inc., Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company, Capitol Steel & Iron Company, Kerr-McGee Corporation and Cities Service Company.
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Sylvan Odobulu has served as Controller of ERHC Energy since June 2006. In this capacity, Mr. Odobulu is the principal accounting officer, responsible for overseeing ERHC's day to day operations, preparing ERHC's financial statements and managing the activities of the company's staff and service providers. Prior to joining ERHC, Mr. Odobulu held various positions with Ernst and Young LLP, Mitchell, Williams and Eds Partnership, United Parcel Services and Kforce. Mr. Odobulu has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of North Texas.