Dr. Thomas Olalere Ogungbangbe is a prince from Ajagbusi Ruling House of Iloko-Ìjẹ̀sà, Oriade Local Government area of Osun State.
He is a business owner, entrepreneur, philanthropist, humanitarian and disciplinarian.
Prince Thomas Ogungbangbe is an experienced world class Business Manager, who has over the years demonstrated achievements in value creation in key industries.
Associates have described him as a silent achiever who had impacted greatly on the lives of many Nigerians regardless of tribal or religious affiliations.
Thomas Ogungbangbe is the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, of CITA Group. The Group, comprises of: CITA Bulk Storage Facilities Limited – Responsible for maintaining and holding depot leases; CITA Petroleum Limited – Responsible for the sourcing and supply of Jet fuel; CITA Aviation Fueling Company Limited – Responsible for into-plane sales; CITA Organic Limited – Responsible for lubricants and non-fuel business.
(CITA is the largest aviation fueling company in the country by airfield presence. The Group has depots in Kano, Sokoto, Yola, Abuja, Uyo, Lagos, Kaduna, Warri, Port – Harcourt, Owerri, Enugu and Calabar).
Ogungbangbe is also the pioneer board chairman of Aviation Fuel Marketers Association of Nigeria (AFMAN).
Prior to establishing CITA Group, Dr. Ogungbangbe was the General Manager, Aviation Business at MRS Oil & Gas, seconded in 2009, to Chevron Oil Nigeria Plc, as Aviation Marketing Manager – West Africa and later promoted as the, Group Aviation Manager – West & Central Africa, based in the Lagos office, where he was the focal point for all aviation fuel work for Corlay/MRS Group.
He has also led many high profile industry group projects, serving as a member, Ministerial Committee on Aviation Fuel Price & Product Availability. He was the chairman of the Management Committee of Joint Aviation Facility in Kano, owned by Total, Forte, Oando and MRS. He was also a Management member of JUHI concourse owned by Conoil, Mobil, MRS, Forte & Total.
Dr. Thomas Ogungbangbe was a co-founder of SO Aviation (formerly Aviation Air & Land Services) during which period he was, Operations and Marketing Director at different times. His experience with Sahara, spanned a diverse portfolio of responsibilities ranging from, engineering, maintenance, marketing, and into-plane operations through to, strategic fuel procurement, market risk management and aviation insurance.
Prior to joining Sahara’ SO Aviation, Dr. Ogungbangbe had a brief stint as the Aviation Commercial Manager of National Oil & Chemical Marketing Plc (now Conoil Plc) in 2002 and later became the Aviation Operations Manager and National Business Manager – Nigeria, of Conoil Plc. He championed industry reforms on issues of, Discharge by Meter and Leakage Prevention.
A scientist by training, Ogungbangbe holds MBA from University of Ilorin, and concluded a doctorate programme in Strategic Marketing, from Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria. He is a trained IATA Airfield Jet Fuel Inspector. He was formerly a board member of the Second Joint Users Hydrant Installation (JUHI-2) owned by CITA. ASCON, TECHNOIL, IBAFON, ETERNA and MASTERS ENERGY.
Dr. Thomas Olalere Ogungbamigbe is currently an aspirant for the Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency in the state under the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC.
