Dr. Otive Igbuzor – MEMBER

Dr. Otive Igbuzor, the Executive Director of the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (Centre LSD) is currently the Chief of Staff to the Deputy President of the Senate of the federal Republic of Nigeria. He was one-time International Head of campaigns of ActionAid International and Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria. He was also an honourable Commissioner in the Police Service Commission (PSC) from 2008-2013 representing civil society. Prior to joining ActionAid, he was a Programme Co-ordinator of Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), and also served as the Secretary of Citizens’ Forum for Constitutional Reform (CFCR); previously, he was a lecturer at the Delta State University, Lagos Centre. Dr Igbuzor a founding and leading member of many human rights and mass democratic organizations holds a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, two masters’ degrees in Public Administration and International Relations and a doctorate degree in Public Administration specializing in Policy Analysis. He is a member of many professional associations including Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA), Institute of Strategic Management Nigeria (ISMN) and Nigerian Institute of Management. He is a fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) and Institute of Strategic Management, Nigeria (ISMN). He is a past President of Institute of Strategic Management, Nigeria (ISMN) and President of The Ejiro & Otive Igbuzor Foundation. In recognition of his leadership roles, he was appointed by the immediate past Secretary General of United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki Moon in October, 2012 into the Global Network of Men Leaders to end Violence Against Women.