Kamar Bakrin was until recently Operating Partner at Helios Investment Partners, the World’s largest Africa-focused private equity firm, where he headed the Nigeria office. Prior to this, he was a Director at the Corporate office of the Nigerian conglomerate, the Honeywell Group; responsible for the Natural Resources and Power Infrastructure businesses.

Mr Bakrin previously served as MD/CEO of Oando Energy Services during which he led the transition to a full oilfield services company. He was, before that, the Chief Executive of Oando Marketing after having been the Head of Corporate Development of Oando’s Holding company. Before returning to Nigeria, Kamar was a Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in the USA and has also worked with Colgate Palmolive, South Africa and Arthur Andersen (now KPMG).

He also chaired the Boards of Scidar, Arnergy Solar Ltd and Truck Transit Parks Ltd and served on the Boards of Polysmart Ltd and Gas Terminalling Global Operations Ltd. Mr Bakrin holds a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ilorin and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and a member of the Institute of Directors, Nigeria.