Experience & Activities

Virgil is Assetbow’s MD/CEO. He holds (MSc, London; BSc, London; FlFireE; Commonwealth Research Diploma (Fire Engineering); British Safety Council IDipIOSH; Member National Association of Fire Investigators; ISO: 18001 Certified Lead Auditor. Virgil has been involved in the Fire and Explosions Strategy Implementation, Fire Risk Evaluation, systems protection requirements, control and containment philosophies for over 28years. He has held various strategic level positions in the oil and gas industry; including Chief Fire Officer for Shell in Nigeria, Head OF Fire Services for Qatar Petroleum Dukhan, Chief Fire Officer for the Nigerian Airport Authority Port- Harcourt, Fire Master ZADCO offshore team in Abu Dhabi, Fire Master Delta International Petroleum Co. Abu Dhabi, and Fire & HSE Specialist Advisor for AssetCo Fire.

Educated in the United Kingdom, Virgil is a Fellow of the institution of Fire Engineers. He was a Commonwealth Foundation Fire Engineering Scholarship winner in 1986, and has published work on Crash Management under impact-survivable aircraft Accidents which was supervised by the Institution of Fire Engineers. Virgil has been Speaking on Fire & Explosions Hazard Management at International Conferences, Workshops and Seminars. He was a Panelist at the IOSH 2014 London Conference and Speaker at the Emergency Management Oil and Gas Summit in Singapore 2018.