<p>H.E. Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo of Nigeria began his tenure as<br />
OPEC Secretary General on 1 August 2016.<br />
An accomplished oil technocrat, H.E. possesses a wealth of<br />
experience in the oil and gas industry, both in Nigeria and<br />
internationally.</p>

<p>Born in April 1959, in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria, H.E.<br />
Mohammad Barkindo holds a B.Sc degree in Political Science, a<br />
Postgraduate Diploma in Petroleum Economics and Management,<br />
and a Master&rsquo;s degree in Business Administration.</p>

<p>For more than 23 years, H.E. worked at the Nigerian National<br />
Petroleum Corporation, culminating in his appointment as Group<br />
Managing Director and CEO in January 2009. H.E. was also<br />
Deputy Managing Director of Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, as<br />
well as Special Advisor to former Minister of Petroleum Resources<br />
and OPEC Secretary General, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman.</p>

<p>An OPEC veteran, H.E. Mohammad Barkindo served as Nigeria&rsquo;s<br />
OPEC National Representative for a record 15 years and was<br />
also OPEC Governor. In 2006, H.E. was appointed Acting OPEC<br />
Secretary General.</p>

<p>A passionate advocate of the climate change initiative, H.E.<br />
Mohammad Barkindo led Nigeria&rsquo;s technical delegations at<br />
the negotiations that produced the United Nations Framework<br />
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol.<br />
H.E. served as Chair of the Group of 77 and China at the UNFCCC<br />
and was elected as Vice President of the Conference of the Parties<br />
for three terms. H.E. was Chairman of the OPEC Task Force at the<br />
15th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development.</p>

<p>As OPEC Secretary General, H.E. Mohammad Barkindo has<br />
spearheaded several historic and market-transforming initiatives,<br />
steering the adoption of the Algiers Accord in September 2016;<br />
the Vienna Agreement in November 2016; and the Declaration<br />
of Cooperation, reached with non-OPEC producers, in December<br />
2016. This has been followed by intense collaboration with heads<br />
of OPEC and non-OPEC countries in working towards the full<br />
and timely implementation of the Declaration of Cooperation, to<br />
restore sustainable stability to the oil market in the interests of<br />
producers and consumers. As a result of these landmark actions, a<br />
historic page has been turned and a new chapter is being written<br />
for the energy industry, one with the interests of producers and<br />
consumers firmly at its heart.</p>

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