Dr. Ladi Bada is a business executive who has worked at the highest leadership level in the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry. He was the pioneer Managing Director/CEO of Shoreline Natural Resources, an Indigenous oil and gas exploration and production company with reserves of over One (1) billion barrels and production of over 40 bbl/day. He was an adviser to Oriental Energy, a Nigerian exploration and production company, from 2004 to 2010. In that role, He worked with the executive chairman to farm and develop their three offshore assets. While at Oriental Energy, he led teams to develop oil and gas investment opportunities in Egypt, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia. He was also involved in the various development cycles of the Ebok field, from exploration to development and eventually to production.

He worked in Nigeria and Algeria to develop opportunities for Oriental Energy and NNPC in the proposed Trans Saharan Gas Pipeline. He is actively involved in fostering engagements with energy industry stakeholders. A founding member of the Independent Petroleum Producers Group, a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Institute of Directors and other Professional bodies in the extractive Industry. He is on the board of the Data Mining Company (DMC). Dr Bada has an MB CHB from the Obafemi Awolowo University and worked as a doctor in 1994 for the Lagos State Hospital Management Board. He also has a Master’s level PGD in Global Business from the Said Business School, Oxford University.