Mr. Dortimi Kester Tawari is a graduate of Laws (LL.B Hons) Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-Ife, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1989. He holds a Masters Degree in International Relations (M.Sc. Int’l Relations) from the University of Benin. Holds Advanced Professional Diploma in Sustainable Development SDG Volunteerism/Skills-Preneurship from Hetaved Skills Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2021.

Mr. Tawari is armed with well over 30 year Post Call Experience and has worked as a Private  Legal Practitioner, Legal Adviser in the past, experience in Knowledge and Corporate Re-engineering, Developmental Issues and is familiar with compliance, law and Corporate Governance.

 His work experience is quite vast, attesting to his versatility and dedication to duty in the various positions he has been privileged to occupy. He began his working career briefly with Olisa Agbakoba & Associates and then with Civil Liberties Organization, Lagos. Mr. Tawari has also held different positions in the corporate world. He was Head of the Recovery Unit of the defunct Allstates Trust Bank; then Head, Legal and Risk Management at Resort Savings and Loans Limited, Lagos from which he joined Emo Oil and Petrochemical Limited as Executive Secretary to the Chairman/CEO on Energy and Mining and then GM. Human Resources, Community Relations and Legal, Emo Ashapura Energy and Mining Limited, Abuja. He was Personnel/Head, Post Training and Engagements Unit, Amnesty Programme, in the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, for the sustainable Reintegration / Alternative Livelihood Support Programme for Ex-Militants. He was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of GEL Utility Limited – generating and supplying uninterrupted power to Port Harcourt Refinery in 2018. He is happily married to Timinepre nee Thomas Okoro of Patani.