Mr. Elias Pungong,
Partner, Oil and Gas Division, PricewaterhouseCoopers Gabon
Mr. Elias Pungong is a Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers Sub Saharan Francophone Africa (PwC SSFA). He was called into the college of Partners in 2001 and became a full equity worldwide Partner in June 2003. In addition, to being a Client Service Partner, he also has the following responsibilities:
- Member of the PwC Francophone Africa Leadership Board of Partners, with a total of 5 members;
- Main Client Service Partner for the Oil and Gas activities in Francophone Africa;
- Risk Management and Independence Leader for Francophone Africa.
He was educated in Sacred Heart College in Bamenda, Cameroon, where he obtained his A-levels and won a Cameroonian government scholarship to study Mathematics in the UK. He subsequently graduated with First Class Honors in Mathematics and Engineering, before proceeding to St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University, where he obtained an MSc in Applied Statistics in 1991. After graduation, he embarked on a career in accountancy, which was sold to him at the time as the premier business career. In 1995, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant (England and Wales) and in 1996 transferred to the Brussels office of the then “Big Six” firm Price Waterhouse where he was promoted Manager in 1998 and Senior Manager in 1999. He was transferred to PwC Africa in 1999, first to the Douala, Cameroon office, where he spent 9 months, before moving to PwC Libreville, Gabon where he has been resident till date.
He has extensive knowledge and experience within the Oil and Gas Industry in Africa as he lead the audits and advises the affiliates of major multinational companies such as Shell, ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco, Eni, Marathon, Amerada Hess, and Total within the Oil-Rich Central Africa Sub-region. He also has particular expertise on the local fiscal and accounting implications of Production Sharing Contracts and Concession Agreements. To this regard, he regularly organizes local seminars and training in these areas. He is also regularly invited as speaker at various international conferences both inside and out outside Africa.
