Mr. Brown was recently appointed Chief Executive Officer of Seplat Plc in August
2020. He joined the company as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director in
July 2013. During his time at Seplat he was instrumental in completing the dual
listing of the company on the main markets of the Nigerian and London Stock
Exchanges, which was the first for a Nigerian corporate. He has also been
instrumental in broadening the capital base of the company increasing Seplat’s
footprint in Nigeria by acquiring oil and gas assets.
With a background in finance he is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Mr. Brown has over 25 years’
experience, primarily focused on emerging markets with extensive experience in
structuring energy and infrastructure transactions on the African continent.
Prior to joining the Seplat he held the position of Managing Director of Oil and Gas
EMEA for Standard Bank Group and prior to Standard Bank Group, Senior
Manager in the Corporate Finance department of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Mr. Brown has extensive financial, accounting, M&A, debt and equity capital
markets experience in the emerging markets space, and in particular the African
oil and gas sector. He has advised on and provided capital to some of the largest
and highest profile transactions that have occurred across the African Continent,
including many of the asset divestments in the onshore Niger Delta undertaken
by Shell, Total and ENI
Tuesday 10 October 16:00 - 16:15 Stage A
Plenary
As valuable as gas is for Africa, its potential as a transition fuel is yet to be truly actualised. According to the IEA, tapping into Africa’s undeveloped gas reserves could add an additional 90 bcm per year by 2030, around two-thirds for domestic needs, and the rest for export. Given that potential, how can African nations build roadmaps for domestic gas monetization whilst balancing export demands?
Wednesday 11 October 11:00 - 11:45 Stage A
Gas Forum
As valuable as gas is for Africa, its potential as a transition fuel is yet to be truly actualised. According to the IEA, tapping into Africa’s undeveloped gas reserves could add an additional 90 bcm per year by 2030, around two-thirds for domestic needs, and the rest for export. Given that potential, how can African nations build roadmaps for domestic gas monetization whilst balancing export demands?