Born
January 11, 1960
in
Lagos State
Born to Chief (Dr.) Clement Nyong Isong of Ikot Udo Esang and Mrs. Nne Clementine Isong (nee Nne Benson Akpaete) of Itot Ese both of ONNA Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, Clement completed his secondary education at Kings College Lagos, obtaining both his GCE Ordinary in 1976 and Advanced levels in 1978. He studied law (LLB Hons) at the University of Lagos from 1978 to 1981, attended the Nigerian law School, Lagos from 1981 to 1982 and served his NYSC in the Ministry of Justice Aba, Imo State of Nigeria from 1982 to 1983.
Having begun work in Ibadan with the firm of Akinjide and Co, due to family responsibilities, he returned to Calabar in 1984 and joined the Ministry of Justice, and with the creation of Akwa Ibom State in 1985, he moved to the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Justice overseeing the Ikot Ekpene office. His duties included the writing of legal opinions and litigation.
The reasons for his having to return home having abated, he applied to and was recruited by Total Nigeria Plc in Lagos as the Company Lawyer from the 1st of January 1989 to set up the Company Legal department and was appointed Company Secretary/Legal Adviser in 1993. A period of fast paced corporate reform in Nigeria, he worked closely with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Nigerian Stock Exchange, the Central Bank, the Federal Ministry of Finance and other governmental bodies to bring into effect these reforms in the company.
He oversaw the legal restructuring of Total’s subsidiaries in Nigeria including Total Industries Ltd, Nigerian Gas Cylinders Manufacturing Company Ltd, Total Agrik Ltd and Rhone Total Ltd. He also assumed the role of Company Secretary of Total Upstream Ltd.
He was expatriated to France in early 1997 where he worked in Total’s French retail business in the Pricing, Management Controls and Systems Department. Exposed to the entirety of the Total Retail operations in France, he became one of the Total Group’s experts in station retail operations. He returned to Nigeria in late 1998 and was appointed the Regional Manager of Total’s Mid-Western Region which he ran, successfully testing the new concepts and models he had acquired in during his stay in France.
Following the Group merger between the Total and Fina Groups and then later the TotalFina and Elf Groups in the year 2001, the Africa Middle East Division in Total’s downstream business set up a team of experts in collaboration with the consultant firm McKinsey and co. in a project named OM+ to identify the best practices from all three companies as well as build policies, strategies and tools for the optimization of its business in the Africa Middle East Region. Clement was chosen from Total Nigeria to participate in this project and worked in the Retail Business and New Business teams writing up the Retail policy, developing new income streams and drafting the model dealer license agreement.
Returning to Nigeria later that year, he took the role of General Manager Strategy where his role was to oversee the implementation of the policies and tools which had been defined by the Paris OM+ project team in all aspects of the downstream business such as supply, transport, logistics, purchasing, retail, general trade, and finance, articulate Total Nigeria’s strategy and benchmark its performance vis a vis its peers in the downstream industry. He was also the interface with PPPRA on margin and pricing issues as well as being in charge of building investment files for the Total Nigeria’s investments. He was appointed General
Manager Administration in 2003 where his primary mission was the restructuring of Total Nigeria to fully take the benefits of its merger with Elf Nigeria Limited as well as oversee the human resources and general administration of the company and prepare its future.
In 2006 he was posted to Total Malawi as Managing Director where he oversaw the acquisition of Mobil Malawi and its integration with Total Malawi to fully realize the benefits of the acquisition. While in this job, he was elected the Chairman of Petroleum Importers Limited, a role which saw him collaborating with the Government of Malawi to review and restructure the country petroleum products import system for the country.
In 2009 he was promoted to the position of Head of Sustainable Development for the Africa Middle East Division based in Paris, a position which saw him overseeing the Total Group’s downstream sustainable development activities in 54 countries, constantly travelling, engaging with such international institutions as the World bank and the World Health Organization as well as many Governments, Non-Governmental Organizations and Civil Society Organizations, to bring funding, expertise and collaboration to policies geared towards human development in Africa and the Middle East. Leading the Total Group efforts
and contributions in Road Safety, Access to Energy for the underprivileged, several health issues such as Malaria, HIV AIDS and non transmissible diseases, while on this assignment, he also jointly oversaw the building of the Group’s well renowned University partnerships program which has now extended to 80 university partnerships worldwide.
Returning to the downstream core business in 2013 as Deputy Vice President for Southern Africa based in Johannesburg, his job today consists of bringing his expertise to bear on the business development of Total affiliates in the Southern Africa region and serve as the interface between the Head office in Paris and Total downstream affiliates in Southern Africa which include Total South Africa, Total Mozambique, Total Malawi, Total Zimbabwe, Total Zambia etc. He is also overseeing efforts to establish an affiliate in Angola and he is in
constant contact with the governments in these countries to help bring Total’s expertise in Oil and Gas to their benefit as well as develop local citizens in competences and skills in the oil sector.
He married Itoro Askia Usoro now Itoro Clement Isong in 1992 and they have been blessed with 3 children.
Name of Spouse
Mrs Itoro Clement Isong (m. 1992)
Father's Name
Chief (Dr.) Clement Nyong Isong CFR (Late)
Mother's Name
Mrs. Nne Clementine Isong
Profession
Legal Practitioner , Administrator
Working Experience
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