Maikanti Baru
Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
In office
4 July 2016 – 7 July 2019
Preceded byIbe Kachikwu
Succeeded byMele Kyari
Managing Director
Carlson Services (UK) Limited
In office
7 December 2004 – 25 January 2007
NNPC Chief Technical Negotiator
West African Gas Pipeline project.
In office
July 1999 – April 2004
Personal details
Born(1959-07-07)7 July 1959
Misau, Bauchi State
Died29 May 2020(2020-05-29) (aged 60)
EducationAhmadu Bello University
University of Sussex

Maikanti Kachalla Baru (7 July 1959 – 29 May 2020) was a Nigerian engineer, crude oil marketer and the 18th Group Managing Director of the Nigeria's state oil firm, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). He served in the position from July 2016 to July 2019 and had previously served as the Group General Manager (GGM) of National Petroleum Investment Management Services.[1] Baru was a fellow of Nigerian Society of Engineers and Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers.[2]

Early life and education

Baru was born in July 1959 in Misau, Bauchi State.[3] He attended Federal Government College, Jos for his secondary education where he graduated in 1978.[4] He obtained his bachelor of engineering degree from Ahmadu Bello University in 1982 and a doctorate in Computer Aided Engineering from the University of Sussex.[1][5]

Career and death

Baru worked with the Jos Steel Rolling Company for three years from 1988 before he left to join the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in 1991 as an Engineering Manager.[6] He held various positions within the organization including general manager, Gas Development Division from 1997 to 1999 and briefly as executive director, operations Nigeria Gas Company (NGC) in 1999.[7] From 1999 to 2004, he served as the Chief Technical Negotiator on the West African Gas Pipeline project.[8] He was also a GGM, National Petroleum Investment Management Services.[9] He once served as GGM, Liquefied Natural Gas.[10]

Baru was appointed as the 18th Group Managing Director of NNPC, on 4 July 2016.[11]

On reaching the statutory age of 60, he retired on 7 July 2019 and was succeeded by Mele Kyari.[12]

Baru died on Friday, 29 May 2020 from COVID-19.[13][14][15]

References

  1. ^ a b "10 things to know about new NNPC GMD, Maikanti Kacalla Baru". Premium Times. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Dr. Maikanti Baru". CSR-in-Action. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. ^ Martins, Ameh (8 July 2019). "BARU, Dr Maikanti Kacalla". Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Dr Maikanti Baru". CWC - Nigeria Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Maikanti Kacalla Baru". African Refiners Association. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. ^ "African Refiners Association". African Refiners Association. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Profile: Maikanti Kacalla Baru". Nigerian Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  8. ^ Emmanuel, Ogala (4 July 2016). "BIOGRAPHY: 10 things to know about new NNPC GMD, Maikanti Kacalla Baru - Premium Times Nigeria". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  9. ^ "NNPC Shake-Up: New Senior Management Appointed | Petroleum Africa". 9 July 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Profile Of New NNPC GMD, Maikanti Baru". Abusidiqu. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Buhari appoints Baru NNPC GMD". Vanguard. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Buhari appoints Mele Kyari as new NNPC GMD, seven COOs". Daily Trust. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Revealed: Ex-NNPC GMD, Baru, died of COVID-19". 30 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Ex-NNPC GMD Maikanti Baru is dead". Premium Times. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Maikanti Baru, former NNPC GMD, is dead". The Cable. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

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