Institute of Directors Elect New President, Council Members

Dike Onwuamaeze
The Institute of Directors (IoD) Nigeria has elected Dr. Ije Jidenma as its 17th President and Chairman of its Governing Council.

Jidenma’s election took place during the 37th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the IoD that was held recently at the Institute’s Secretariat in Lagos State.

According to a statement signed by the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the IoD Nigeria, Mr. Bamidele Alimi, Jidenma was elected for a two-year tenure in line with the institute’s rules and regulations to succeed Mr. Chris O. Okunowo, who retired after his tenure expired at the 2020 AGM.

Other officers elected during the AGM, according to Alimi, were the First Vice President, Mr. Tijjani Borodo and the Second Vice President, Mr. Adetunji Oyebanji.

Jidenma had served as the First Vice President of the institute prior to her election as president and chairman of council.

Alimi described her as, “an accomplished management consultant and professional. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology with specialisation in Psychometrics from the University of Lagos.”

She is the Founder and Chief Executive of Leading Edge Consulting and has consulted for SMEs, indigenous companies, the public sector, multilateral organisations, and international non-governmental organisations.

She is also the Managing Partner of the IRC Global Executive Search Partners that is ranked as the fastest-growing executive search alliance in the world, with footprints in over 90 cities of the world and across six continents, where she currently leads its EMEA Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure practice.

Earlier on in her career, she had worked in operational capacities as a Training and Development Officer with the Industrial Training Fund from 1983-1986 and as a Senior Consultant with Price Waterhouse (now PwC) from 1986-1990.

She later worked in executive capacities as Head of Human Resources as well as Head of Strategic Planning of Merchant Bank of Africa before leaving the bank in 1995 in pursuit of her doctorate degree.

Jidenma is an alumnus of some of the world’s most renowned educational institutions, including the Chief Executive Programme of the Lagos Business School and the Leading Professional Services Firm Programme of the Harvard Business School among others.

She has also worked assiduously in her various spheres of influence to elevate the African trajectory and narrative, bringing the same to the global stage to enrich humanity.