Our Team

Shaping the Future of Oil Production

Welcome

CEO/Chairman

Yakubu A. Maishanu

It is my pleasure to welcome you to A.Y.M Shafa Holdings Limited, an innovative indigenous petroleum marketing company,

and an amalgamation of business serving different sectors of the Nigerian economy.

We are a conglomerate with a noble history, but our growth trajectory has demonstrated how far the power of focus can take a vision. Beginning with incorporation on 12th July, 1996, the leadership of the A.Y.M Shafa Holdings Limited recognized that running an enterprise successfully requires a sense of purpose, ahead of expertise.

MD/COO

Ali Abiodun Ibrahim

The Managing Director/COO of A.Y.M. Shafa Holdings Limited. He joined the Management Board of AYM Shafa in 2023 to support the financial stability, integrity, and profitability of the company with over 15 years of experience in the various value chain of finance and accounting in the Oil & Gas Industry. A former CFO at Petrogas Energy and Served as an Alternate Director at Ingentia Energies. He is a Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA from the University of East London – UK, a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University Lagos and a Management Acceleration Certificate from the Lagos Business School. Ali Abiodun began his career at Eterna Plc an oil & Gas company in 2009 as the Accountant inventory & cost control and he rose through the rank to become the Head of Finance in 10years. His exceptional analytical skills, innovations, problem solving, creative, interaction and leadership skills set him apart, earning him promotions to senior roles within the group as he was also Head Treasury where he reduced the importation cost by 7%, he also led the team to a recovery of over 100m bad debt, and met all deadlines for NSE, SEC & other regulatory bodies. As a former Head of Finance, he was able to increase investment income by 50% in 2017. Reduction of Finance cost by 35%, introduced controlled budget system into the ERP amongst other achievements. He was also the former GM Finance AYM Shafa where he was able to renegotiate all trade finance facilities, stop leakages in the POS system by setting up policy & process control for transactions, arrange bank facility for DSDP financing and crude export finance facilities, Pioneer IFRS – compliant financial statements for 2 subsidiaries and close out all outstanding FX position within 3 months.

Director

Alhaji Abdu Misau Abba

A Non- Executive Director on 23rd March 2020. He holds B.Sc. Applied Chemistry from University of Jos, 1985, a Post Graduate Diploma in Petroleum Engineering from University of Ibadan,1999, and Certificate in Reservoir Engineering from Technology Research Center of Japan National Oil Corporation,1991. Alhaji Abba started his career as a lecturer at College of Education, Azare and doubled as Coordinator of Science Education of the same Institute, in Bauchi state in 1986/1987. He Joined the services of NNPC Inspectorate now Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in 1987 as Chemical Engineer II, deployed to Conservation Division, Lagos. He grew progressively in the same Division serving in different Sections, to a level of Chief Chemical Engineer and was appointed Technical Assistant to then Director of Petroleum Resources (DPR), on June 23, 2008, he served five different DPR Directors in that capacity from 23rd June 2008 – 31st December 20016. January 1, 2017, he was appointed as the Zonal Operations Controller, Abuja, in charge of Five States ( Benue, Plateau, Niger, Kogi and Nasarawa) plus FCT, Abuja, he retired on 21st February 2019 as Deputy Director after serving for 32 years in Oil and Gas Industry. He served the Nation under different Ministerial and Departmental Committees, to formulate National Policy on different aspects of Petroleum Industry amongst which are; Oil Industry Committee on Standardization of Reserves Definitions, Classifications and Reporting Format, Ministerial Committee on Re-positioning of Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) Effurun, Warri, DPR Anti- Corruption Committee which he served as a Secretary to the Committee until appointed Zonal Operations Controller, Abuja, Committee on Auditing and Award of Reserves Addition Bonus (RAB), National Committee on Evacuation of Seized Crude/Sludges, DPR Initiative on guidelines of National Reserves Growth Committee and Committee on Proposed guidelines on Extended Well Test in Oil and Gas Industry etc. Alhaji Abba is a member of Nigerian Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Alhaji Abba attended several short courses, workshops, Seminars, Conferences for both professional and Managerial skills. He served as DPR representative on different Field Developments and Reservoir Engineering Integrated Projects, in the United States of America, United Kingdom, Italy, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Holland and many other European and Latin American Countries. He is married with Children and GrandChildren.