Prof. PAT UTOMI

DIRECTOR, LAGOS BUSINESS SCHOOL

A fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria and a Senior Faculty of the Lagos Business School -Pan African University, he is Professor of Entrepreneurship, and Director of The Centre For Applied Economics at the Lagos Business School. He has served in Senior positions in government, as an Adviser to the President of Nigeria; the Private Sector, as Chief Operating Officer for Volkswagen of Nigeria, and in academia. He is the author of several Management and Public Policy books including the Award Winning Managing Uncertainty: Competition and Strategy in Emerging Economies. His academic background covers a range from Policy Economics, Business Administration, and Political Science to Mass Communication. As an entrepreneur he has founded or co-founded companies that are active in fields including financial services, ICT, and media.

Among the 16 boards on which he serves as Chairman are Platinum Bank Limited, Leapfrog Venture Partners, BusinessDay Media Ltd Graceland-the New Jersey, USA, Chocolate manufacturer, and Arivia.Kom (Nigeria), the subsidiary of the South African IT Group.

He is married to Dr. Ifeoma, L. Utomi, a consultant orthodontist and member of the Faculty of the College of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital. They have several children.