Board of Directors

Ngozi Edozien is currently the Managing Director of InVivo Partners Ltd - a principal investment and advisory firm focused on investments and support of venture, early stage and SME businesses. She currently also leads a healthcare startup she cofounded – Physio Centers of Africa (Nigeria). Prior to launching InVivo Partners Ltd she served as Managing Director of Actis LLP’s West Africa business – a leading private equity firm in Nigeria. She draws on her over 30 years of experience in finance, consulting, operational management and board governance in corporates globally to bring value to her investee companies and clients. Ms. Edozien currently sits on several Boards including: Stanbic IBTC Holdings (Nigeria) of Standard Bank Group; Barloworld Plc (South Africa); Guinness/Diageo (Nigeria) and Imperial Brands PLC (United Kingdom). Past board roles include: PZ Cussons PLC (United Kingdom), Vlisco Group (Netherlands), Seven Energy (Nigeria), UAC (Nigeria), Diamond Bank Plc (Nigeria) and Mouka Foam (Nigeria). She advises a number of African start-up businesses in various sectors including healthcare, FMCG, Financial Services and Technology.

Her non-professional commitments focus on advocacy in a number of area exemplified in her past service as: a member of the Private Sector Advisory Council to the President of Senegal; a member of the Delta State, Nigeria Vision 2020 Committee; a member of the Research Based Pharma Industry Association in Nigeria (NIROPHARM), a founding member and Board Member of the American Business Council in Nigeria and Board Member for Africa Investor Magazine.

Ms Edozien has a BA (cum laude) in Social Studies (Government, Philosophy and Economics) from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, Harvard University. She has done advanced management training in governance and finance at INSEAD, Harvard and other institutions. She has been an Aspen Leadership Institute Fellow, a member of the Young President’s Organization, Membership Committee leader for Capital Club, Nigeria and a Committee Chair for Cycology Cycling Club of Nigeria and acts as an informal mentor to many. Ms Edozien enjoys spending time with family and friends, is an active sportswoman and a lover and follower of African Art, music and literature.

Toke Alex Ibru is The Executive Director of The Guardian, a role he has played for 10 years. In this time he has overseen its transformation from a traditional
newspaper to an all encompassing integrated multimedia group.

In the last 15 years, doing business in Nigeria with unrivalled contacts across all sectors, Toke sits on the boards of The Guardian, Ikeja Hotels and Capital Hotels.
Toke is a History Graduate from Exeter University, UK.

Ufuoma Ibru has thirteen years’ experience in hospitality investment and strategy, having participated in the planning, implementation and negotiation of public offers, special placements, offshore lending, private equity transactions and major loan restructuring in the hotel industry in Nigeria.

Ufuoma Ibru has delivered presentations and papers at a variety of investor and industry forums, including the London Stock Exchange, Renaissance Investor Conference, and Ter rapinn Hospitality Conference in South Africa.

He has over 38 years of varied working experience. His career included working with the State Civil Service, Merchant and Commercial Banking, Financial Consultancy and Capital Regulatory Sector at senior levels of responsibility. At various times he was on the Boards of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN), Institute of Directors (IOD), Centre for Corporate Governance, Council of the CIBN, etc. He is currently on the Boards of Tourist Company of Nigeria Plc, Ikeja Hotel Plc and a member, Audit Committee of the CIBN.

Theophilus Eniola Netufo is a seasoned Business Administrator with relevant experience spanning over two and half decades. He obtained a Higher National Diploma with Upper Credit in Business Administration and Management from the Federal Polytechnic Akure, then Ado-Ekiti in 1985. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in May 1991 and was elected a Fellow of the Institute on March 29, 2001. He is a Certified Forensic Accountant and Fraud Examiner, and a Fellow of the International Institute of Certified Forensic Accountants.

Theophilus Eniola Netufo is also a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Taxation, Member, Nigeria Institute of Management and an active member of Institute of Directors (IOD) having satisfactorily completed courses 1 and 2 of the Institute in 2016, and participated in The Independent Directors’ Masterclass Programme on August 23, 2018. He is a Member, Faculty of Insolvency and Corporate Re-Engineering of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.

He has put in several years of meritorious services in Professional Practice, in Multinational and Hospitality organizations.He served previously in senior Management position with Coca-Cola Nigeria, (African Division) where he handled financial services responsibilities for Africa, Middle East and Europe. He upgraded his skills regularly by participating in Seminars and Conferences both in Nigeria and abroad.