Ekeinde Ohiwerei has broad technical, commercial and leadership skills acquired in his career, mainly across Nigeria and Europe. A product of Kings College, Lagos, and a University of Ibadan alumnus, he holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Loughborough University and a master’s degree in business administration from Imperial College, London.
Starting out as a rotating equipment engineer during the construction of Nigeria LNG’s first two Trains, he was soon seconded as a project engineer to the company’s second expansion project. He returned to site to work in turnaround maintenance and later led the reliability engineering team. He was then appointed to manage the first corporate Contracts, Procurement and Material Logistics department, adding the role of Nigerian Content Coordination before being
appointed as the plant’s first Maintenance Manager. He moved on to manage the Engineering function, before his current appointment as General Manager Technical Division in May 2019, accountable for capital expenditure, technical assurance and corporate innovation.
Ekeinde has led key corporate activities and initiatives over the years. These include aggregating all contracting and procurement activities across all six divisions; the delivery of the Nigerian Content Strategy for the acquisition of six ships (where he was also a member of the tendering team that negotiated the deal) which delivered in-country capability in manufacturing, design and vessel construction; the Gas Supply Security Module of the NLNG Flex Strategy Review
which laid a foundation for more concrete discussions around the use of alternate gas supply sources. More recently, he launched the company’s digital transformation agenda and delivered a road map for the realisation of the asset of the future.
Ekeinde is a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), as well as a member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply and has attended leadership courses in Wharton and INSEAD.
Ekeinde assumed his position as General Manager, Corporate Services in February 2025.