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Ibilola Amao
Dr. Ibilola Amao is the Principal Consultant of Lonadek Global Services. With over three decade of engineering and entrepreneurship experience in the energy, power, infrastructure, oil, gas & renewable sectors, Ibilola is keen to make a difference in Energy Security, Energy Systems & Digital Transformation. Through partnerships, strategic alliances, joint ventures and consortia effort across Africa, Europe, USA, UAE, Ibilola is connecting several sustainability, Digital Transformation and ESG compliance dots. She is a committed change agent who invests her time in Human Capital Development Initiatives (HCDIs) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities. Lonadek and her programmes has trained over 15,000 Engineers and empowered over 100,000 STEM Talent since 1991.
Ibilola is an honorary Fellow of Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, Energy Institute (EI) UK and Nigerian Society of Engineers. She is a former Energy Institute (EI) UK Council member, now sits on the EI IP Week Board and is on the panel of judges for the Royal Academy of Engineering UK Africa Prize. Ibilola is a Co-Founder of the Women In Energy Network (WIEN), a council member of WEConnect International, Nigeria and sits on Boards as an Engineering Technology Expert.
Ibilola is a WEConnect 2021 Rise To The Challenge Engineering Sector Awardee which was sponsored by Logitech. She is a 2020 C3E International Energy Women of Distinction Awardee, Forbes Rising Star 2019, Vital Voices 2016 VV100 Fellow, a 2016 International Women Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC) Awardee and a 2016 Energy Champion. She mentors STEMpreneurs and TECHpreneurs. As a Vital Voices VV GROW, VV100, GAP 2017 fellow and WeConnect International certified member she is involved in Girls in STEM and Women in Entrepreneurship activities with WimBiz. Ibilola pays it forward for national development and socio-economic transformation.
Lonadek is a multi-award-winning, women-owned, ISO: 9001: 2015 Certified Company. Established as an Engineering Technology and Innovations Solutions Company in 1991, Lonadek builds capacity, capability and competence of STEM talent to deliver value through the democratization of technology in the Energy, Power, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas sectors".