Board and Management Team

Mr. Iboroma Akpana

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Akpana is the Managing Partner of Solola & Akpana, one of the leading commercial and oil and gas law firms in Nigeria. He is a consummate corporate and commercial lawyer with a career spanning over two decades. Mr. Akpana has a proven track record of academic excellence. He graduated as a top student in Law from the University of Jos and obtained a Master’s degree from Harvard Law School. He is a Notary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Based on his work, he was recognised in the Chambers Global 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions as a ‘Leading Individual’ in Nigeria in its Corporate and Commercial section. Similarly, the International Financial Law Review 1000 ranked him as a ‘Leading Lawyer’ in Nigeria in its 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions while the Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa profiled him as a ‘Recommended Individual’.

Mr. Akpana is a member of the International Bar Association, American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Nigerian Bar Association and the Law Society of England and Wales. He joined the Board in March 2017 and currently chairs the Board Governance, Nomination and Remuneration Committee. He is also the Vice-Chairman of the Board Audit Committee and Board Human Resources and Sustainability Committee. He currently sits on the Board of Contracting Plus Limited. 

Professional ExperienceAcademic and Professional ExperienceAppointment DateProfessional Experience

March 2017-Date 

 

Independent Non-Executive Director, Access Bank Plc

2001-2002

 

LLM, Harvard Law School, Cambridge

 

March 2017

Chairman-Board Governance, Nomination and Remuneration Committee

1998- Date 

 

Managing Partner, Solola & Akpana [Barristers and Solicitors]

1992-1993

B.L, Nigerian Law School

Vice Chairman- Board Audit Committee

1993-1998

 

Associate-Banwo & Ighodalo Solicitors

 

1988-1992

LL.B, University of Jos, Plateau

 

 

Member- Board Credit Committee

Member, New York State Bar Association

Vice-Chairman-Board Human Resources and Sustainability Committee

 

Member, Law Society of England and Wales

Member-Board Risk Management Committee

Member, International Bar Association (IBA)

Member-Board Digital and Information Technology Committee

Member, American Bar Association

Member-Board Technical Committee on Retail Expansion 

Member-Association of International Petroleum Negotiators

 

Member - Energy Institute 

 

Notary Public Federal Republic of Nigeria 

 

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