Remilekun Soyannwo

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Remilekun Soyannwo is an independent non-executive director at Pan Ocean Oil Corporation Nigeria Limited, where she serves on the Board Audit, Remuneration, Nomination and Governance, and Credit committees. Her executive career spans more than 30 years in Nigeria, the UK and the Netherlands, with work across financial services, energy and real estate. Her experience includes strategy, structured and corporate finance, asset and investment management, project financing, pensions and risk.

Soyannwo previously led Shell Nigeria Closed Pension Fund Administrator as chief executive, managing and growing assets for Nigeria’s largest closed pension fund. She also served as finance director for the largest deepwater operator in West Africa, overseeing business and commercial finance, and as a principal on oil, gas and energy transactions including acquisitions, divestments, debt financing and restructuring. She earned a BSc in Biology at the University of Lagos, an MBA at Cranfield Business School, is an ICAN member and holds an FT diploma in corporate governance.