Ekenem Isichei is the CEO of ACIOE Associates, a reputable advisory services firm based in Abuja, Nigeria. He also serves as a Senior Advisor on Africa for the Albright Stonebridge Group and as the West Africa Lead for the Corporate Council on Africa. He has served different local and international clients across different sectors such as Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation,BG Group, BP North America, Marathon oil, Accenture, Chevron, Procter and Gamble, Shell etc 

He has worked globally in Europe, Nigeria, United States, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago and now as CEO of ACIOE. He has a proven track record of delivering outstanding results and improvements in the areas of Government Relations, Policy Analysis, Business Strategy, Project management etc.

At ACIOE Associates, Ekenem is focused on building a consulting firm with the goal of making a difference in the global business community. His firm manages stakeholder relationships with theMinistry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Office of the Vice President, Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Health, NNPC, Finance, Health, Office of the Secretary to Government of the Federation, 

In 2016 and 2017, he helped organize several business roundtables with key stakeholders in the public and Private sector e.g US Africa Business summit during UNGA, US-Africa Business Summit in Addis Ababa and the US - Nigeria Institutional Investors Roadshow and Business Forum where Federal executive Ministers of Agriculture, Aviation, Transportation, Niger Delta, Interior, Industry, Trade and Investment participated in. 

When he is not working, he volunteers his time with the Lux Terra Leadership Foundation, Youth Alive and the Redeemed Christian Church of God working with Youths in Nigeria by teaching and mentoring young men and women on leadership, focus, financial management, ethics and being exceptional. In 2011, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group named him as one of Nigeria’s Young emerging leaders.

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