Fred is an adaptive multi-disciplinary
professional with proficiency in risk-asset
management and sector-agnostic investments
spanning manufacturing, services, health,
logistics, hospitality, ICT and infrastructure
services. With post-doctoral entrepreneurial
experiences, board and C-Level management
advisory dictates focusing on blueprinting
compliance, integrity and governance practice,
growth strategies and investment valuation
mandates underpinned in Engineering, Project
Management, ICT, Financial Management and
Entrepreneurship backgrounds. He is a key
management coaching/mentor with fervent
congruent alignment to institutional/corporate
goals and structure, continuity and
performance-driven objectives through business
development, fund raising and prudent
deployment.
Fred has PhD and M.Phil.
degrees in Entrepreneurship, MBA in Project
Management, Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
and a Fellow of Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). His working
career spans Engineering/Information Technology,
Banking, Venture Capital/Private Equity
Investments, Financial and Project Management
mostly in SMEs and few high-ticket investments
and had played pivotal roles in project
initiation, analysis, packaging and execution
including cross border investments. He has
excellent knowledge of Investment, Due
Diligence, Appraisal, Modeling, Valuation, M & E
Processes and Reporting all through robust ICT
suites. His doctoral researches were
specifically in the areas of Private Equity and
Public Private Partnership practices in Nigeria.
He is a regular attendee to many PE/VC/SME
focused events and conferences especially under
the auspices of AVCA, EMPEA, SuperReturn, IFF,
PEI, Risk & Return, General Management,
Leadership Courses, Conferences and Seminars
locally, regionally and internationally. He has
been involved in PE fund raising activities
mostly from Development Financial Institutions.
He is an active member of Society for Corporate
Governance Nigeria, Mainland District Society of
ICAN, member of many philanthropic and sports
organizations. He has many publications.
