Leadership Team

Leadership Team 
Operating to the highest standards

Our dedicated leadership team is responsible for the management of the Company and comprises a group of individuals from diverse academic and professional backgrounds with several years of active participation and exposure in the petroleum industry. Our staff and administration are experienced in all aspects of the business. They are critical to our business and must not only meet our measurable internal training specifications, but also regulatory agency requirements. The leadership expertise gives us direction and purpose through company growth initiatives and a changing economy. We differentiate ourselves by approaching industry challenges with the combined perspective of over 30 years within the upstream, midstream, and downstream energy sectors. 

ANTHONY NDAH

Anthony, Atlantic Petroleum's President and Chief Executive Officer, plays a pivotal role in the company's growth and consolidation strategies. His comprehensive experience across all business phases, including sales, operations, technology, marketing, and management, has been instrumental in shaping the company's trajectory. He provides executive support to the Atlantic Petroleum leadership team, driving their efforts to grow, develop people, and instigate organizational change.

Anthony's leadership at Atlantic Petroleum has been marked by his ability to make high-level decisions about policy and strategy. Under his guidance, the company has evolved into a notable energy products and chemicals marketing and distribution chain. His strategic vision led to partnerships with Marathon Petroleum and Flint Hills Resources, further enhancing the company's standing. He played a key role in expanding Atlantic’s offerings into Chemicals, Lubricants, Oil products, Minerals, Power, Integrated Petroleum Management, and associated services through start-ups and partnerships.

A veteran in the petroleum industry, they led the transformation that helped the company build strategies and deals and deliver products that fuel value creation. Anthony has always believed the path to success is providing long-term, value-based solutions that improve customers' businesses and daily lives. He is most proud of the team’s dedication to going above and beyond customers' expectations each and every day and the way Atlantic will continue to do business in the future. Anthony has a strong knowledge of the global energy industry. He has guided Atlantic Petroleum through dynamic times in this industry.

Anthony focuses on the company's strategic direction, building strong relationships, and ensuring that our customers receive quality products and efficient services. He started his career in Houston, working for an upstream oil drilling & exploration company, during which he was a member of an elite team involved in the planning and execution of several oil and gas projects for domestic, multi-national, and special operations. He graduated from Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, with a Master's degree in petroleum engineering and earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the prestigious Rice University-Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business.
JOHN ALFORD
John is acting as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Atlantic Petroleum. He began his career with Sundance Fuels and used an ambitious transformation plan to navigate financial uncertainties. He led the company through challenges associated with building a new company, including adopting policies more appropriate for a smaller company and creating a distinctive corporate culture rooted in entrepreneurship. 

With the transformation—or reinvention completed, John remains at the helm of a company poised for future profitable growth with a company-wide reputation as an accessible and collaborative leader.

John's role at Atlantic Petroleum extends beyond sales and marketing. He is a champion of a culture where every employee, regardless of their level, is empowered to contribute ideas for the company's improvement and uphold its corporate values. His commitment to fostering a collaborative and innovative corporate culture is unwavering.

With a tenure of 25 years, John's expertise in sales and marketing was recognized as he ascended to the role of Executive Vice President. His strategic advice guided companies in the refined petroleum product and specialty chemicals sectors through mergers and acquisitions (M&A), portfolio transformations, corporate finance, and capital market transactions.

John has been at this location for 25 years. He became executive vice president of Sales and Marketing, and entered the Guinness World Record for being the fastest Hovercraft pilot, achieving the longest distance driven by any Man on land with this amphibious craft.
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