Director Kester Enwereonu


KestereKester Enwereonu is a successful attorney and business consultant.  He is the managing associate at G&E Associates a firm of solicitors as well as CEO of Powerhouse International, an energy development firm. He is also Chairman of Virtual Technologies Ltd., which developed the indigenous secondary school e-learning portal based on local information technology.

Mr Enwereonu obtained the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1989 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1990. He has over the years established a reputation as a thoroughbred solicitor and transaction advisory expert with extensive experience in handling very complex transactions and legal matters in such areas as power and infrastructure, oil and gas, banking and financial services, maritime, real estate, information technology, hospitality and tourism, mergers and acquisitions etc. 

Director Senator Ken Nnamani

Ken NnamaniSenator Ken Nnamani, who is currently the Chairman of the ICRC Governing Board, is an alumnus of the Ohio University, USA where he graduated consecutively with Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Business Administration. He was elected into the Senate in 2003 and became the Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria between 2005 – 2007. 

Before his foray into politics and public service, he held many commanding positions in the private sector and worked variously as a consultant in Du Pont De Nemours International SA, Geneva and Nova Chemicals International SA, Canada. He also founded the Ken Nnamani Centre for Leadership and Development: a foundation that promotes the essential values of ethical leadership and good governance, particularly among Nigerian youth leaders.

Senator (Dr.) Nnamani was born on November 2, 1948 in Enugu State, South East Nigeria. He is a product of the Ohio University, Athens, USA from where he graduated with two consecutive degrees: a Bachelor of Business Administration, BBA (1977) and a Master of Business Administration, MBA (1978).

 

WORK EXPERIENCE/APPOINTMENTS/PUBLIC OFFICES

  • Marketing Executive and later as Consultant- Du Pont De Nemours International SA, Geneva and Nova Chemicals International SA, Canada.
  • Principal Consultant- MAREDEC NIGERIA LIMITED (also incorporated in the United states of America) (1986).
  • He was elected Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2003 and was unanimously elected Senate President on April 5, 2005. As Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani recorded remarkable legacies and successfully primed the Nigerian Legislature to maturity, independence and development.
  • Presided over the epic Senate debate rejecting the proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed a sitting president to serve a third term, thus contributing to the consolidation of democracy in Nigeria.
  • As Chairman and founder of the Ken Nnamani Centre for Leadership and Development, he promotes the essential values of ethical leadership and good governance, particularly among Nigeria youth leaders.

Senator Ken Nnamani has to his credit two publications:-

  • MAKING NIGERIA WORK: My Mission as a Senator
  • NNAMANI’S THIRD WAY: Selected Speeches on Legislative Leadership and Democratic Transformation in Nigeria.

RECOGNITIONS

In recognition of his tremendous contributions to nation-building, the Federal Government of Nigeria conferred the second highest National Honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, GCON on Senator Ken Nnamani on December 21, 2006.


On June 8, 2007, his Alma matter, the Ohio University Athens, USA conferred on him a Doctor of Laws Degree, Honoris Causa for his civic leadership, vision and passion to ensure good governance for the people of Nigeria, his promotion of transparency in public affairs and adherence to constitutional and legislative due process.

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka also rewarded his efforts on October 6, 2007 with another Honorary Doctor of Law Degree, Honoris Causa.

On November 12, 2007, the New York-based Parliamentarians For Global Action (PGA) bestowed on him the 2007 Defender of Democracy Award, making him the first Nigerian to receive the coveted award.

On December 7, 2007, Senator Ken Nnamani received the Role Model Award in the Fight Against Corruption conferred on him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in conjunction with the Code of Conduct Bureau, Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission (ICPC), supported by other international agencies like the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Distinguished Senator Ken Nnamani is a Director, Enugu Electricity Distribution Company.

 

Chairman

Sir Dr. Emeka OfforSir Dr. Emeka Offor is the Executive Chairman of the Chrome Group. As a dynamic and articulate entrepreneur with nearly three decades of business experience, he has built a vast business empire with interests in Oil and Gas, Insurance, the Power Sector, Telecommunications and Logistics, both in Nigeria and overseas.

Born in Kafanchan Kaduna State of Nigeria to a policeman, he is the first of ten children. He is a native of Oraifite in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. He began his business career as an apprentice to his uncle and proved to be a quick study. In 1994, Sir Dr. Emeka Offor formed the Chrome Group, entering into Nigeria’s rough-and- tumble oil and gas industry. Guided by a relentless work ethic and a keen nose for a good deal, he waded through the minefields inherent in the Oil and Gas sector.

The Chrome Group was incorporated in 1994 and is a major player in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa. Based in Abuja, the Federal Capital of Nigeria, it is a leading conglomerate offering vast experience in oil and gas services, power, logistics and telecommunications.

The subsidiaries of the Chrome Group include Kaztec Engineering Limited, Nimek Investments Limited, Global Scansystems Nigeria Limited, Chrome Insurance Brokers Limited and Inland Containers Nigeria Limited. There are about 20 active companies in the Group. Until recently Sir Dr. Emeka Offor was the Chairman of the board of EHRC Energy Inc., a USA based independent Oil and Gas Company focused on exploration and production in the Gulf of Guinea.

The Chrome Group from its origins as an engineering outfit handling projects such as refinery maintenance, has today become by the grace of God, a conglomerate with diverse interests in Oil and Gas, Finance/Investments, Telecommunications, Insurance, Maritime, Destination Inspection, Real Estate and the Power Sector.

In early 1990s, this benevolent and amiable billionaire businessman established the Sir Dr. Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF), a non-profit, charitable organization, with a vision to reduce poverty and create life-improving economic opportunities for those residing in Nigeria’s most marginalized communities through Education, Health care services and Empowerment. He has received numerous honours from many corporate bodies, non-governmental organizations, governments and countries for his philanthropic endeavours and his passionate commitment for human capacity development. The Romanian Consulate in Nigeria recently honoured Sir Dr. Emeka Offor for his invaluable contribution towards the development and enhancement of bilateral relations between Nigeria and Romania.

Sir Dr. Emeka Offor, through the SEOF, has embarked on a number of projects like giving scholarships to less privileged students both in secondary and tertiary institutions, building and furnishing classroom blocks. In collaboration with Books For Africa (BFA) he has donated over 10 million USD worth of books, computers and other educational materials to schools in Nigeria and about 19 other African countries. Sir Dr. Emeka Offor established health centres, providing free medical consultations, treatment and drugs and established a €100,000 Glaucoma research grant at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Mainz, Germany; he also established a Nigerian fellowship of Cataract Surgery and Glaucoma Management at the same university. Other notable achievements include: the establishment widows’ cooperative to help widows become and remain independent, offering automatic employment in his company and a brand new car to graduates of tertiary institutions who make first class honours, drilling boreholes that supply safe drinking water, provision and installation of transformers and road construction. Through his Foundation, Sir Dr. Emeka Offor partners with The Carter Center to wage war against River Blindness in seven states in Nigeria, especially in the South-east and south-south where the disease is prevalent.

Lending a hand to the poor and those in need in our society has been one of the pillar objectives of the Sir Dr. Emeka Offor Foundation. As a result, SEOF commits resources and time towards human capacity development, provision of access to skills acquisition and transfer of knowledge to the grassroots. Such opportunities have enabled the establishment of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SME’s) and Cooperative Societies for the less privileged. These empowerment programs focus on youth, widows and the differently-abled.

A member of Rotary International, Sir Dr. Emeka Offor was elevated to the status of the Foundation Circle of the Arch C. Klumph Society (AKS) of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. This is as a result of his singular donation of over $1 million to Rotary Foundation spread across the four (4) cardinal a endeavour of Rotary, viz; Peace and Conflict Management, Maternal and Child Death, Basic Education and Literacy promotion and Polio Eradication. He is currently Rotary International Polio Ambassador to Nigeria, having given over USD $3.1million towards the eradication of the Polio scourge. By the above donations Sir Dr. Emeka Offor remains Rotary`s highest donor in the African continent.

Sir Dr. Emeka Offor is a Sports lover with particular interest in Lawn Tennis. Sir Dr. Emeka Offor is the current Patron of the Nigerian-Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Commerce.

He is married with children.

Sir Dr. Emeka Offor is the Chairman, Board of Directors, Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC.