Dr Awa Ibraheem

Dr Awa Ibraheem is CEO, ICMA Professional Services, a company engaged in integrated Consulting, Management and Accountancy Services. He is a Fellow, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK), Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria and Chartered institute of Stockbrokers.He currently sits on the board of many companies, including Port-Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, Force Select of United Kingdom and Lagos Executive Business School. He chairs the boards of Prime Metro Properties Limited, Afrocommerce (WA) Limited, Oceanic Health Management Company Limited and Oak Pensions Limited, amongst others. He had earlier experience in auditing and tax planning with a couple of accounting firms and was Assistant General Manager, Finance & Accounts at New Nigeria Development Company (NNDC), Kaduna.He holds a BSc (Accounting) with first-class honours from University of Lagos, an MBA (Finance) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and a PhD (Management Science) from University of Ilorin. He has attended various professional courses both in Nigeria and overseas, including Harvard Business School, Strathclyde University, UK and ILO Institute in Turin, Italy. He was in 1992/93 a Hubert Humphrey Fellow at University of Texas in Austin, USA. He is also a 2012 University of Lagos distinguished alumni awardee