Leadership

    Board Profile

    Okezie Ofoegbu

    Chairman

    Okezie Ofoegbu

    Overview

    Okezie is a seasoned investment strategist and financial leader with over 20 years of experience navigating complex capital markets and infrastructure development. As Chairman of Transworld Investment & Securities Limited, he provides strategic direction to the firm's brokerage, wealth management, and capital market operations.

    His career is defined by deep expertise in bridging global institutional capital with high-impact opportunities in emerging markets, having facilitated transactions totalling over $2.3 billion across Africa.

    Core Expertise

    • Capital Markets & Brokerage: Strategic oversight of NGX-dealing operations and asset management.
    • Private Equity: Managed a $1.6B portfolio at Emerging Capital Partners (ECP).
    • Infrastructure & Energy: Specialist in power sector consortium deals and upstream oil and gas operations.
    • Strategic Advisory: Expert in developing bankable models and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP).

    Select Transactional Experience

    • Power: Led negotiations for a $600 million consortium deal in the African power sector.
    • M&A: Financial Advisor for a $1.5 billion acquisition deal.
    • Industry: Lead Transaction Advisor for a $100 million PPP project in the pharmaceutical sector.
    • Strategic Growth: Co-managed a $200 million portfolio across Telecommunications, Logistics, and Agro-Allied businesses.

    Professional Journey

    Before leading Transworld and Libera Partners, Okezie served as Vice President at Emerging Capital Partners (ECP). He began his career in the Upstream Operations of ExxonMobil, where he developed the technical rigour that now informs his financial and operational assessments.

    He currently serves on the Board of the US-Africa Chamber of Commerce and holds directorships at Aldwych Capital Partners and Lofytinc International.

    Education

    • MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
    • B.Sc. Computer Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
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