The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has appointed David Bird as the chief executive officer (CEO) of its petroleum and petrochemicals business.
Bird, a mechanical engineer, has worked with Shell for about 20 years, as vice-president of Prelude FLNG, and also led the world’s first floating LNG facility and chaired Shell Australia’s RAP board
Bird is the former head of Oman’s Duqm refinery. He previously served as SVP of production operations and supply chain at Santos Ltd.