Alhaji Abdu Misau Abba joined the Board of AYM Shafa Holdings as 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.