• Remarkable Professional Projects

  • Project Manager/Team Leader of Zenith Bank’s IPO (The most successful IPO in Nigeria at that time. Raised N48billion (US$320million) – 2004.
  • Team Leader/Chairman of the Committee For The Design Of Zenith Bank’s Retail Banking Strategy – 2011.
  • Project Team leader working with USAID to create mortgage lending product for low and medium income households in Nigeria. This is aimed at introducing the culture of mortgage lending in Nigeria among first time house owners.
    Hobbies
  • Farming – Promoter of Adagat Agricultural Ventures Limited (See www.adagatholdings.com)
  • Philanthropy – Founder & Financier of J. O. Osakwe
  • Foundation for Widows and Less Privileged.
  • Reading & Research on Corporate Entrepreneurship, Business Innovation and Adaptive/Strategic Leadership.
    Motivations
  • Passion is to orchestrate change in my small sphere of influence with hope of diffusing change to the larger society
    Ensure that the wrong people do not occupy leadership positions irrespective of the personal risks involved.
    Future Career
  • Scholarship, Teaching, Research and Writing.
    Consulting and Coaching.
  • Farming and Agro Allied Industry.