Ahmad Sambo/Director
With over 30 years of work experience gained from both the public and private sectors in Nigeria and the USA, respectively, Ahmadu H Sambo retired statutorily in September 2018 as Group General Manager in charge of Group Finance for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Prior to his last posting he was Managing Director of three NNPC Subsidiaries (NNPC Pension Fund, NIDAS Marine and NNPC Oilfield Services) between 2011 and 2016. In recognition of his meritorious service, he received numerous awards, including First Place Ministerial Award for outstanding Staff Performance from the Honorable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (HMSPR) in 2018.
Ahmadu is the Founder and President, Kessel Capital Advisers Limited, a financial advisory services firm incorporated in 2020 to provide world-class financing solutions to business enterprises in Nigeria. He is also the Co-founder and President, Sambo Okolo & Company, LLC, CPAs, a full-service Certified Public Accounting (CPA) firm, after seven years of professional accounting experience at the largest minority-owned Boston-based CPA firm. Located in the Boston area, Sambo Okolo has been in business since 1994.
Ahmadu is licensed to practice as a Certified Public Accountant in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He has been a member of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) since 1988.
Ahmadu holds a B.Sc. in Business Management from University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, and an MBA in Accounting & Finance from Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. In addition, he attended numerous professional business education courses including at University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Graduate School of Business, Philadelphia, PA and Dartmouth College, Tuck School of Business, Hanover, NH.
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