Management Team

Mr. Andrew Chukwuelozona Isichei, referred to as Andy Isichei, is a Turnaround Specialist, Motivator, Coach, Mentor, Visionary, and Result-oriented Leader. He has proven success in identifying new markets and spearheading operational improvements to drive productivity, reduce costs, and strategically position for success. Andy is a resourceful growth driver who takes on seemingly insurmountable growth and profit challenges and designs outcomes attractive to investors.

He revived the moribund National Clearing & Forwarding Agency (NACFA), a Federal Government parastatal; established processes and set up infrastructure, turning it around to one of the best-managed and profitable government agencies. He grew the asset base of NACFA from N28 million in 1990 to a market value of N3.6 billion at privatization in 2006.

Andy was one of the three-man team that set up the first West African Oil & Gas Free Trade Zone in Onne, Rivers State, Nigeria.

Before he went into private practice, Andy held different managerial positions including MD/CEO NACFA (National Clearing & Forwarding Agency) 1999 – 2006; GM Finance & Admin Prodeco Ltd. & DMS Nigeria Ltd. (INTEL Group) 1996 – 1998; GM Finance Sunray Publications Group 1990 – 1995; Deputy Finance Mgr. Nigeria Engineering Works Ltd. (Birla Group, India) 1987 – 1990; and Lead Auditor KPMG (formerly Peat Marwick) 1982 – 1987.

To hone his business and managerial skills and remain abreast of developments in the business sphere, Andy has taken executive courses in many Ivy- league universities and business schools including Leeds Metropolitan University, UK; University of Texas; Lagos Business School; IESE Business School Barcelona, Spain; Harvard Business School, Boston, Ma. USA; and Kellogg Business School Illinois, Chicago.

Andy is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria. He is the immediate past President/Chairman of the Governing Council, Nigerian Chamber of Shipping, and a member of many professional associations in Nigeria.

He has won several awards including – Most Valuable Maritime Director (2001), Commendation from the Federal Executive Council (December 2000), Award for Excellence by the Dr. Kwame Nkrumah African Leadership Award (2003), and Award for Excellence (Transport Week in 2006).

Harold is a seasoned Petroleum Geologist, an energy strategist, and a renewables resource expert. He obtained his B.Sc. Degree in Geology from the University of Ibadan, an MSc (Petroleum Geology) from the University of London, and a DIC (Petroleum Geology) from Imperial College London RSM (Royal School of Mines).

Harold has over 31 years cognate experience spanning exploration and production, oilfield services, and energy business development. He has deep and extensive experience in the oil and gas space across Nigeria, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, greater Africa, Norway, the United Kingdom, Norway, and the USA.

He has held several technical, commercial, and C-Suite level positions in several blue-chip companies. He is also an instinctive solutions maverick. He enjoys and has proven expertise and experience in providing and facilitating innovative solutions across various industrial sectors, including but not limited to Energy, Marine, and Management Consulting.

As sole Nigerian Representative, he played a pivotal role in the establishment of R.S. Platou Nigeria Limited, the Nigeria subsidiary of R.S. Platou Offshore A.S., which originated the purchase of 2 Jack-Up Rigs for a Nigerian client. The deal ticket was worth $500m.

He served as Chief Operating Officer of Century Energy Group, where he successfully negotiated the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Contract for The FPSO Mystras with NPDC (National Petroleum Development Company) valued at over $ 74 million.

He served at Levene Energy Group as its Group Chief Operating Officer. He grew its upstream assets from zero (0) to four (4) oil Blocks in Equatorial Guinea and a 100% equity stake in a Bitumen Oil Sands Block in South-West Nigeria. He was also the pioneer Managing Director of the upstart upstream subsidiary of the Group (Levene Hydrocarbon Limited – LHL). He grew the book value from zero to $275m within 24 months.

He is commercially astute, and through the course of his career has created value in the energy, oil and gas, marine, and across other industrial sectors, in excess of $3billion.

McCarthy has an incredibly rich professional and academic journey in his portfolio. A sound accounting scholar with HND, B.Sc., MBA, MSc & PhD degrees in accounting from the prestigious Babcock University, Ogun state, among others. He is a fellow of the prestigious institute of chartered Accounting of Nigeria-ICAN.

He is a visionary and transformational Finance Director with over 25 years in corporate business in Nigeria, cutting across corporate finance, business strategy, merger & acquisition, financial management, risk and optimization, leveraging assets and structural finance. McCarthy is adept at Board-level communication and providing strategic counsel to C-suite executives.

McCarthy has gained significant exposure in his career journey with C & I Leasing Plc, where he rose from being an Accountant to Head of Treasury. He was the pioneer CFO in Atiat Leasing, Emerald Leasing and Finance Manager in Techno Oil before joining Cybernetics International Limited as the CFO.

Mr. Adesokan is an accomplished professional with over two decades experience in Accounting, Finance and Tax Management.

He has worked at management level with a number of organisations cutting across Manufacturing, Logistics, Trading and Oil and Gas. Through his passion for excellence, he has made meaningful contributions towards organizational growth and profit maximisation. He is a self-starter, versatile and diligent professional.

Presently, he is the General Manager, Commercial Services & Taxation Cybernetics International Services Limited. Before his present appointment he has worked with a number of companies which include Mandilas Group Limited, Gawo Pharmaceuticals Nigeria Limited, Tower Aluminium Nigeria PLC and Global Apex Logistics Limited.

He holds a Higher National Diploma in Accounting from Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo, Ondo State and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Lagos State University.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and a member of the Chartered Institute of Finance and Control of Nigeria.

Mr. Francis Isichei is a Business Operations Management personal with over 15 years cognate experience cutting across downstream Oil and Gas, Shipping and Marine, Logistics and Agricultural sectors of the economy. He is an expert in local and international laws and standards governing the Shipping and Maritime Logistics operation and has experience overseeing numerous multinational projects in Nigeria.

Francis Isichei is a graduate of Kings’ College, London and Middlesex University, London where he obtained an MSc in Advanced Computing and a BSc. in Information Technology respectively. He has various certification and has attended numerous seminars, trainings and courses in Shipping and Oil & Gas.

He ensures the development of new businesses, office operations and administrations, client relations management, contract negotiation and liaison with Government and regulatory agencies.

He is a Graduate Member of Nigerian Institute of Management and Associate Member of Certified Institute of Shipping. He is the General Manager, Shipping & Marine.