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A classically self-made businessman, Mr. Greyson Ludovic Kiondo is a dynamic and courageous diaspora Tanzanian with offices in Dar es Salaam and Washington DC. A class of 1997 graduate from the School of Management at the State University of New York in Binghamton, New York, Kiondo wields a firm determination to continually unleash his full potential as an International Entrepreneur and Business Executive. The history of Petrogas Field Services Ltd, which is rooted in forward thinking, commitment, and a willingness to adapt and change, is tied to the history of its founder—Kiondo who is also its former Chairman. Always leading, Kiondo focuses on creative disruption, leveraging well-established local assets, homegrown talent, international expertise, and global strategic partnerships to create new business paradigms with their respective growth trajectories.
One of Kiondo’s most prolific decisions made in 2012 was maintaining the core business of Kilimanjaro International Corporation Ltd, a management consulting and training firm; while strategically entering new sectors, industries, and niche-markets—one at a time. Creative and visionary, Kiondo has turned Petrogas into a Tanzanian blue-chip company focused in Oil & Gas, Clean & Renewable Energy, Logistics & Transportation, Ports & Marine and Metals & Mining.
Core Skills / Competencies
- Leadership| Kiondo is hands on and ‘walks-the-talk’. His humility, confidence, disarming charm, and innate diplomatic skills motivate others to challenge themselves to achieve their personal best. And his success speaks for itself—inherently inspiring; while leading the way to ensure business sustainability. Kiondo ensures agility and adaptability as precursors to preparedness for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity (VUCA)—i.e. the turbulent, fast-paced, and globalized business world translated into local realities and customized solutions.
- Strategy| Kiondo has an inborn creative mind and an outstanding aptitude for critical thinking. He finds balance between short-, medium-, and long-term thinking, planning and analyzing. He is superb at utilizing the creative inputs of employees and close trusted advisors; and is able to synthesize inputs from commercial intelligence, competitors, business environment, historical data, and future trends to drive strategy.
- Intelligent Risk Taking| How Kiondo started his academic and professional life in the United States on a leap of faith and what he has achieved and where he is today speaks directly to his risk tolerance, perseverance and intuitive approach to business. Clearly ahead of the industry, he has established new companies, lines of business, strategic partnerships and made significant personal and financial commitments in the future of his enterprises—Petrogas Field Services Ltd, Cleanergies Ltd, Raska Analytics & Flow Ltd, Fastrak Railroad Solutions Ltd and others
- Market Disruption| Kiondo-inspired new products, services, and engineered solutions ideas and their impact come with a spontaneity that drives needed disruption; upending traditionally held notions of what is possible. And he has the tenacity to see it through; demonstrating time and again the success that others didn’t know existed yesterday and providing a pathway to tomorrow’s opportunities.
- Values and Beliefs| Kiondo embraces empowerment, fairness, teamwork and places mutual respect at the foundation of all relationships.
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An honest and affable C-Suite staffer in the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO), Ms. Saria knows the developmental challenges faced by many of our customers, vendors, and stakeholders. Ms. Saria possesses proven capabilities and ability to operate seamlessly across sectors, industries, cultures, ethnicities; as well as local and international dimensions.
A highly qualified Quantity Surveyor (QS) with deep-rooted experience in the Oil and Gas industry, Ms. Saria is an expert tendering engineer cutting across the public and private sector realms. Bolstered by six years of progressive leadership experience at Petrogas Field Services Ltd, Ms. Saria has mastered global supply chain management, supplier relationship management, and project delivery.
Specifically, Ms. Saria has served many customer segments and has delivered on turnkey Oil & Gas projects and supplies of skids, equipment, spare parts, instruments, technical services, and technologies. Her main clients include entities engaged in Oil Marketing, Exploration and Drilling, Ports, Marine Bunkering, Gas Processing, Power Generation, Chemical/Petrochemicals, Cogeneration, Manufacturing, Pipelines (Crude Oil, LPG & Natural Gas), Re-injection Stations, Production Platforms, Compressor Stations, Refineries, Metrology, Mining, Sovereign Revenue & Regulatory authorities.
Ms. Saria is exceptionally hard-working, methodical and has amazing task prioritization skills. Whether it is managing a mass-metering skid fabrication project in Tulsa, Oklahoma for several Tanzanian Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs); while at the same time handling the procurement, order fulfillment and airlifting of dozens of hazardous calibration gas cylinders from Santa Anna, California to Madimba, Tanzania for a National Oil Company (NOC) type of customer, or flying in and out manufacturers’ engineers for a client site in the Songo Songo Island, Ms. Saria has done it before and continues to do so.
A strategic thinker with exceptional analytical skills, Ms. Saria has steadily ascended the corporate ladder to senior managerial and leadership roles. It is no wonder therefore that she has consistently driven growth, innovation, and team excellence. Ms. Saria is great at overseeing turnkey contracts—overseeing scope and price negotiations and project management functions. These run the gamut from engineering through procurement to fabrication through construction to installation to commissioning as well as customer training.
Prior to joining Petrogas Field Services Ltd, Ms. Saria had worked for various employers including the Quality Group, St. Joseph University College, Donmark (T) Ltd and the Architects and Quantity Surveyor Registration Board (AQRB). During most of her tenure in those organizations, Ms. Saria handled the core duties of a Quantity Surveyor. She served a vast array of customers—airports, universities, hospitals, pension funds, and ministry buildings.
Ms. Saria is armed with a Bachelor of Science degree in Building Economics and memberships in Architects and Quantity Surveyor Registration Board (AQRB) and the Institute of Quantity Surveyor.
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Shani Ridhuan Mringo is both the Board Secretary and Company Secretary of Petrogas Field Services Ltd. She is a highly skilled Advocate, Corporate Legal Advisor, and Governance Expert with over 10 years of experience in legal compliance, corporate governance, business advisory, and contract management.
Highly proficient in regulatory compliance, policy development, and stakeholder engagement, Mringo is dept at handling legal documentation, negotiations, and strategic advisory roles to support corporate growth.
Ms. Mringo possesses mission-critical competencies in the areas of corporate governance & compliance; business and investment advisory; legal document drafting & review; policy development and risk management; contract negotiation & Legal research; regulatory compliance and leadership & team coordination
A self-driven and results-based professional, Ms. Mringo has worked as Advocate & Corporate Legal Advisor for various firms including Tan Africa Law Chambers, which is one of Tanzania’s oldest leading law firms. During her long tenure at the firm, she provided legal advisory services on corporate governance, business mergers, and acquisitions; drafted and reviewed legal documentation including board resolutions, company policies, and compliance reports; ensure regulatory compliance with corporate laws and industry standards; advised on legal issues concerning formation, ownership, and management of companies; and represented corporate clients before courts and regulatory bodies. Other duties included conducting legal research and preparing legal opinions for corporate clients; rendering assistance in drafting board and shareholder agreements; and providing legal compliance support for corporate transactions.
While at Singo Advocates, Ms. Mringo managed the firm’s corporate legal documentation and case reporting, researched legal precedents and updated clients on regulatory changes. As a State Attorney Trainee, Ms. Mringo worked at Law Reform Commission of Tanzania where she conducted legal research on corporate governance reforms and consumer protection laws.
Ms. Mringo has also worked for various organizations as a Legal Consultant and Board Advisor for various organizations. These include Petrogas Field Services Limited where was contracted since 2022 as an Advocate & Business Investment Advisor. Other clients of Ms. Mringo include Japan Tanzania Tours Limited where performed the role of a Legal Compliance Advisor.
Summarily, Ms. Mringo possesses great experience in corporate governance and management. Her past engagements include advising businesses on regulatory compliance, risk management, and contract execution; handling board secretarial duties, including board meeting preparations,
minutes recording, and policy implementation; and assisting businesses with company formation, restructuring, and governance frameworks.
Ms. Mringo possesses relevant credentials befitting the position of Board Secretary. She has a Master’s degree of Business Administration (MBA) with a concentration on Corporate Management and a Bachelor’s degree of Laws (LLB. Besides her academic qualifications, Ms. Mringo has been trained in many areas including undergoing a Practical Legal Training Program at the Law School of Tanzania; Transformational Leadership; Halal Investing Workshop and a Certificate in Basic Computer Applications.
