Mohammad Barkindo

Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo has been secretary general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries since 2016. From 2009 to 2010, he was group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, and previously he served as deputy managing director of Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas. Among the posts he has held, he represented Nigeria in the negotiations for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto protocol.