Oil tycoon Winifred Akpani’s striking trajectory

With Funsho Arogundade
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When you think of a whirlwind, who comes to mind? We’ve got our money on Dame Winifred Akpani. This brilliant Chartered Accountant turned oil magnate is moving so fast and hard to keep pace with her —literally. She is by definition an innovator, a creative soul who is seizing her moment and nurturing it along the way.
For this hardworking founder and Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Petroleum & Gas Company, a leading indigenous energy company, her journey is proof of how fast things can change when you’re prepared and in the right rooms.
In 1992 when Akpani joined Flame Petroleum & Gas as Financial Controller, it was to cut her...