Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Savannah Energy

02/01/2026 16:30

RNS Number : 5129N

Savannah Energy Plc

02 January 2026

 

2 January 2026

Savannah Energy PLC

("Savannah" or "the Company")

 

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

 

Further to its announcement on 9 October 2025, Savannah Energy PLC, the British independent energy company focused around the delivery of Projects that Matter, confirms the appointment of Kehinde Olamide Ogunwumiju as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

 

Commenting on the appointment, Joseph Pagop Noupoué, Non-Executive Chair of Savannah, said:

"I am delighted to welcome Kehinde to the Board. He is an internationally respected legal professional with a proven track record of supporting dynamic, high growth organisations such as Savannah. I believe his expertise will be instrumental as the Company continues to execute its growth strategy across Africa."

Kehinde Olamide Ogunwumiju commented:

"I am pleased to be joining Savannah at this important stage in its growth and look forward to applying my experience in this role. I am excited to work with the Board and executive management team as the Company pursues its ambitious and wide-ranging objectives."

 

Biography - Kehinde Olamide Ogunwumiju O.F.R., S.A.N., FCIArb. (U.K.)

Kehinde is the Managing Partner at Afe Babalola & Co, a leading African law firm. Since his appointment in 2017, and continuing to date, he has remained one of the youngest Senior Advocates of Nigeria ("SAN"), the Nigerian equivalent of a King's Counsel, ever appointed. His practice has seen him successfully represent the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in over 100 disputes and the Federal Republic of Nigeria in multiple international disputes, including against a near US$5 billion claim at the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes ("ICSID") in Washington DC. He has worked on many Nigerian and international arbitrations.

 

Kehinde received the prestigious Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic ("OFR") as part of the National Honours List from the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) UK, a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria ("CIIN"), the International Bar Association and the Abuja Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines & Agriculture, and is an associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria ("ICSAN"), the professional body for corporate governance practitioners in Nigeria.

 

Kehinde began his legal education at the University of Ibadan, where he earned his LL.B with Honours.  He continued his studies at the Nigerian Law School, obtaining his B.L. in 2005, and then pursued an LL.M. in International Commercial Law at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, in 2007.

 

Regulatory disclosures (in accordance with Rule 17 and Schedule two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules) are as set out below:

Kehinde Olamide Ogunwumiju (aged 43) holds or has held the following directorships or partnerships in the past five years:

Current Directorships/Partnerships
Past Directorships/Partnerships
Abuad Management Company Ltd
N/A
Adga Investment Nig Ltd
Afe Babalola & Co.
Bita Exploration and Production Limited
Curlew Express Limited
Dekra International Services Limited
Doxology Oil Services Ltd
Doxology Oil Trading and Logistics Ltd
Enerymix Nigeria Ltd.
Kwaliteit Frieden Energy Resources Ltd
Lumen Energy Limited
Septagon Bros Limited
Strasbourg Shore Nig Ltd
Tee's Mums and Kids Limited


He has no shareholding in the Company.

For further information, please refer to the Company's website www.savannah-energy.com or contact:

 

Savannah Energy                                                                    +44 (0) 20 3817 9844

Andrew Knott, CEO

Nick Beattie, CFO

Sally Marshak, Head of IR & Communications

 

Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated Adviser)                        +44 (0) 20 7409 3494

James Spinney

Ritchie Balmer

Rob Patrick

 

Cavendish Capital Markets Ltd (Joint Broker)                      +44 (0) 20 7220 0500

Derrick Lee

Tim Redfern

 

Panmure Liberum Limited (Joint Broker)                              +44 (0) 20 3100 2000

Scott Mathieson

James Sinclair-Ford

 

Camarco                                                                                  +44 (0) 20 3757 4983

Billy Clegg

Owen Roberts

Violet Wilson

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended.

About Savannah:  

Savannah Energy PLC is a British independent energy company focused around the delivery of Projects that Matter in Africa.

 

 

 

 

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