Ekenem Isichei is a Senior Advisor at DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group, a founding member of DGA Group, and is based in Abuja. He supports client engagements in West Africa.

Mr. Isichei is the founder and current CEO of ACIOE Associates, an advisory services firm that specializes in risk management, market entry, regulatory issues and government affairs at the federal and state levels throughout the region, as well as across many sectors including health, ICT, oil and gas. He has worked with British Petroleum (BP), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Chevron, Shell, and Procter and Gamble, among others.

Prior to founding ACIOE, Mr. Isichei worked for Accenture, a management consulting company, assisting clients in the oil and gas sector across numerous countries including the U.S., UK, and Trinidad and Tobago. He was named one of Nigeria’s Young Emerging Leaders at the 2011 Nigerian Economic Summit. He also volunteers for the Lux Terra Leadership Foundation, a youth-oriented nonprofit.

Mr. Isichei holds an M.S. in engineering management from the University of Houston and a BSE in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan.