Bashir Ojulari

Bashir Bayo Ojulari
Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPC Limited
Assumed office
2 April 2025
PresidentBola Tinubu
Preceded byMele Kyari
Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, Renaissance African Energy Company
In office
January 2024  March 2025
Managing Director, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company
In office
2015–2021
Personal details
Born (1965-06-03) June 3, 1965
Ilorin
OccupationEngineer

Bashir Bayo Ojulari is a Nigerian engineer and expert in petroleum, process and production engineering currently serving as Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd). In January 2024, Ojulari joined Renaissance African Energy Company as executive vice-president and chief operating officer and led a consortium of local energy companies in a $2.4 billion Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) acquisition deal. He was managing director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) from 2015 to 2021. President Bola Tinubu Appointed him as the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the NNPC Ltd on 2 April 2025.