Group Executive Director

Kayode Adelaja

Kayode Adelaja is a proficient infrastructure development specialist with a career that spans over 28years in Construction, Engineering Fabrication and Automaton/Telemetry. He has been involved in numerous projects for the construction industry's best, such as Costain West Africa, G Cappa Pic, Sageto Nigeria Limited and Sakamori Nigeria Limited. Adelaja worked as a consultant/contractor in multinationals such as Nigerite Limited, Dowell Schlumberger, NLNG, Dangote and Silverbird Group. He was directly responsible for developing strategies and successfully initiating, executing and commissioning critical infrastructure for the expansion construction of pre-fabricated clinic for Lafarge. He has also executed projects for the Federal Government of Nigeria and Rivers State Government.

He is the owner of Avnar Systems, Arcpine Limited and a shareholder / Director of Comenergy a company that pioneered telemetry solutions in the telecoms sector in Nigeria. Adelaja was part of the technical experts who attended training and introduction to SAM 2 with Inala of South Africa.

His joined Petrolex as a consultant for the procurement and deployment of a telemetry system (FMS); the control and monitoring of product logistics and went on to handle the conception and development of the Petrolex Mega Oil City

conception and development of the Petrolex Complete Value Chain Plan; conception, setup of Petrolex Guinea;  development of a Pipeline products
distribution systems for The Republic of Guinea; setup of Syli Petroleum Guinea; conception and development of the Avon 4 Deep Sea Port Project, Ogun State; and conception and development of the llaje Integrated Mining Port Project, Ondo State.

In the last 3 years he has setup OETas a construction subsidiary of Petrolex. Adelaja has a BSc in Building from the University of Lagos, Nigeria