Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti has appointed Mr. Uwaoma Ukandu, a Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, retiree as a Commissioner in his cabinet.
It should be recalled that the present Commissioner for Environment in the Abia State Government, Mr. Philemon Asonye Ogbonna, a Chartered Accountant, retired from the SPDC.
Ukandu, who obtained a Bachelor’s Degree focused in Statistics from the University of Nigeria, is an experienced Group Treasury Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the oil & energy industry. He is skilled in Financial Services, Portfolio Management, Cash Flow, Accounts Payable, and Financial Risk.
Apart from working with Shell Nigeria, as Head, Treasury Services, Ukandu worked with SAPETRO, a Nigerian based upstream oil and gas exploration and production company, as Group Treasury Manager.
He also worked in the banking sector for some years.
Ukandu, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, was, at one time, an Audit Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers.