Olu Verheijen is Nigeria’s Energy Adviser

 Prior to her appointment as Special Adviser on Energy by President Bola Ahem Tinubu, Olu A. Verheijen was an Advisor for the Energy for Growth Hub. She has nearly 20 years’ experience in the gas and renewables sectors across Sub-Saharan Africa, and is Managing Director at Latimer Energy, a consulting firm advising clients on value optimization in acquisition, development and management of energy assets.

Previously, she was a Partner at Persistent, an early-stage investment firm with a pan-African portfolio of distributed renewables companies, a Deal Lead at Shell and advised on gas commercialization and M&A transactions and worked for Moody’s Investors Service in New York.

Olu is the Founder/CEO of BFA Foundation which funds scholarships for women and other disadvantaged groups to expand their career advancement opportunities in high growth sectors, including the energy sector. She is also an angel investor across various sectors and serves as a Trustee of the Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Association of Nigeria. She has a BA from Long Island University and master’s in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.