Dr. Wonders Pibowei

A Vice-Chair at the Lowase Management Consulting and CEO for Africa at Evegrocer Inc. with a global track record in sustainability advisory, energy project management, oil and gas financial services, organizational development, and executive management. He is a Business Council Member on Venture Capital at the International Trade Council, Business Council Member on Banking and Trade Finance at the International Trade Council, a Nigerian Focal Point at the UN African Regional Partnership for Sustainability and SDG Reporting, and Steering Committee Member on Cybersecurity Onramp for Immigrants and Refugee-Serving Organisations at the Canadian Centre for Nonprofit Digital Resilience. Prior to this, he was a business transformation consultant to Nature Renaissance International from 2023 to 2024 with a 4 billion naira production capacity; and managed offshore and onshore contracts portfolio of about 20 million dollars at Strides Energy and Maritime Limited from 2022 to 2023. Holds a Master’s degree in Financial Accounting at the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Nigeria in 2020, Post Graduate Diploma in National Health Laboratory Systems for Covid-19 at the Empower School of Health Geneva in 2021, and Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy at Renaissance University Enugu in 2016. Certified in Sustainable Finance by Oxford University, Sustainable Development by Cambridge University, Mid-Level Management by World Health Organization, Trustees Governance by Institute of Chartered Accountants UK, Financial Modelling and Valuation by Corporate Finance Institute, Women Entrepreneurship by Cornell University, Climate Resilience Infrastructure by Global Environment Facility, Climate Smart Agriculture by United Nations, Urban Agriculture Soiless Program by University of the District of Columbia, Public Policy Analysis by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia, and Inclusive Cybercrime Policymaking by Chatham House UK.

I have a global track record as a Mentor, Judge and Business Advisor with the Kellogg Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge with Northwestern University USA from 2022 to 2024, the East Africa Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator in 2021 with Acumen UK and IKEA Foundation, amongst others. My team has also mentored startups in the VC4A Mentor Driven Capital Program (Grill & Chow by Foodbakery) in 2022, United Nations SDSN Youth Investment Readiness Program (ThinkBikes Limited) in 2022, amongst others. I have also designed and managed the African Truecaller Leadership Fellows Programme with 50 young African professionals from 2022 to 2023, and led executive headhunting and operational planning solutions in growth companies from 2023 to 2024. Through my expertise and influence we are able to empower startups and growth companies into their next level of business transformation across untapped value chains in the Global South or Global North.