Obi Nwogugu

Obi Nwogugu, is the Fund Manager of CAPIC.  Prior to joining African Capital Alliance, he worked for ING Clarion Partners, New York, Bank of America, Mergers and Acquisition, New York, Global Crossing Inc., New York and McKinsey & Company; New York.  Obi holds a B.Engineering degree from University of Nigeria, MBA, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; and M.S. Computer Science from New York University.

Dr. Kisito Okpere

Dr Kisito Okpere joined ACA in April 2008 as an Oil and Gas industry specialist with extensive experience in oil and gas development and management, within the Energy Sector of ACA.  He had retired mid 2007 from a 35 year career with Shell after graduating with a first class degree in Mechanical Engineering and a PH.D from the University of Birmingham in the UK.

His career with Shell spanned senior positions such as his last job as Vice-President, Engineering Business Development, in Shell Exploration & Production Company Africa Ltd (SEPA) and his previous job as the Technical Director for Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) where he held the responsibility for the delivery of technical work and business planning across the entire Company; and was the Company’s Decision Executive for most of the new opportunities maturation work.

His main career challenge however was as the Managing Director for eight years, of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCO), a Shell affiliate working in Nigeria Deepwater frontier; having been appointed to that position shortly after the 1st major discovery well in the prolific Bonga deepwater field. As in-country CEO for SNEPCO, he executed the prime responsibility for leading the evolution of Shell’s deepwater business in Nigeria. In particular he was accountable for Shell’s deepwater interests for both operated acreage (Bonga) and non-operated acreage (Exxon-Mobil operated deepwater field, Erha; and Agip operated deepwater field, Abo), across the full development phase, utilizing Shell deepwater global organization, and other specialist services.

His career in SNEPCO was preceded by 24 years prior experience in field engineering and technical management responsibilities in gas facilities engineering, hands-on field/construction engineering all in SPDC; complemented by offshore gas development work in BSP Seria, Brunei in S.E. Asia; and regional share-holder engineering liaison in SIPM the Hague.

 

Olusegun Olujobi

Segun joined ACA in March 2008 as an energy industry specialist. Prior to joining ACA, Segun led Accenture’s Oil, Gas and Utilities practice in Nigeria and was on the Resources Industry Leadership Council for Spain, Portugal and Africa. In his 20 year career with Accenture, Segun worked on a broad range of engagements for clients in Nigeria, The United Kingdom and South Africa. He spent the last decade working for clients in the Nigerian oil and gas industry providing a variety of business advisory services.

 

Franklyn Nlerum

Franklyn Nlerum, brings considerable experience in Commercial Law, Corporate Law and International Transactions spanning over 17 years in various capacities. His previous experience is from University of Nigeria, Columbia University School of Law, Steven Hill & Associates, New York and Nigeria International Bank (Citigroup). He trained at the University of Nigeria and obtained graduate degrees in law from Dalhousie University, Halifax , Canada and Columbia University , New York , NY, USA . He was admitted to the Nigerian Bar in 1989.

 

Sola Adeyegbe

Sola Adeyegbe is Head, Legal/Compliance at African Capital Alliance (ACA), a leading private equity manager focused on Africa. Sola provides internal legal advisory support to the firm. Before joining ACA in 2008, he has had a varied legal career spanning banking, insurance, aviation and energy. Sola has been involved in complex consortium lending, privatizations as well as designing regulatory arrangements. In 2002, he served on Nigeria’s Aviation Policy Review Committee. Between 2001 and 2004, Sola collaborated with relevant government bodies to organise National Seminars on Aviation, Tourism, Energy, Telecoms and Banking. Presentations at these Seminars were edited by Sola and published as Journals. He was engaged as Aviation Specialist in 2006 under the World Bank Privatisation Support Project with the Bureau of Public Enterprises where he reviewed the Nigerian Civil Aviation Bill which on enactment promotes private sector participation in Aviation. At the same time he advised on the regulatory aspects of the Nigerian transport sector.

Sola was admitted to the Nigerian Bar in 1986 and has a Master of Laws Degree in Petroleum Taxation and Finance from the University of Dundee. He is a member of the Energy Institute, UK and member of the Section on Energy and Resources Law of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Nkem Odibeli

Nkem Odibeli is a Vice President at ACA and brings over 20 years experience in banking and finance related functions. He started his career at Citibank in 1989, where he spent over 10 years, before joining Fountain Trust Bank where he left as Divisional Head, Markets. He was also Managing Director of First Guarantee Pension (PFA) and then, Executive Director, Structured Capital Company Limited (a Project and Real Estate Finance Firm). Nkem holds Bachelors’ degree in Finance and Graduate degree in Marketing from University of Lagos. He is a member of and holds the qualifications of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, U.K.

 

Gbenga Adetoro

Gbenga Adetoro is an Investment Officer at Africa Capital Alliance (ACA). With more than US$500 million of capital under management and a significant track record of successfully exiting investments, ACA is one of Africa’s leading private equity firms. As a member of the ACA Energy team, which comprises world-class talents with over 10 years of Energy industry experience, Mr. Adetoro plays an active role in deal sourcing, evaluation and monitoring.

Prior to joining ACA in 2008, Mr. Adetoro was a Manager in the Accenture Global Energy practice where he assisted International Oil & Gas companies to create and sustain value in core operations. He was also involved in helping Energy companies, including the state-owned Electric Power Utility in project economic evaluation & ranking, business modelling, organization re-design & business architecture. Mr. Adetoro started his career in the Assurance & Business Advisory unit at Arthur Andersen (now KPMG Professional Services) where he worked on audit and due diligence activities. Mr. Adetoro graduated from the Obafemi Awolowo University with a BSc. in Electronic/ Electrical Engineering. He is a citizen of Nigeria.

 

Emmanuel Assiak

Emmanuel Assiak is a Vice President at African Capital Alliance (ACA). With six funds and over $560 million under management, ACA is a leading private equity manager focused on Africa. Prior to joining the Capital Alliance Private Equity team in 2006, Emmanuel spent 12 years in the banking industry serving in various capacities including managerial positions covering banking operations, trade services, financial control and products development. His previous employments include Citizens Bank, Zenith Bank, Continental Trust Bank and Bond Bank. He also had a stint in the manufacturing sector where he worked as the Financial Controller of Stonecraft FZE.

Emmanuel holds a first class degree in Economics from University of Cross River State (now University of Uyo), where he graduated winning several prizes including the overall best graduating student for the 1991 academic year. He also holds a Masters degree in Economics from University of Lagos and is a qualified Nigerian Chartered Accountant.

 

Chinaza Onuzo

Chinaza Onuzo, joined ACA in 2006 fresh from completing his M.Sc. in Economics and Finance from Warwick Business School in the U.K.  Chinaza holds a B.A. and B.Sc. in English and Economics respectively from Duke University in the U.S.

 

Godfrey Mitchell

Godfrey Mitchell is a Chartered Surveyor with 40 years experience. He has worked in Europe, Asia and Africa in all aspects of real estate particularly in the development process, technical and financial. Godfrey started his career in Africa in 1985 as MD of STIM, a Bouygues subsidiary and to date has successfully managed his own consultancy in African real estate.

 

Dave Oguejiofor

Dave Oguejiofor is a Vice President of African Capital Alliance (ACA). He is a real estate specialist with Capital Alliance Property Investment Company (CAPIC) and plays an active role in deal sourcing, execution, and management of real estate investments.

Mr. Oguejiofor joined the ACA team in 2001 and initially looked after our real estate advisory work as well as our interest in joint venture companies for hotel management (Protea Hotels) and real estate facilities management (FMC Nigeria Limited). Mr. Oguejiofor was previously Country Representative/Project Monitor for SIO Properties (Pty) Limited, South Africa, where he managed the development and sales of multi-million Rand cluster homes in Sandton. He also served as Project Engineer with Bouygues Nigeria Limited for four years before he traveled to South Africa in 1995.
Mr. Oguejiofor had an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A & M University. He also holds Diploma in Project Management (DPM) from Damelin Management School, Randburg, South Africa. Mr. Oguejiofor is a citizen of Nigeria.

 

Lola Tunwashe

Lola Tunwashe, joined ACA with over six years of finance experience with Bank One Corporation (JP Morgan Chase & Co.).   She has a Bachelor’s in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business.

Femi Akin-Johnson

Femi Akin-Johnson, brings over 19 years of varied experience as a Human Resources Practitioner and Consultant to CAN.  Prior to joining CAN, he has had experience in the banking, manufacturing and Arthur Andersen (now KPMG Professional Services).  Femi holds a Bachelor’s & Master’s degrees in Industrial Relations & Personnel Management and an LLB degree in Law and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2005. Femi is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators London Nigerian Branch.

Adegboyega Oladele

Adegboyega Oladele joined Africa Capital Alliance (ACA) in 2009 as an oil and gas advisor. Prior to joining ACA, Dr. Oladele spent over ten years in Royal Dutch Shell and worked in operational performance delivery, strategy, and capital allocation roles in several countries including the US, the Netherlands and Nigeria. He was Business Advisor Africa in Shell International EP and was involved in major new business development opportunities and commercial negotiations in Nigeria, Ghana, Gabon, Cameroon, Algeria, and East Africa. Prior to Shell, Dr. Oladele was a consultant in the Strategy Practice in the Lagos Office of Accenture where he served local and regional clients in  strategy, corporate transformation, and operational performance improvements covering banking, financial services, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and local conglomerates. He was part of the team that developed the case for Nigeria vision 2010 an economic blue-print for Nigeria.

Dr. Oladele holds a PhD in Geography (Geostatistics) from the University of Ibadan and an MBA Imperial College London where he was a Chevening Scholar and co-winner of the Urwick Prize for the best MBA project. Dr. Oladele pioneered semi-variogram modeling for soil variation in basement complex and sedimentary systems in Nigeria.

 

Bukola Ayanbule

Bukola Ayanbule is a Legal Counsel at African Capital Alliance (ACA). With six funds and over $560 million under management, ACA is a leading private equity manager focused on Africa. Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, ACA has a ten year track record of successful investments in over 6 sectors. Prior to joining ACA in January 2009, Bukola worked at Aluko & Oyebode, one of the leading law firms in Nigeria, where she advised on corporate and commercial transactions. Bukola has an LLB degree from Obafemi Awolowo University and an LLM from Harvard Law School. She is a member of the Nigerian Bar and an attorney in the State of New York.

 

Tony Egbuna

Tony Egbuna is a Vice President at ACA. He joined in 2009 with more than 24 years of varied experience in Financial Management, Banking, Auditing, Process Improvement, Strategic Planning and Enterprise Risk Management, having been exposed to Financial Services, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Consumer products and several other industries as Auditor, Consultant and Banker. He worked previously at Arthur Andersen, FSB International Bank, ProAce Consulting and United Bank for Africa in Lagos, Nigeria; as well as in ReynoldsAmerican, Winston Salem and Jefferson Wells, Charlotte, in the United States. He was one of a two-man team that led the turnaround consulting engagement at the then Federal Savings Bank, enabling the previously unprofitable government-owned bank to achieve profitability in the first year and be privatized within 2.5 years. Tony holds a First Class Bachelor of Science (Social Sciences) degree from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), and an MBA from Wake Forest University, Winston Salem. He is also a Chartered Acountant.

 

Olubunmi Adeoye

Olubunmi Adeoye (Bunmi) is a Vice President at Africa Capital Alliance (ACA). With six funds and over $560 million under management, ACA is a leading private equity manager focused on Africa. Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, ACA has a ten year track record of successful investments in over 6 sectors. Prior to joining ACA in 2009, Bunmi worked as an investment banker in the Global Energy Group of Credit Suisse at New York where he was involved in financial advisory and capital raising efforts for power and renewable firms. Prior to that, Bunmi was a management consultant at Accenture where he was involved mainly in business and process re-engineering engagements for clients in various industries.

Bunmi has an MBA degree from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia and a B.Sc (Mechanical Engineering) degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.