Ifeoma Malo

Ngozi Ifeoma Malo is a Nigerian lawyer who won the Eisenhower Fellowship award in 2015. She is a Desmond Tutu fellow, African Leadership fellow and the Crans Montana New Leaders fellow. In 2015, she served as the chief of staff and senior technical adviser on energy policies, regulations and partnerships to Prof. Chinedu Nebo, the former Nigerian Minister of Power. She was the former Country Director of Power for All (2016-2020). She is currently the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Clean Tech Hub and Energy Innovation Center, Abuja.

Ifeoma Malo
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NationalityNigerian
OccupationLawyer
Known forEnergy development

She serves as an Independent Director of Norrenberger Financial Group, a Nigerian investment and financial services holding company[1][2]

Education

She obtained a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Ibadan in 2000 and holds multiple master's degrees: Law from Harvard University, Dispute Resolution, an MBA and a Masters in Information Technology, all from the University of Massachusetts Boston.

She also has a graduate certificate diploma in public policy from the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Career

Ifeoma began her career as counsel at Ashoka, office of West Africa and from there worked as a deputy head intellectual property at the firm of George Ikoli and Okagbue and later as a senior manager at the Negotiation and Conflict Management Group.

In the USA, Ifeoma worked as an associate at the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) working under the policy department and contributing to initiatives that led to the states universal health coverage. She was an adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston in the College of Management. She also served as a consultant at the Global Biotechnology firm called Genzyme Corporation.

Ifeoma later got appointed to serve as special assistant to the Minister of Finance in Nigeria in 2011 and then later moved to become the senior technical adviser to Prof. Chinedu Nebo the former Nigerian Minister of Power. She also played a senior advisory role with the Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Award and honors

In the year 2013, she was nominated among six Nigerians for Desmond Tutu Fellowship Programme. In 2015, Ifeoma was selected as a fellow of the highly exclusive Eisenhower Multi National Programme in U.S. She is a fellow of African Leadership Forum and Crans Montana New Leaders as well as a Global Leadership Academy fellow .

In 2020, Ifeoma was selected by a team of judges in the African Power and Energy Elite award as the Power Industry Leader of the year 2020.

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