Ejiro Obodo has been appointed Corporate Communications Manager at Pinnacle Oil and Gas Limited.
He is an award-winning communications leader with over a decade and half of experience across journalism, public relations, strategic communications and research. His career includes serving as Online Editor at BusinessDay, where he drove the publication’s digital expansion, as well as senior roles at NewGlobe, Caritas Communications and Zenera Consulting.
Most recently, Obodo was Communications Director at NewGlobe, where he played a pivotal role in government-led basic education reform. He was the first Communications Director of EdoBEST and BayelsaPRIME and also provided strategic support for KwaraLEARN. EdoBEST, a $75 million World Bank–funded basic education reform programme is globally recognised as a model for improving literacy and numeracy at scale.
He has consulted for leading energy and logistics multinationals, including Total Energies, Seplat Plc, ExxonMobil, Lekoil, Pan Ocean Oil Corporation, IPPG, New Cross, Niger Star 7, and Topaz Marine. His portfolio includes high-profile projects such as the communications strategy for Total Energies’ $16bn Egina FPSO project.
Obodo’s work has earned him multiple industry awards for excellence in journalism, corporate communications, and public affairs.
At Pinnacle Oil and Gas, he will spearhead corporate communications and brand strategy to enhance the company’s reputation as Nigeria’s foremost petroleum products marketing and logistics provider.