PROFILE OF MR.

UCHECHUKWU SAMPSON OGAH

The saying that some people are born great, some achieve greatness while some
have greatness thrust upon them cannot be truer in the case of Dr. Uchechukwu
Sampson Ogah (OON), President, Masters Energy oil & Gas Limited. Mr. Ogah is a
colossus, who was not born great nor has greatness thrust upon him but achieved
greatness by dint of hard work and dedication.
Dr. Uche Ogah was born about 43 years ago to Late Mr. Wilson Ogah and Ezinne
Pauline Ogah of Onuaku, Uturu in Isikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State.
Resourceful, dynamic, motivator and principled, he has an uncanny appetite for work
and smells out an opportunity from a far off. He, like the Trojan horse defiled all
obstacles in his childhood to make it to the top today.
Uche as he is fondly called had his secondary education at Ishiagu High School.
Thereafter, he had a brief working stint at West African Examinations Council,
Enugu; before furthering his academic career.
Uche ended his banking career spanning over 15 years at Zenith Bank Plc and left
Zenith Bank as an Assistant General Manager/Head, Ikeja Business Focus Group.
A master strategist and skilful negotiator, Uche has an excellent track record of
performance. Not given to frivolities, he is very enterprising, articulate, humane and
a goal getter. Above all, he is a quintessential gentleman.
Uche holds the following academic degrees: Masters of Business Administration
(MBA) from University of Lagos, Bachelor of Science (Banking & Finance) from Ogun
State University, Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) from University of Nigeria, Nsukka
(UNN) and HND (Distinction) in Accountancy from the prestigious Institute of
Management and Technology, Enugu.
It is in the areas of business and philanthropy that Uche has made the greatest
landmark. Today, he is a very successful entrepreneur. He is a silent operator, who
as much as possible does not want to be mentioned publicly. He is a businessman
with a heart of gold. The humanitarian and philanthropic disposition of Uche was
taken to a higher level when he recently established a Foundation, Uche Ogah
Foundation. The Foundation which is primarily for Empowerment, Poverty and
Education in December 2011 alone gave out cash assistance of over N32M and
materials worth over N20M to empower less privileged Nigerians. The largely
unannounced activities of the Foundation are a reflection of Uches position that
humanitarian activities should not be publicized.
Also Uche recently instituted a chair at Abia State University in honour of his late
grandfather.

Uche is the President, Masters Energy Group, a well diversified Group which has
business tentacles spread across Oil & Gas, Banking, Construction, Security,
Insurance, Gas, Aviation, Energy, Shipping e.t.c. All these businesses are growing
concerns and doing very well in their respective sectors. It is worthy of note that
Masters Energy Oil & Gas Limited, a subsidiary of Masters Energy Group, has the
largest petroleum products storage facility in sub-Saharan Africa in Rumuolumeni,
Port Harcourt. The facility with 158,000 Metric Tonnes storage capacity has helped
in no small measure in the stabilization of petroleum products availability and
affordability in the whole of South-South, South-East and North-East. Very
importantly too, the companys over 60 retail outlets all over Nigeria sell petrol at
governments approved pump price while the depot in Port Harcourt also sells at
governments approved depot price.

Also there is Masters Energy Industrial City in Uturu called ALSA Petrochemicals, a
subsidiary of Masters Energy Group, set to construct a state of the art Plastic
Manufacturing Plant, 75,000 Metric Tonnes Lubricant Plant and 10,000 Metric
Tonnes Grease Plant.

Masters Energy Group presently has well over 7,000 Nigerians in its workforce.

Uche is a national merit award holder of Officer of the Order of Niger (OON)
bestowed on him by President Goodluck Jonathan and also, a winner of many
awards such as the Best Overall Graduating Student, School of Financial Studies,
IMT, Enugu, Best Overall Branch Manager of Zenith Bank Plc in 2006, Highest Award
Winning Staff of Zenith Bank Plc in 2004 including MD/CEOs commendation, African
Peace Award (APA 2010), Humanitarian Service Award, Meritorious Diamond Award
for National Development, Distinguished Corporate Achievers Gold Award, 2013
NAAC Outstanding Enterprise Award by Nigeria-Chamber of Commerce, 2013
Keyman Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurship by Enugu Chamber of Commerce
and Industries, 2013 BusinessWorld Newspaper Man of the Year in recognition of
entrepreneurship and massive contribution to the economic growth of the nation
e.t.c.
In his Uturu Community, he has electrified villages, changed the landscape of a
whole village by building prototypal houses for the entire community and offering
free medical services for citizens of the community; in addition to building a fully
equipped modern hospital in his native community Onuaku Uturu in Isuikwuato Local
Government of Abia State.
A member of various professional bodies including Institute of Chartered Accountant
of Nigeria (ICAN), Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) and Fellow,
Nigerian Institute of Shipping. uche has attended several Senior Management
Development programmes both locally and abroad.
Uche is happily married and blessed with children. He likes good music, reading,
football, swimming, table tennis and has unwavering love for the things of God