Enase Okonedo

Enase Okonedo, Dean of Lagos Business School (LBS), joined the Lagos Business School in 1995 after working for several years in the Nigerian Banking sector where she was at various times, analyst and unit head in several departments including Money & Capital Markets, Funds & Investment, and Credit.

As a full-time faculty member at Lagos Business School, she taught courses on Decision-making and problem-solving, Corporate Financial Management and Financial Strategy. She has taught thousands of students on the Executive MBA and Full-Time MBA programmes, and on various executive programs for Chief Executives, Advanced Managers and Senior Managers. She is also engaged in programmes for developing faculty for other African business schools through regular workshops organised by the Association of African Business Schools (AABS).

Enase has held several leadership positions at LBS at various times in the past, including Deputy Dean; Faculty Director; Director, Degree Programmes and Executive MBA Director and was for several years a member of the Management Team of the School before becoming Dean in July 2009. She also serves on the board of several indigenous companies.

Enase has extensive consulting experience notably on business restructuring, financial institutions and financial strategy. She has conducted research in the areas of credit management in Nigerian companies; treasury management in Nigerian companies; decision-making among Nigerian CEO’s and investor behaviour in the Nigerian stock market. She has also written several case studies used in various programmes at Lagos Business School.

Enase is married with one daughter.