Louis Edozien – Director

Qualifications

  • GigaGas Ltd – MD and Chairman
  • Federal Government of Nigeria – Permanent Secretary, Power
  • NDPHC – Executive Director Technical
  • Africa Finance Corporation
  • Elinex – Founder/MD
  • MTN – General Manager, Information Systems
  • United Bank for Africa – Head, IT
  • Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Standford University
  • A.B Applied Math and Social Studies, Harvard College, Harvard University.
  • Harvard College, Harvard University Applied Math and Social Studies (Politics, Philosophy and Economics)

Relevant Career Highlights

Mr. Edozien is the chairman of the Board of Directors of GigaGas, in addition to his role as a director of Invivo Partners Ltd. He was the founding Chairman of GigaGas and returned to that role as an ED after serving as the Federal Government Permanent Secretary in charge of Nigeria’s electric power ministry. He has over 40 years of US and Nigeria experience in engineering, project management, information technology, banking, telecommunications and power. He was Head of Information Technology at United Bank for Africa, General Manager of Information Systems at MTN Nigeria, Nigeria’s leading telecommunications service provider, and Executive Director Engineering and Technical Services, Niger Delta Power Holding Company, responsible for the construction and operation of 10 gas powered power stations on Nigeria’s national grid. He is a graduate of Harvard and Stanford Universities