Dr. Erinne is a Nigerian and UK trained Chemical Engineer, with vast experience in industry working for some highly reputable international companies: SHELL, CAPL (ICI) and TEXACO.

He was LPG Coordinator and later Plant Manager in charge of the Apapa Complex, for TEXACO. He subsequently established MATRIX PETRO-CHEM Ltd; a respectable Nigerian Oil & Gas Services and Lubricants Manufacturing concern.

Dr. Erinne is also the Managing Consultant of CHEX & Associates, an Energy/Industrial Consulting firm involved in provision of consulting and technical advisory services to the Process and Oil & Gas Industries in Nigeria, as well as Government Institutions. In particular he led the consulting team which supported NLNG in the Domestic LPG Program, leading to the revival and transformation of the Nigerian LPG Sector.

He served in the Anambra State Committee on Petroleum & Energy and was subsequently a Non-Executive Director of Orient Petroleum Resources Ltd; a private/public partnership company which has successfully pioneered oil production from the inland Anambra Basin.

Dr. Erinne also served as Member/Secretary of the National Refineries Task Force, set up to advise the Federal Government on reforms and restructuring of the Refineries and the Downstream Petroleum Sector.

He is a COREN Registered Professional Engineer in Nigeria and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering, the Nigerian Society of Engineers and the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (NSChE). He is also a Past President of NSChE and currently serves as the Chairman of NSChE Foundation and the International Affairs Committee of the Society.

Dr. Erinne is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of VITAVISCO Nigeria Limited and is a member of the Board of Directors of NEDOGAS Limited, a Port Harcourt based energy company, as well as Chairman of the Industry Advisory Board, Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos.