Tim O’Hanlon is Vice-President, African Business at Tullow Oil plc, Africa’s largest independent oil company.

Born and brought up in Ireland, Tim studied reservoir engineering at Imperial College, London and joined Tullow in the mid- 1980s when the Company was a small start-up operating licences in Senegal.

After living in Dakar for many years, Tim began criss-crossing Africa on behalf of Tullow seeking out fresh opportunities for the Company.

He still travels almost continuously as a roving ambassador for Tullow and has played a key part in Tullow’s success and stellar growth over the past 25 years.