Pade joined Ocean and Oil Holdings in 2006. He worked in Schlumberger Oilfield Services for more than 19 years starting as a Wireline Logging Filed Engineer and later moving to Well Completions. He has held various Management roles in Field Operations, Field Operations Management, Line (Country) Management, HR and Business Development Management - living and working in 8 countries in Africa, Europe and Far East Africa.

Wale is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Oando Plc. He assumed this position in July 2001. Prior, he was Executive Director, Finance and Administration at Oando Plc. Upon graduation, Tinubu started his career with the family's law firm, K.O. Tinubu where he worked on corporate and petroleum law assignments. In 1994, Tinubu became one of the founding partners of Ocean and Oil Group. Whilst at Ocean and Oil, Tinubu was mainly responsible for the strategic expansion of the business. Tinubu has a Bachelor's of Law Degree from the University of Liverpool, England and received his LLM from the London School of Economics, where he specialised in International Finance and Shipping. He is also a member of the Nigerian Bar Association. He is the Chairman of Gaslink Nigeria Ltd and Tilca Nigeria and also serves on the Board of Oando Plc Sierra Leone, Oando Plc Togo, Oando Plc Ghana, West African Refinery Company (WARCO) Sierra Leone, Ocean and Oil Services, Oando Supply & Trading, Avante Capital Partners, Avante Property Asset Management Services and Econet Wireless Nigeria. He is also a member of the Institute of Directors.