Management
ZADA is managed by two principal partners, and senior advisers
with expertise and backgrounds in the key businesses we support.
Zimako Uchenna Ibe (Principal Partner)
Mr. Zimako Ibe is responsible for our executing daily operations.
Mr. Ibe brings 15 years of work experience to ZADA evenly split
between process engineering, business development, and management
consulting. At Shell Nigeria, Mr. Ibe spent 4 years as a project
and process engineer managing multiple projects in the upstream
energy business. He then joined Corning Inc. as a process engineer
where he developed multiple projects addressing a broad range of
process engineering issues in the different Corning groups. Mr.
Ibe then moved to the Corporate Strategy group where he helped
develop market strategy in the Environmental and Display groups.
In Environmental, Mr. Ibe conducted in-depth analysis creating
a negotiation strategy for potential alliance with a major energy
producer. In the Display groups, Mr. Ibe represented the corporate
strategy group in assessing the new technologies and advised the
corporate strategy director on the outlook for the technologies.
He also played a key role in the Development of a JDA between Corning
and a major Energy Producer. More recently Mr. Ibe was part of
the Technologies and Manufacturing group at Booz Allen Hamilton
and a Project Director for Gartner’s Infrastructure group.
In this capacity, Mr. Ibe has mastered critical evaluation, assessment
and due diligence tools required to produce successful solutions
focused on optimizing process manufacturing businesses.
Mr. Ibe is a graduate of the University of Maryland and Massachusetts
Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management
Mr. Sam Epee-Bounya (Principal)
Mr. Sam Epee-Bounya is a Principal at ZADA. Mr. Epee-Bounya
has spent the last 10 years as a management consultant in technology
and an Investment banker with focus on international partnerships
and alliances. Mr. Epee-Bounya brings experience from Accenture’s
Process Group, where he played a key role in the reform of the
United States Agencies for International Development and he has
spent the rest in Bank of America where he serves as the main facilitator
for the divestiture of international assets from the acquisition
of Fleet Bank. Mr. Epee-Bounya brings to ZADA a key skill of financial
assessment and negotiation, which is crucial for establishing tested
and accurate metrics for contractors in more dynamic business environments.
More recently Mr. Epee-Bounya has been an adviser to IFC funded
projects focused on acquisition of equity stakes in Africa.
Mr. Epee-Bounya is a graduate of University of Maryland and Massachusetts
Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management
ZADA retains a host of advisers that continue to guide or delivery
and ensure that our clients’ expectations and deliverables
are at par. These include:
| Mr. John Priddy |
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Marketing Vice President IPASS Communication Denver Colorado |
| Ms Toyosi Kolawole |
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Partner IBS |
| Mr. Soni Oyekan |
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Chief Technologist, Marathon Refining Co, U.S.A |
| Dr. E.C. Ibe |
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MD, Zims Systems Nig |
| Dr. T. Obiaga |
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Former DG, Ministry of Science and Technology Nigeria |
| Mr. Frank Ping |
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Energy Advisor to the President, Federal Republic of Gabon |
