Udoma Udo Udoma

Udoma Udo Udoma chairs Seplat Energy's board, which he joined in December 2023 in an independent, non-executive capacity. His background combines commercial law, corporate governance and public administration. After studying law at Oxford and entering the Nigerian legal profession in 1978, he established Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie in 1983. He left the firm's partnership in early 2020, following a legal career involving energy, investment, finance and corporate transactions.

Udoma has previously chaired Union Bank and UAC Nigeria, alongside board appointments at other Nigerian businesses. He served in the Senate between 1999 and 2007 and held the budget and national planning ministerial portfolio from 2015 until 2019. His public-sector experience also includes chairmanships at the securities regulator and corporate registration commission. He is Pro-Chancellor at Akwa Ibom State University.