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Prince Tonye T.J.T. Princewill - Chairman

Tonye T.J.T. Princewill grew up in the North, comes from the South, but has many businesses in the West and Is a true Statesman with a continued goal to ensure Nigeria regains her position as a world leader.

A successful, ebullient and conscientious businessman and politician; Tonye T.J.T. Princewill, the first son of the Amanyanabo of Kalabari Kingdom of the Amachree Dynasty of Rivers State, is admired by both Nigerians and the wider international community for his impressive philanthropic, business and political contributions to the social re-engineering of Nigeria; a cause close to his heart.

A Master's graduate in Mineral Resources Engineering from the prestigious Imperial College London, U.K. and a B.Eng in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Port
Harcourt, Nigeria. Before joining active politics he was a senior technical project manager and business analyst of the highest caliber.

A diverse strategic thinker with exceptional problem-solving and inter-personal skills, has enjoyed an enviable national and international professional career spanning over a decade in notable fields such as, Politics, Oil and Gas, Hospitality, Media, Entertainment and Information Technology. He is highly adaptable, tenacious and flexible in decision making and well experienced across diverse environments. He is an excellent communicator, effective at all levels and confident in resolving business, technical and political issues.

A certified PRINCE II expert practitioner with empirical knowledge and extensive experience of both ITIL and Change Management, Prince Tonye cut his professional teeth with Shell as a Reservoir Engineer working in their petro physics team. He also worked at various times as risk analyst with the United Kingdom's Oil and Gas regulatory agency; Oil and Gas Conference Producer with the UK Department of Trade and Industry; Chief Technology Officer with PANASONIC UK and with CITIBANK Global Asset Management division and now Chairman Riverdrill Group of Companies.

He is a multi-faceted leader who thrives in any environment he is placed; thanks to his versatility and efficiency in decisionmaking.
This highly accomplished Prince is a chieftain of the APC (All Progressive Congress). He was the first candidate in Rivers state to make the broom a household symbol, by being the governorship candidate for the then Action Congress in Rivers state back in 2007 and In 2019, he was appointed the Director of Strategic Communication for APC's Gubernatorial campaign in Rivers State