INGENUOUS IBILOLA

Principal Consultant of Lonadek Oil & Gas Consulting

Dr. Ibilola Amao is the Principal Consultant of Lonadek. She is an alumni of Manchester Business School, has a Ph. D. in Computer-Aided-Design and Draughting from Bradford University, UK and a First Class Honours degree in Civil and Structural Engineering from Queen Mary College, University of London. She is the Chairperson for the Industry Advisory Team, Lagos State Technical and Vocational Education Board, a Fellow and Member of Council of the Energy Institute (EI), UK, a chartered member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), a certified HR professional with the Chartered Institute of Personnel Managers (CIPM), a member of the Institute of Director’s Programmes Committee and the Coordinator of the Young Members & Graduate Empowerment at the Energy Institute, UK, Lagos Branch.

The mission of Lonadek is to identify, develop and engage local talent and enterprise for business growth and profitability. Lonadek’s focus is local content and capacity building to transform SME’s into multinational and transgenerational businesses. We develop and build the workforce and businesses of tomorrow. Lonadek provides her services to high technology industries such as IT, Energy, Power, Oil, Gas, Infrastructure and Agriculture.

Ibilola is a resilient, conscientious, dynamic, innovative and focused professional with a robust vision. She is committed to the implementation of state-of-the-art Engineering IT solutions in High-Technology driven industries. Pursuant to her passion for national development and socio-economic transformation, she established Lonadek Nigeria Limited in 1991 and Lonadek UK in 2007, with the aim of bridging the local capacity, capability and competence gap in high technology industries. Ibilola is committed to ensuring that Lonadek remains ISO 9001 certified and the preferred and leading consulting firm that develops capacity, capability and competency for engineering and enterprise.

Ibilola is visionary and passionate about developing youths. She is committed to developing tomorrow’s leaders, strategic thinkers and planners who can be groomed to make a difference. As a committed change agent she invests her time and effort in career counselling, industry awareness and youth empowerment hence the formation of “The Vision 2020: Youth Empowerment & Restoration Initiative” a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) driven programme in May 2006 (See: www.vision2020-ng.org). Through the Young Transformers/Innovators (YTI) programme established in May 2012 and the Junior Engineers Technician and Scientists (JETS) Club in Secondary Schools, Ibilola hopes to awaken the sleeping ideas in the minds of youths.

Today, most fulfilling to Ibilola is mentoring and coaching female professionals and entrepreneurs that are involved in or interested in STEM.

Above all, Ibilola is a bundle of inspiration to budding entrepreneurs. May we present to you, Ingenuous Ibilola as a member of 2015 Class of MMS Plus Woman of Fortune Hall of Fame.