Dr. Stanley Lawson spent the first four years of his career as a Resident Geologist/Drilling Engineer after which he proceeded to the Banking/Finance industry where he spent over 17 years rising to the position of Managing Director/Chief Executive of African Express Bank in 2003. Between 2004 and 2009, Dr. Lawson returned to the Oil and Gas industry where he served the nation as the Chief Financial Officer (GED Finance and Accounts) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) overseeing the funding, budgeting, and cash flow planning of the NNPC in particular and the Oil industry in general. Dr. Lawson presently runs his own consulting firm where he consults mainly on oil and gas financing. He has attended several international leadership and management courses including, amongst others, the Program For Executives of the Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, the Program For Executives in the Oil and Gas industry of the COX School of Business, Dallas, the Program for Corporate Leaders of the Harvard Business School Boston, the Senior Management Program of the Wharton University, and the High Impact Leadership Executive Program at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is also an Alumnus of the Institute for Management Development (IMD).
His academic qualifications include a B.Sc. in Geology, an M.Sc. in Petroleum Geology, an MBA in Finance, and a Ph.D. in Business Administration. A member of several boards including Financial Advisory and Investment Consultants Limited, Afam Power Plc, Transcorp Nigeria Ltd, and HH Oil and Gas Ltd, he also previously served on the Board of Brass LNG Nig. Ltd and, until most recently, the board of The Central Bank of Nigeria. Dr. Lawson was also a member of the country’s Monetary Policy Committee.
Dr. Lawson’s multidisciplinary academic achievements and cognate work experience over the last 40 years in both the Banking and Finance industry and the Oil and Gas industry clearly distinguish him in his chosen profession as a subject matter expert with a wealth of expertise and competence to offer.
