Joseph Thlama Dawha (29 March 1954 – 4 August 2020) was a Nigerian administrative person appointed as the managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation by president Goodluck Jonathan serving from August 2014 to 1 August 2015.
[2] Prior to his appointment, he was group executive director of Exploration and Production in National Petroleum Corporation.
He held a bachelor and masters of science in chemical engineering at the Ahmadu Bello University and he also obtained his PhD in science engineering in 1988.
[4] He began lecturing in 1978 at Borno State College of Science and Technology till 1984 where he became director of basic studies in Borno State College.
[5][6] In 2005 he was also executive director in Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited and managing director of Integrated Data Services Limited.