Louis is a skilled mediator and trainer specialising in workplace conflicts, whose career has focused on promoting industrial harmony. As the Employee Relations Manager (ER) until he retired from NNPC in 2015, he managed union-management relations and dispute resolution within the organisation. He played a vital role during the biennial collective bargaining sessions and supervised union-management interactions in the oil and gas industry at that time.
While in service, on behalf of the NNPC, he effectively mediated and resolved industrial relations disputes in the industry, saving the country significant costs that could have been lost due to industrial actions at Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Addax Petroleum. He represented the GMD of NNPC on the 13-member ministerial committee dedicated to resolving conflicts in the industry. Additionally, he served the country on several committees, including but not limited to the Nigeria Stakeholders Working Group (NSWG), the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI), the Ministerial Committee on the sustainability of the NNPC Pension Fund, the Independent Consolidation and Cushioning Committee, the Committee on the Socio-Economic Impact of Downstream Deregulation, and the Committee on the Privatization of downstream operations of the oil and gas industry.
In retirement, he served as a keynote speaker at various PENGASSAN and NUPENG conferences. He was a lead facilitator in workshops for labor leaders and management representatives organised by Shell, Chevron, NLNG, WRPC, PHRC, WAGPCo, etc. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Benin and an honorary Doctor of Philosophy from Evangel Christian University African Campus.
