Mele Kyari

After the retirement of Maikanti Baru from the corporation on 7 July 2019, Kyari was appointed by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the 19th GMD of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. In 1991, he joined NNPC Processing Geophysicist with Integrated Data Services Limited. In1991, he started his career with the Department of Geological Survey of Nigeria as Field Geologist. He worked as an Exploration Geophysicist with the National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) in 1998. In 2007, Kyari head the Production Sharing Contracts Management in Crude Oil Marketing Division (COMD)., In 2014, he became the General Manager, Crude Oil Stock Management while in 2015 he was promoted to the post of Group General Manager, COMD. He's the focal person for he Open Government Initiative, the initiative helps the government to track the buyer and seller of crude oil. On 13 May 2018, He became the Nigerian National Representative at OPEC.

Mele Kolo Kyari (born 8 January 1965) is a Nigerian from Borno State. Geologist, unionist, crude oil marketer and the 19th Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.( NNPC) Before this appointment, Kyari was the Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division of the NNPC and the Nigerian National Representative at the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) since 2018. He obtained a degree in Geology and Earth Science from the University of Maiduguri in 1987.

Kyari was born on 8 January 1965 in Maiduguri, Borno State. He attended Government Community Secondary School Biu in Borno State between 1977 and 1982. In 1987, he obtained his bachelor of science (BSc) in geology and earth science from the University of Maiduguri.