GEO PETROLEUM - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Director
- Professional Accountant
Dr Mulenga led Tullow through an open tender process and advised them on a broad range of issues that affected the local community, including its sustainability, training and development programmes.
When Tullow needed a local partner to comply Dr Mulenga joined together with George Sokota, a chartered accountant with a long history of successful ventures in Zambia, and formed Geo Petroleum Ltd to ensure that Zambia was represented in the industry by a company of the highest ethical standards and integrity.
Dr George Sokota is a professional accountant by background and training, having spent most of his career with Deloitte &a Touche, where he was Senior Partner for many years. He is a leading businessman with interests in various business sectors. He is a current or past director on the boards of a number of notable companies, several of which he chairs, including Airtel Zambia Plc, Zambian Breweries Plc, Nshimbi Steel. George was awarded an honorary Doctorate by the University of Zambia in 2018.
Dr Sixtus C Mulenga is a Mining-Geologist with over forty (40) years mining industry experience both in Zambia and the global mining industry, and is author of numerous papers on the mining industry and sustainability in the extractive industry. He is a stalwart of Zambia's mining sector, renowned for his technical expertise, hands-on leadership and strong government and stakeholder relationships. In addition to his position as former Partner and Country Manager of Tullow Oil Plc in Zambia, he is Executive Director and Chairman of Kagem Mining Ltd (owned by London-listed Gemfields), Non-Executive Chairman of Aggreko Zambia Ltd (London Listed Aggreko Plc) and Savenda General Insurance (SGI); a Non-Executive Director of African Explosives Zambia Plc and former Non-Executive Director of Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC Plc) and Mopani Copper Mines Ltd. He is a founding member of the Zambia Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative Council (EITI) and the Zambia Chamber of Mines, Fellow of the Geological Society of London, member of the UK Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, a Chartered Engineer - UK Engineering Council, member of the International Mine Water Association and former President of the Geological Society of Zambia, member of the Engineering Institution of Zambia, past Council Member of the Zambia Chamber of Mines and past Chairman of the Zambia Branch of the Southern Africa Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. He is a founding Trustee and Board Member of the British Chamber of Commerce Zambia. He was formerly Vice President for Konkola Copper Mines Plc, General Manager of Albidon Zambia Ltd and Group Consulting Hydro-Geologist for Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd. He is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Musamu Resources Ltd - an emerging wholly owned Zambian Mineral Exploration and Mining Company. The company is currently developing a large-scale greenfield Manganese Mine Project in Luapula Province of Zambia. He holds a PhD Degree in Geology, MSc. Degree in Engineering Geology and DIC from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College of Science Technology & Medicine - University of London, UK, and a BSc. (Honours) Geology CNAA Degree from North London Polytechnic (Now the University of North London) UK. At national and international levels, he has provided mining consultancy and technical advisory services to the Government of the Republic of Zambia and the World Bank.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Technical and Commercial Manager
Robin is the Technical and Commercial Manager at Geo Petroleum Ltd. He is a geophysicist with a strong operational background who has spent over 30 years living and exploring within Africa in a variety of technical and business leadership roles, most recently as Tullow Oil's General Manager for Exploration in Africa. Robin left Tullow in 2020 and is now focussed on helping African countries to explore for, and maximise the value of, their natural resources to power economic growth. He has a BSc in Geophysics from Edinburgh University and started his career with a seismic contractor. He joined Energy Africa in 1997 and subsequently led Tullow's exploration team during the discovery and appraisal of the Jubilee and TEN fields in Ghana before expanding his role to cover appraisal of the exciting discoveries in the East African Rift.