Bimbola Kolawole is Vice President for Business Development – Africa at Rystad Energy. She is responsible for business development and relationship management engagements across Africa.  Her area of expertise includes Business Development & Strategies, Relationship Management and Project Management in the Energy industry. Bimbola worked previously at IHS (now S&P Global Insights), where she was responsible for managing selected clients across the oil & gas value chain in the EMEA region. She holds a BSc in Economics from Ilorin University; Data Science Post Graduate Diploma from McCombs School of Business in Austin, Texas; MSc. in Energy Finance from Centre for Energy Petroleum & Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP); and MBA from Leicester University.