Our Team

Contact :
USA Office

Tel: +1 (510) 719-7924
Fax: +1 (240) 220-4482

Nigerian Office
Tel: +234 (1) 774-0855
Fax: +234 (1) 270-3333

Rose Rewane-Dafinone – Managing Director


Rose Rewane-Dafinone – Managing DirectorWith over 25 years experience in the Nigerian Petroleum industry, Rose Rewane-Dafinone is well known in the industry having spent 21 years in the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in various capacities including Public Relations, Training and Materials Management. She is presntly the Managing Director of RERWOD Holdings Limited.

While at DPR, Rose formulated and implemented press and public relations strategies as the Assistant Director of Public Affairs. She was also responsible for organizing International Seminars, Trade fairs, Exhibitions and Project commissioning. She was a member of the Nigerian government delegation to OPEC Countries, during the election of Dr. Rilwanu Lukman as OPEC Secretary General.

Rose retired in 1999 as Manager-Materials Administration (NNPC-NAPIMS) where she ensured proper monitoring of Materials utilization in Joint-Venture companies (Upstream sector) for efficient cost control.

Rose Rewane-Dafinone holds an executive MBA from Penn State, a MS in Education from Lesley College, Cambridge Massachusetts and a BA in Sociology from the University of Ibadan. She is on the board of a number of companies

 

Doye Ogionwo – Director


Doye Ogionwo – DirectorDoye Ogionwo has more than 10 years experience in corporate finance, new business development and general management in both the financial services and energy industries. He is currently a Director of RERWOD Holdings Limited.

Prior to joining RERWOD Holdings, Mr. Ogionwo was a Director with the financial services firm Charles Schwab & Co. While at Schwab, he advised on investment opportunities in the financial services & technology sectors, and worked on several transactions to build Schwab’s business offerings. He also served as the CFO for several start-up businesses within Schwab.

Mr. Ogionwo has worked with several large companies in North America and Nigeria, such as State Street Global Advisors and Exxon-Mobil. He has also advised several start-ups in North America, Europe and Africa.

Mr. Ogionwo holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Lagos. He serves on the advisory boards of several Nigerian and foreign companies.