Joseph Ilebode (Managing Director)

Mr. Ilebode started his career with Deloitte UK as a technology advisory consultant. The commercial experience from Deloitte along with a project management role at Arsencia Ltd. helped him to become Business Development Executive at Imperative Group. During his time at Imperative Mr. Ilebode developed the Oil & Gas services, which has served many clients in Nigeria and Ghana.

Mr. Ilebode has facilitated trades with clients in the West African markets, including some approved importers with PPPRA and NPA licenses. His commitment to socio-economic progress has involved youth mentoring programs both in UK and Nigeria.

Mr. Ilebode holds a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering & Technology from the prestigious Imperial College, London. He has also completed Entrepreneurship and Financial Management programs at Imperial College Business School. He is a recipient of BP Award for Institutional Excellence and a member of iChemE.

Tomi Okpaise (Executive Director)

Tomi is responsible for business development, strategy and origination at JEDA Energy. Tomi previously facilitated numerous downstream trades within West African as an independent consultant. Tomi has also held various London-based derivative and commodity derivative broking positions in addition to a brief stint as a student actuary.

Tomi holds a Masters degree in Energy, Trade & Finance from Cass Business School and a Bachelor's degree in Management and Mathematics from Sheffield University. Tomi also has certification in Investment Management from the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute UK, Financial and Commodities Derivatives certification from the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments (CISI) as well as certification from the Oxford-Princeton Energy training institute.

Dr Joseph Owusu (Chief Financial Controller)

Joseph Nana Osei Owusu experience in management extends over thirteen years as he had progressed from lower level roles such as Fixed Assets Accountant, Financial Accountant and Management Accountant before his last role as Financial Controller of Vivo Energy Ghana Ltd (formerly Shell Ghana Ltd), a subsidiary of the Vivo Energy Group.

He has working experience in Capital investments, credit control, budgeting, financial management, project management, treasury, business development, Corporate governance and HSSE ) from a complex Oil Market Company with multi-national subsidiaries and a broad array of product offerings. He has experience in a senior financial-management role, partnering with executive staff, resulting in the development and implementation of creative financial management strategies. He has an MBA in Finance, ACMA, CGMA, ICA (GH).

Kojo Assensoh (Director, Country Manager Ghana)

Obed is an alumni of University of Ghana where he obtained 1st Degree in Bachelor of Arts (BA), also had his 2nd Degree from London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) in Global MBA with specialization in Contemporary Issues in Oil, Gas & Energy (CIOGE) and Entrepreneurship & Carbon Management (CME).

Obed is an astute corporate and investment banker with over ten years banking experience within retail, Commercial and Corporate Banking.
Obed started his professional career at Standard Chartered Bank as Associate Relationship Manager within the Origination & Client Coverage department (OCC), supporting in the management of Multinational clients. He then moved to First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) formerly International Commercial Bank as Team Lead in charge of Oil & Gas and Construction portfolio within Corporate Banking. He further moved to First Atlantic Bank as Team Lead, Tema Region. Ended his banking career at First Atlantic Bank as Branch Manager, managing the Tema Community 1 branch in 2018.

Obed brings on board wealth of experience in financial structuring and advisory, business origination, portfolio analysis, superior service delivery with good appreciation of corporate governance.

Theodor Georgiev (Head of Business, Asia)

Theo is responsible for business development, strategy and origination at JEDA Energy in Asia.

He holds a BSc in Economics from Royal Holloway and a MSc in Economics from Exeter University. After graduation he worked in Energy research for IHS Global Insights before moving into oil trading. Initially with Chevron and then with BP where he held various roles across Risk and Asset Optimisation in both London and Singapore.

Harold Aninye (Country Manager, Nigeria)

Harold's professional experience spans over 16 years across various sectors, including Banking, Telecoms, Oil and Gas and Shipping, providing him with a broad perspective and insight into different industry dynamics and market trends.

He obtained a B.Sc. in Business Administration majoring in finance from the University of Benin and a Master's degree in Shipping, Trade and Finance from the prestigious Bayes Business School(formerly Cass Business School).

Prior to joining JEDA Energy, he held senior leadership positions, leading cross-functional teams and driving business transformation initiatives.