The Affluential

Barrister Obiageli Ogebenyanu Obi is the incumbent Director General of the Nigerian Chamber of Shipping, affiliate body of the Nigerian Maritime Industry. A distinguished top flyer administrator, Obi has set at the top level management of many reputable organizations over the past two decades. Highly energetic, resourceful and a target getter, Obi developed a strong passion for shipping business and oil haulage where she has since distinguished herself in productivity management and operational crisis control.

An uncommon legal practitioner with twenty fives historical sanction behind her, Ms. Obi was a Senior State Counsel at the Office of the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1981-1984, Legal Adviser/Company Secretary to Sparkling Breweries (Ughelli) and First Guarantee Pensions Ltd. (Lagos); and management Consultant with Chisco Transport Ltd. (Lagos). Ms Obi has a chartering and commercial experience and a substantial knowledge of global perspectives of shipping operations and management and is well versed in shipping operations for outbound/inbound cargo across international and local trade lanes.

Ms. Obi’s academic teeth were cut at the Nigeria Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, the Nigerian Law School, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Queens College Enugu and the Corona Schools, Lagos, following which she acquired professional memberships at the Nigerian Bar Association, Federation of International Women Lawyers (FIDA), Association of African Women for Research and Development, Women International Shipping and Trade Association (WISTA).

She is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Fellow of the International Professional Managers Association (FCIPM & FPMA), respectively. She has a career objective which is to contribute towards the building of a large, strong, diversified, sustainable and competitive economy by translating strategic ideas into action and results. She has brought these attributes to bear on the Nigerian Chamber of Shipping where she achieved an Associate Member Status of the International Chamber of Shipping, the first African Group to attain such.

She has reinvigorated the advocacy machinery of the Chamber to support the maritime industry at the NASS, to provide stakeholder leadership at the Abuja MoU, Seafarers/Cadetship Advocacy, Ship Finance, Capacity Building and Training for Operators, ancillary port users and bridging the nexus between players in the Shipping, Oil & Gas Industries.

Obiageli hails from Ufuma in Orumba South LGA of Imo State. A Christian with four grown up daughters who are doing great in their respective endeavors, her interest include reading, social reformation and listening to classical music.