Helping Energy CEOs and Boards Safeguard Enterprise Value Under Pressure by turning complexity and risk into competitive advantage

Executive coaching, board advisory, and strategic leadership support for energy and asset-intensive organizations navigating transformation, transition, and high-stakes risk, including energy transition, decarbonisation, regulatory complexity, and long-cycle transformation

Delivered through board-level leadership dialogues and global keynote engagements.

Supporting leaders where performance, risk, and reputation are inseparable, and where judgment under pressure determines outcomes.

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A disciplined approach to leadership presence, decision quality, and enterprise resilience under pressure.

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A 2025–26 SPE Distinguished Lecturer, strategist, and coach, Mike Etuhoko brings 35 years of technical depth and global leadership to help energy executives and boards translate complexity into sustainable transformation

A trusted partner to CEOs and Boards facing complex risk, transition, and leadership pressure

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Founder & CEO, Mike Etuhoko

Mike Etuhoko is a trusted advisor and executive coach to CEOs, Boards, and senior executives, helping leaders safeguard enterprise value and turn complex risk into long-term competitive advantage.

He partners with leaders across the energy and asset-intensive industries navigating energy transition, decarbonisation, regulatory and investor pressure, AI-driven disruption, and strategic inflection points, where performance, risk, and reputation are inseparable, and judgment under pressure matters most.

Through executive coaching, strategic advisory, and leadership development, Mike helps leadership teams align judgment, governance, and execution to strengthen decision quality, leadership coherence, and sustainable value creation.

With more than three decades of global experience at TotalEnergies, Shell, KPO, and HCML, he has led enterprise-scale transformations in highly regulated, high-risk environments, contributing to billions of dollars in value creation.

A London Business School Sloan Fellow, Accredited Board Director, and ICF-credentialed executive coach, Mike founded Protekz Inc. in 2008. He is a 2025–26 SPE Distinguished Lecturer and a DBA candidate researching Generative AI and leadership resilience.

Mike is known for blending technical rigor with human-centred leadership, helping boards and executive teams make clear decisions, apply disciplined risk appetite, and create early momentum—without compromising trust or long-term enterprise resilience.

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Integrating executive coaching, strategic foresight, and leadership development with decades of global technical and leadership experience from Fortune 500 energy organizations, I empower senior executives and boards to drive sustainable transformation, organizational resilience, and long-term value creation.

Mike Etuhoko, Founder & CEO, Protekz Inc.

Endorsements from Business Leaders and Executives

"Mike’s impact on HCML’s success on its $2 billion offshore development was profound. His leadership in conceptualizing, implementing, and embedding the Well Integrity Management System (WIMS) significantly strengthened HCML’s governance, risk management, and ESG alignment. Through high-level stakeholder engagement, human capital development, and disciplined operational leadership, Mike directly contributed to $200 million in annual profit uplift, a 60% year-over-year operational performance improvement, and a zero-incident safety record across all project execution phases. In addition, Mike designed and delivered a $250,000 enterprise-wide WIMS coaching program, enhancing leadership capabilities, technical excellence, and institutional resilience across the organization—ensuring the long-term sustainability of HCML’s operational integrity initiatives."

Lian Jihong
Chair & Country Manager, CNOOC International, Guyana
(12 April, 2025)
I have been working with Mike over the last 4 years during which time he has developed both his career and consultancy to provide a comprehensive business consultancy offering comprising Strategy Development, Executive Coaching and Organisational Transformation. Mike brings a wealth of international experience from the Oil & Gas sector where he demonstrated his ability to address complex projects requiring both technical expertise aligned with the ability to work cross functionally across the breadth and depth of the organisation. Mike has successfully grown from this core competence embracing practical experience in Strategy, Coaching and Organisational Transformation and professional development through the LBS Sloan Masters and Warwick MBA programmes. Mike’s practical approach to complex business issues aligned with the latest academic thinking enables him to provide solutions that will enable both the organisations and people he works with to move forward with confidence.

Nick Jesset
Chair, CIMA West Midlands, United Kingdom
(30 April, 2025)
"From our very first session, Mike stood out as a genuinely patient, optimistic, and thoughtful mentor. He has always been fully engaged and an excellent listener. What truly made an impact on me was how he consistently made me feel heard, acknowledged, and appreciated. His belief in my potential gave me the confidence to aim higher and push beyond my comfort zone. Mike’s own journey—from engineer to entrepreneur to executive coach—served as a powerful reminder that career paths are rarely linear. His optimism and perspective helped me see that growth is not only possible but inevitable when you remain committed and open to new possibilities. I’m incredibly grateful for his support, encouragement, and authenticity. Mike is an exceptional mentor and a true role model for anyone navigating their career journey."

Kevin Liu
Import & Procurement Executive, Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), Canada
(12 April, 2025)
“Throughout the engagement, Mike showed genuine interest and passion in helping OceanLED identify key areas to strengthen our competitive advantage. Mike consistently demonstrated excellent listening skills and maintained an open-minded, collaborative approach. His ability to drive transformational change while building on our existing strengths added significant value to the project. I thoroughly enjoyed working with Mike and would highly recommend him for business strategy and transformation initiatives.”

Daniele Todaro
CEO & Group Managing Director, OceanLED, United Kingdom
(13 January, 2023)
“I appreciated Mike’s ability to organize challenging jobs and his approach to managing people and tasks. He consistently demonstrated team leadership and made complex issues appear simple.”

Massimo Viti
Former Well Engineering Executive, Karachaganak Petroleum Operating (KPO), Kazakhstan
"Mike was a very hard worker, ready to embark with important and new challenges. And in addition, always with a large smile, contributing to generate good and positive atmosphere within the Team. I followed, remotely, his impressive career path. And I’m proud to be solicited to provide my very positive feedback and strong recommendation to Mike Etuhoko."

Christophe Amadei
Former Advisor, TotalEnergies, France