Transcorp Power Appoints Maryam Shehu to Board

By Aduragbemi Omiyale

Mrs Maryam Bala Shehu has been appointed to the board of Transcorp Power Plc as an independent non-executive director.

A statement signed by the company secretary, Ms Atinuke Kolade, confirmed this appointment, which is subject to approval of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).

She brings to the team her experience gained through service as a board member and alternate board member of the Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria (GACN), alongside finance and audit oversight exposure through advisory committee roles within the Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Group and Brass LNG entities.

The notice described Mrs Shehu as a senior executive, governance professional, and board leader with nearly three decades of experience in the energy sector, including over two decades in senior leadership roles within TotalEnergies S.A. E&P subsidiaries in Nigeria and a secondment to Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG).

A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA), the Energy Institute, United Kingdom (FEI), and the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (FICMC), Mrs Shehu is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Directors (CIoD), the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICArb), the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), and the Nigerian Institute of Training and Development (NITAD). She holds an MBA from IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain, in partnership with Lagos Business School (LBS), Nigeria, and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Accounting from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

She has completed executive and postgraduate programmes at Stanford University and Middlesex University, and is currently pursuing ESG certification through Boardroom Africa.