Dr. Peter Ntephe

Highly qualified oil and gas lawyer, company director and executive, corporate trainer and academic with 20+ years of progressive international leadership experience leading the turnaround of oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) operations. Well-educated E&P contract negotiator, draftsman and problem solver with expertise in upstream contracts (including PSCs, JVs, JOAs, unitization agreements, etc.) and the regulatory interface. 6 degrees from top schools including a Ph.D. and LLM from the University of London and Master of Science from Oxford University.

Strategic and visionary leader with innate ability to identify potential challenges and establish innovative organizational strategies adapting to diverse business cultures including American, European, and African. Effective communicator with success conveying company’s story to investors, shareholders, clients, and potential partners.

Peter Ntephe has been Chief Executive Officer of ERHC Energy since 2010. He has been involved with the Company's international operations in various management and consulting capacities, since 2001. His roles have included fundamental participation in negotiating, securing and maintaining all the group's oil and gas interests in sub-Saharan Africa.

As Chief Executive officer, he oversees the executive management of ERHC Energy and its subsidiaries, ensuring that the group’s strategic objectives are met. Under Dr. Ntephe’s leadership, the Company has more than doubled the size of acreage under its control and expanded its strategic focus to include onshore acreage, which is comparatively cheaper and less complicated to explore than deep offshore acreage.

The Company has also rapidly grown its in-house technical capabilities, enabling it to directly operate its onshore assets in a strategic shift from the non-operator model it previously ran. Dr. Ntephe has had a career spanning 29 years, in the public and private sectors. In addition to his PhD from the University of London, he holds five other degrees including a Master of Science from the University of Oxford, a Master of Laws from the University of London and a Master of Science (Management) from Brunel University, London. Dr. Ntephe has previously taught as adjunct faculty in the Business School of the American Intercontinental University, London. He is a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) as well as of the Committee on Oil and Gas Law of the International Bar Association.