NLNG CEO Tony Attah to hand over to Philip Mshelbila in August

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) MD, Tony Attah

The board of directors of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) at its last meeting approved the appointment of Philip Mshelbila as successor to the managing director and CEO Tony Attah.

Attah will return to his parent company, Shell, on August 30, 2021 at the expiration of his five-year tenure at the helm of affairs. He was appointed CEO by the NLNG board in July 2016.

Mshelbila, who is rounding off his tenure as CEO, Atlantic LNG Company of Trinidad & Tobago, will be taking over from Attah on August 31, 2021.

NLNG is an incorporated Joint-Venture owned by four shareholders, namely, the Federal Government of Nigeria, represented by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (49%), Shell Gas B.V. (25.6%), Total Gaz Electricite Holdings France (15%), and Eni International N.A. N.V. S.àr.l (10.4%).