Dr. Laurine Ubanozie, FCRM

  • Managing Principal, Laubarella Resources Limited, Treasurer

Dr Laurine Ubanozie is a consummate strategist, Risk management expert, and self-assured marketer with over 20 years of experience. She has developed and facilitated training in Collateral/ Risk management under Structured Trade Finance for various Financial Institutions, implemented Collateral management, secured distribution processes, business start-ups and continuity management, and governance risks, among other things. Dr Laurine began her career a banker with Access Bank Plc before holding key roles at Cashville Group, IGPES, one of the leading ingenious Oil and Gas servicing companies (upstream operations), ACE Global Depository, an international Collateral Management/Advisory company before joining the Group Management of JPSage Group and Sageview Petroleum Limited Board as the Pioneer Managing Director/ CEO of Sageview Petroleum Limited, a subsidiary of JPSage Group. Dr Laurine is the managing principal of Laubarella Resources Limited a Risk management /Business Development Consultancy, specialties in the Energy Sector: Upstream, Midstream and Downstream oil and gas operations. She is a Lead Consultant – Business development/Risk Manager with some notable oil and gas servicing companies such as Zeconia GIL and Index Brook Limited. She is also a country representative -Nigeria for Aptivaa/CogNext, an international Risk Management/ advisory company, and a Partner at EzekielPartners. She serves on various boards. Laurine is highly involved in professional organizations, serving on the Governing Council, a Treasurer and Fellow Chartered Risk Manager (FCRM) of the Chartered Risk Management Institute of Nigeria, and holding membership in various institutes. Dr Laurine is a philanthropist, a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Foundation, Rotary International, Assistant Governor of Rotary International, District 9112 Past President of Rotary Club of Ikoyi Metro, and the Founder/President of The Formidable Jewels Foundation for the Needy. She holds degrees in English, an MBA, an MPA, and a Ph.D. Petroleum Resources Management and Corporate Governance, a certificate of merit in International Humanitarian Law and Law of Armed Conflict with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Business/ Social Enterprise, and Data Analytics. She is currently running an advanced programme in Project Management. She has been recognized for her achievements with various merit awards and is very passionate about Youth counseling and mentoring, traveling, dancing, and cooking.