Engr Benjamin Akaakar is the Vice President - Technical, Advanced Energy Partners.

He is an engineer with thirty-two years’ experience in oil and gas integrated services and knowledge in oil, gas, power and financing sector. He holds a bachelor's in Chemical Engineering (B.Eng.) from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (1985), a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Port-Harcourt (1996). In 1987 he joined the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation where he served the corporation in various capacities. In 1999, he took appointment with Shell Nigeria, serving as the Senior Process/ Facilities Engineer in various shell facilities (1999-2005).

His unmatched experience and capabilities earned him the position of Head of Technical Services for Shell Companies in Nigeria, tasked with the responsibility of front-end engineering design (2008-2012). In November 2012, He was appointed Former General Manager/Technical Assistant Upstream Projects to the Group Managing Director of NNPC, where he focused on production losses, facility vandalism, deep offshore projects and implementation of the gas master plan. He is also serving as the Vice-Chairman/Director Business Advisory at Plus Engineering and Support Services limited at Port Harcourt and Abuja.

Mr. Benjamin Akaakar is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, a registered engineer with the Council of Regulation of Engineers in Nigeria (COREN), Board Member Nigeria Society of Chemical Engineers, Member/ Director National Minerals Implementation and Steering Team (MIST) in The Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development. He has presented several academic and professional papers. Mr. Benjamin Akaakar is a family man, a Christian, a community leader who loves to play golf, squash and lawn tennis.