Dr Okon has a BSc (Hons) in Geology/Geophysics from ABU Zaria University, an MSc, a PhD and DIC from Imperial College, London as well as an MBA from Texas A & M University. He is a Geophysicist & Energy Economist with 40 years’ experience in the Oil and Gas Industry. Dr. Okon leads the commercial group of professionals at Teno Energy Resources Limited which he founded to evaluate all major projects in the Upstream, Midstream and Downstream segments of NNPC’s business and manages NNPC’s transformation programme as director of transformation. He has provided extensive technical advice on the oil and gas industry reform programme of the government (OGIC). Prior to his role at NNPC, Dr Okon was General Manager Development Planning for Mobil Producing Nigeria, Lagos. He is a member of SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists), IAEE (International Association of Energy Economists), AIPN (Association of International Petroleum Negotiators), and NAPE (Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists).