Dr. Wallace W. Williams

Governing Council Member

(DSC, MSC, FFB, FRSH, MCGI, FlinstLM, CFM, and CCM)


A PASSIONATE & COMMITTED

LOCAL CONTENT PROMOTER

PARTICULARLY IN GAS MONETIZATION,

LEGAL GAS FRAMEWORK,

PROMOTING THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL TRINIDAD, MODEL ON GAS TO NIGERIA, GHANA, EQITORIAL GUINEA AND OTHER EMERGING AFRICAN OIL COUNTRIES,

PROMOTER OF GAS BASED INDUSTRIES FOR LOCALS PARTICULARLY INNOVATOR OF THE GASPRENUERSHIP MODEL FOR LOCAL CONTENT USE OF MOVING GAS BY LOCALS VIA VIRTUALGAS PIPELINES

APPOINTED BY FOSSIMMA-FORUM OF SOUTH SOUTH CHAMBERS NIGERIA AS CHAIRMAN INTERNATIONAL LIASON AND CARIBBEAN RELATIONS AND LED THE FOSSIMMA EXECEUTIVE TO TRINIDAD TO SIGN A GROUND BREAKING HISTORIC FIRST MOU WITH THE TRINIDAD & TOBAGO LOCAL CONTENT CHAMBER

AN INTERNATIONAL ENERGY EXPERT WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN OIL, GAS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, MODULAR REFINERIES, POWER GENERATION & DISTRIBUTION. THIS IS COMPLEMENTED BY RELATED EXPERTISE IN LOCAL CONTENT DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL, EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL BENEFITS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

A PROFESSIONAL CHARTERED BUILDER SPECIALIZING IN MODULAR BUILDING SYSTEMSIN INCLUDING MODULAR REFINERIES ARCHITECTURE.

A CONSTRUCTION ECONOMIST & ENGINEER.A   HIGHLY RESPECTED PRESENTER AND TV TALK SHOW PANELIST ON ENERGY DEVELOPMENT & MONETIZATION. A DISTINGUISHED FELLOW OF MANY UK ORGANIZATIONS.

WORLD ENERGY CITIES PARTNERSHIP (WECP) SPONSORSHIP – TO PROMOTE LOCAL CONTENT DEVELOPMENT, MARKETING & MONETIZATION

Working in Conjunction with the World Energy Cities Partnership (WECP)  HQ in Houston,Texas, and with the Strategic Support of San Fernando, the WECP City in Trinidad and Tobago, was able to personally sponsor Port Harcourt and  Malabo into the World Energy Cities Partnership.

WECP Supports Local Content Development.

DIPLOMATIC BACKGROUND

  • Ambassador for the Caribbean Islands of Antigua & Barbuda to the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
  • PANAFSTRAG (Pan African Strategic Research & Policy Group)
  • AMBASSADOR to the Americas, ABR (African Business Round Table)
  • Cultural Ambassador to the Caribbean for Nigeria Ministry of Arts and Culture,

MILITARY: BRIGADIER GENERAL

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND & MEMBERSHIP

  • He is a Chartered Builder, with expertise in Modular Advance Building Systems
    • Fellow of the Royal Society of Health –
    • Fellow Faculty of Building –
    • Fellow Institute of Leadership Management,
    • Member Chartered Institute of Building,
    • Erasmus Scholar,
    • An Alumni member of the ‘Millennium Set’ of the prestigious Lagos Business School, Pan African/Atlantic University Nigeria,
    • A former Visiting Professor in Advance Buildings Systems & Modular buildings & refineries at the University of Lagos.
    • Amb Chief Dr Williams is a staunch Pan- Africanist and has been working assiduously over the years to bring the synergies of Nigeria and the Caribbean together,

STRATEGIC & GROUND BREAKING COLLABORATIONS & BILATERALS

  • Co-ordinated the Geo Strategic tours of the Nigeria Defense College Courses 17 & 22 to Trinidad & Tobago for Oil, Gas, Energy & Tourism
    • Brought Governors Donald Duke, Lucky Igbinedion, Mimiko and other governors to Trinidad & Tobago for collaboration in Oil, Gas, Asphalt, Bitumen & Carnival Tourism (Calabar carnival was one of the collaborations that bore fruit)
    • Arranged for & got invited President Obasanjo to Trinidad & Tobago & Antigua &Barbuda
    • Arranged the visit of the following Ministers to Trinidad & Tobago
    • Minister Ezekweseli -Raw Materials (Asphalt Mining & collaboration)
    • Minister Odusina- Gas (Trinidad Model on Gas for the Nigerian gas master plan)
    • Minister Usman-Planning (Trinidad Model on gas)
    • Minister Orubebe-Niger Delta (subsequent training for Niger Delta youths in Energy skills at the national energy skills centre)
  • ALLIANCES, ACTIVITIES AND ATTRIBUTES TO BENEFIT Local Content Development in Energy Countries: NIGERIA & TRINIDAD
  • DR WILLIAMS IS CELEBRATED FOR HIS INTEGRITY, TRUST, KNOWLEDGE, FIRST PERSON TO CALL STATUS REGARDED AS THE TRUE LIAISON BETWEEN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO AND NIGERIA BY BOTH COUNTRIES FOR 25 YEARS: CITATIONS BY THE NIGERIAN EMBASSY & GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA
  • Presented the Trinidad model on gas to president Obasanjo and Yar Adua and both Presidents Obasanjo and Yar Adua instructed their energy experts and in the case of President Yar Adua sent the first and Only Minister of Gas ever appointed Odusina to visit with Amb Dr Williams to develop ideas for gas monetization and local content development
  • FOSTERED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS OF NIGERIA THAT CAN FACILITATE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO’S TRADE EXPANSION TO OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES USING NIGERIA AS THE BASE AND GATEWAY.
  • PROMOTED AGREEMENT BETWEEN LAKE ASPHALT AND EDO STATE AND ONDO STATE (LARGEST DEPOSIT OF ASPHALT WITH THE SAME GEOLOGICAL PROFILE AS THE NATURAL LAKE ASPHALT OF LA BREA, TRINIDAD) WHICH WILL ALLOW TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO LAKE ASPHALT TO MARKET AND MONETIZE ITS BRANDS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, PRODUCTS AND PROCESSING SERVICES TO GENERATE FOREX FOR TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FROM ITS ENERGY INDUSTRY.
  • INITIATED COLLABORATION WITH THE NIGERIAN MINISTRY OF SOLID MINERALS SUCH THAT THE MINSITRY SUGGESTED ANY INVESTOR IN NIGERIAS ASPHALT DEPOSIT MUST TECHNICALLY PARTNER WITHTRINIDAD LAKE ASPHALT FOR ANY DEVELOPER OR INVESTOR WITH DESIRE TO EXPLOIT NIGERIA’S BITUMEN DEPOSITS.
  • SPEARHEADED PROJECT TO GET SAN FERNANDO AND SEVERAL AFRICAN CITIES TO BE ADMITTED INTO THE WORLD ENERGY CITIES PROGRAM. THIS ENDOWED TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO WITH “BIG BROTHER” STATUS IN THE EMERGING WEST AFRICAN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRIES.
  • LED SEVERAL TRADE DELEGATIONS FROM NIGERIA TO TRINIDAD AND OTHER CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
  • PROMOTED THE IDEA OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO AFRICAN INVESTORS. E.G. DANGOTE, AFRICA’S RICHEST INVESTOR AND LARGEST INVESTOR IN CEMENT IN AFRICA, FOR INTEREST IN TRINIDAD CEMENT LIMITED (TCL)
  • ENCOURAGE FDI INTO TRINIDAD FROM AFRICAN BUSINESSES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO’S GATEWAY STATUS TO THE AMERICAS AND PROXIMITY TO THE PANAMA CANAL, AND ENTRY INTO USA MARKET UNDER CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE THROUGH MANUFACTURING IN TRINIDAD.AND ANTIGUA
  • HAS HAD SEVERAL STRATEGIC DISCUSSIONS WITH SEVERAL NIGERIAN AIRLINE EXECUTIVES, GOVERNORS AND MINISTERS ON A BILATERAL AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT (BASA) USING TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO/ANTIGUA AS A TRANSATLANTIC AIRLINE HUB. THIS WILL INCREASE THE ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO /ANTIGUA AIRPORTS AS A HUB TO DISTRIBUTE PASSENGERS TO THE CARIBBEAN, NORTH AMERICA AND SOUTH AMERICA. THIS WILL INCREASE THE FOREX OF THE LOCAL AIRLINES
  • 25 YR TRADITIONAL NIGERIAN ROYAL TITLE HOLDER (BOBADEGA OF IMOBILAND) …. AND AN ADVISOR TO SOME HIGHLY REVEREDLOCAL TRADITIONAL KINGS
  • HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE CREATIVE ECONOMY OF NIGERIA AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CULTURAL TIES WITH TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO THAT BROUGHT CARNIVAL AND STEELPAN TO AFRICA. CAN ESTABLISH MARKETING AND MONETIZATION OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO’S CULTURAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ACROSS AFRICA VIA NIGERIA.
  • INITIATED STRATEGIC DISCUSSIONS WITH CHAIRMAN OF THE AFRICAN BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE (ABR) ABOUT MARKETING AND

SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY BETWEEN NIGERIA AND TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO FOSTER ENERGY COOPERATION

  • WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NIGERIAN EMBASSY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, ARRANGED THE HISTORIC VISIT OF NNS THUNDER, NIGERIA’S FIRST NAVAL SHIP TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
    • ARRANGED THE VISIT OF THE DEPUTY SPEAKER OF THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO THAT INITIATED A NEW ERA OF WARM RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES
    • INITIATED THE VISIT OF THE GOVERNOR OF EDO STATE TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO WHICH LED TO TECHNICAL COLLABORATION WITH TRINIDAD LAKE ASPHALT REGARDING THE MUTUAL EXPLOITATION OF THE VAST BITUMEN DEPOSITS OF EDO STATE.
    • INITIATED THE VISIT OF THE GOVERNOR OF CROSS RIVER STATE TO EXPORT TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO’S CREATIVE ECONOMY OF CARNIVAL AND STEELPAN TO CALABAR, NIGERIA. TODAY, “CALABAR CARNIVAL” IS THE LARGEST STREET FESTIVAL IN AFRICA WITH MILLIONS OF TOURISTS COMING TO CROSS RIVER STATE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
    • INITIATED THE VISIT OF NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A DIPLOMATIC DETOUR TO ANTIGUA TO ALLOWS PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO MEET WITH THE PRIME MINISTER DR BALDWIN SPENCER OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA TO SECURE VOTES FROM THE OECS TO ASSIST NIGERIA IN HER QUEST FOR A UN SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT. BY VIRTUE OF THIS DR. WILLIAMS WAS RECOMMENDED BY PRESIDENT OBASANJO AND APPOINTED BY PM DR. BALDWIN SPENCER AS THE FIRST DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVE EVER OF ANTIGUA BARBUDA TO NIGERIA.
    • GOT PRESIDENT JONATHAN TO SEND NIGER DELTA AMNESTY STUDENTS TO TRAIN AT NATIONAL ENERGY SKILLS CENTRE IN TRINIDAD AND HELPED DEVELOP AND PIONEER THE COURSE CONTENT
    • GOT PRESIDENT JONATHAN TO VISIT TRINIDAD AND WITNESS THE GRADUATES ACCOMPLISHMENTS
    • HAS ACCOMPANIED NIGERIA’S MINISTER OF SOLID MINERALS TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO MEET WITH TRINIDAD LAKE ASPHALT AND ESTABLISH TECHNICAL PARAMETERS FOR COOPERATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA’S EXTENSIVE BITUMEN DEPOSITS.
    • HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER THE GAS EXPERTS OF NIGERIA WITH THE GAS EXPERTS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO ESTABLISH THE QUICKEST ROUTE TO MONETIZE NIGERIA’S GAS DEPOSIT USING THE “TRINIDAD MODEL”. ENHANCING SOUTH SOUTH COLLABORATION
    • SPEARHEADED PROJECT TO GET SAN FERNANDO AND SEVERAL AFRICAN CITIES TO BE ADMITTED INTO THE WORLD ENERGY CITIES PROGRAM. THIS ENDOWED TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO WITH “BIG BROTHER” STATUS IN THE EMERGING WEST AFRICAN AND GAS INDUSTRIES.
    • VERY STRATEGIC FDI AMBASSADOR OF THE AFRICAN BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE TO THE AMERICAS, AN ORGANIZATION FORMED BY THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND THE WORLD BANK, TO DEVELOP, MARKET AND MONETIZE AFRICAN BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CONTINENT AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA IN THE UK, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA, CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICA. THIS CAN GREATLY BENEFIT TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO IN TERMS OF A TARGET FDI COUNTRY FOR ENERGY, EDUCATION, CREATIVE ECONOMY, TRANSPORTATION (INTER-ISLAND FERRIES, AIRBRIDGE), PILOT TRAINING, AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE, TOURISM, BASA.

HIS EXCELLENCY DR WALLACE W. WILLIAMS LEAD THE DELEGATION FROM NIGERIA EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL NEPC (WITH CHIEF INIOBONGJACKSON AND MS DUKE) AND GLOBAL E-MANAGEMENTSERVICESUSAMARKETINGTEAM (LENNYDUNCAN AND MIKE JOHNSON) TO ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA WHERE THE DELEGATION MET WITH THE PRIME MINISTER, DR BALDWIN SPENCER, SOME MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET AND PRIIVATE SECTOR REPRESENTATIVES. MEMBERS OF THE NEPC DELEGATION WERE GRANTED THE RARE HONOUR OF BEING RECOGNIZED WITH THE HIGHEST HONOUR OF THEANTIGUA-BARBUDA 25TH ANNIVERSARY MEDAL. AUG 2010

CITATIONS AND AWARDS

BY THE NIGERIAN DEFENCE COLLEGE COURSE 17 & 22 FOR PROMOTING GENERALS, FOR HIS ROLE AND COORDINATION OF THEIR GEO STRATEGIC TOUR IN OIL & GAS SECTOR NAMELY COURSES & LECTURES DELIVERED ON GAS MONETIZATION, ENERGY LEGAL FRAMEOWORKS, Local content development, arranged for the experts to deliver all lectures and tours and himself delivered lectires on the Trinidad model on gas monetization, COURSE 17 WAS LED BY CURRENT NSA GENERL MONGUNO AND COURSE 22 REAR ADMIRAL NDIDI COMMANDANT OF NDC

By the Nigerian Embassy Trinidad & Tobago for his role in bringing two presidents, 7 governors, 10 ministers, ecowas team and ecowas energy ministers  led by Ibn Chambas to witness first hand local content at work in Trinidad, local energy based industries and their successes, gas monetization and energy legal frameworks et al