Dr. Thomas Ogungbangbe is the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, of CITA Group. The Group, comprises of:
CITA Bulk Storage Facilities Limited – Responsible for maintaining and holding depot leaders;
CITA Petroleum Limited – Responsible for the sourcing and supply of Jet fuel;
CITA Aviation Fueling Company Limited – Responsible for into-plane sales;
CITA Organic Limited – Responsible for lubricants and non-fuel business.
Dr. Thomas Ogungbangbe is also the pioneer board chairman of Aviation Fuel Marketers Association of Nigeria (AFMAN).
CITA is the largest aviation fueling company in the country by airfield presence. The Group has depots in Kano, Sokoto, Yola, Abuja, Uyo, Lagos, Kaduna, Warri, Port-Harcourt, Owerri, Enugu and Calabar.
Prior to establishing CITA Group, Dr. Ogungbangbe was the General Manager, Aviation Business at MRS Oil & Gas, seconded in 2009, to Chevron Oil Nigeria Plc, as Aviation Marketing Manager – West Africa and later promoted as the, Group Aviation Manager – West & Central Africa, based in the Lagos office, where he was the focal point for all aviation fuel work for Corlay/MRS Group.
He has also led many high profile industry group projects, serving as a member, Ministerial Committee on Aviation Fuel Price & Product Availability. He was the chairman of the Management Committee of Joint Aviation Facility in Kano, owned by Total, Forte, Oando and MRS. He was also a Management member of JUHI concourse owned by Conoil, Mobil, MRS, Forte & Total.
Dr. Ogungbangbe was a co-founder of SO Aviation (formerly Aviation Air & Land Services) during which period he was, Operations and Marketing Director at different times. His experience with Sahara, spanned a diverse portfolio of responsibilities ranging from, engineering, maintenance, marketing and into-plane operations through to, strategic fuel procurement, market risk management and aviation insurance.
Prior to joining Sahara’ SO Aviation, he had a brief stint as the Aviation Commercial Manager of National Oil & Chemical Marketing Plc (now Conoil Plc) in 2002 and later became the Aviation Operations Manager and National Business Manager – Nigeria, of Conoil Plc. He championed industry reforms on issues of, Discharge by Meter and Leakage Prevention.
Dr. Ogungbangbe is a scientist by training and also holds an MBA from University of Ilorin, and just concluded a doctorate programme in Strategic Marketing, from Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria. He is a trained IATA Airfield Jet Fuel Inspector. He was formerly a board member of the Second Joint Users Hydrant Installation (JUTH-2) owned by CITA. ASCON, TECHNOIL, IBAFON, ETERNA and MASTERS ENERGY. Continue Reading
