Expertise

Vic Okezie is Director at Crexia, where he develops and coordinate niche but topical HR events that share best practices for HR leaders. He is organiser of the Oil & Gas HR Summit and CareersOilGas.com.

Previously, he worked in Recruitment for Chevron France and later International Search & Selection across a wide range of industries.

Prior to these, he studied Industrial Chemistry, had internships at Shell Nigeria and Statoil Norway, and also worked for IAESTE.

Experience

Crexia

Managing Director

Apr. 2006 till date

Director at Crexia and responsible for: oilgashrsummit.com
oilgashrschool.com
oilgashrawards.com

Chevron France

Recruitment Manager

Sept. 2004 - Mar. 2006

Internal Recruiter for Chevron Oronite hiring Engineering graduates, based in Le Havre and Paris.

IAESTE

Recruitment Leader

Sept. 2000 - Aug. 2004

Recruitment Leader for IAESTE Nigeria and then Exchange Coordinator at IAESTE France.

Statoil

LCA Project (Trainee)

June 2002 - Sept. 2002

Researcher / Trainee at Statoil Norway, working on an LCA project in Trondheim and Stavanger.

Shell

Petrochemist (Intern)

June 1999 - Dec. 1999

Petrochemist intern at Shell Nigeria conducting lab analysis of several crude oil samples.

Education

Royal Holloway, University of London

MSc, International Business

2010 – 2012

University of Lagos

BSc, Industrial Chemistry

1997 – 2001


Events

Oil & Gas HR Summit Aberdeen

3-4 July 2013 // Aberdeen, UK

Oil & Gas HR Summit Africa

25-26 Sept. 2013 // Lagos, Nigeria

Oil & Gas HR Middle East

20 -21 Nov. 2013 // Abu Dhabi, UAE