Mr. Alexander Ayoola Okoh

Director

Mr. Alexander Ayoola Okoh is the current Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and active Board Member of KEDCO.

Okoh was the Managing Partner of Ashford & McGuire Consulting Ltd, a leading and indigenous management consulting firm. He is a member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council and has over 32 years’ experience with 22 in banking subsector of the economy where his responsibilities involved general management, and organisational development.

He was the Managing Director/CEO of NNB International Bank Plc from 2001 to 2006, he also worked at the Nigeria International Bank Limited (Citibank) and United Bank for Africa Plc. He also worked at the Citibank New York, Fidelity Bank London, Swiss Banking Corporation, Zurich and Grindlays Bank, Zimbabwe, among other reputable organisations.

Okoh studied Sociology at the University of Benin and holds a Master’s degree in Banking & Finance from the University of Ibadan. He is also an alumnus of the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Programme.

BPE, Represntative/Director

Dr. Bashir Gwandu is currently the Chairman of the Commonwealth ITU Group (CIG).

Dr. Gwandu was the Executive Commissioner (Technical Services) of telecommunications sector regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and was also the Chairman of Radiocommunications Advisory Group of the ITU (the RAG), and the Vice Chairman of ITU-R Joint Task Group 4567 (JTG-4567). Gwandu has served as the Vice-Chair of Committee 4 of the ITU Radiocommunications Assembly 2012 (RA-12). He became the Chairman of the CIG in March 2012. He was the Acting EVC/ CEO of the NCC, from June to July 2010, and was part of the Launch Committee for the Launching of the Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComsat-1)

He was part of a number of Nigerian Presidential/Ministerial think-tank committees including Vision-20-2020, Nigerian ICT RoadMap, Panel on University Research funding, and and he also served at Tactical Air-command, Makurdi, to mention but just a few.
Gwandu holds BSc in Physics from Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, MSc in Applied Physics from the University of Jos, later proceed to University of Birmingham where he bagged MSc courses in Communications Engineering and MPhil degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering. a PhD in Electronic/Electrical Engineering at Aston University and subsequently undertook an MBA Finance course at the Birmingham Business School.
He designed many devices that are used in the telecom industry some of which have been patented in Europe and United States. He is a Chartered Electrical Engineer, and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering Technology (IET) .
Gwandu having skills in diverse areas of Engineering, Accounting, Finance, the Art of Regulation and Administration; the key competences required of a utility regulator was nominated by BPE to join the board of Directors of KEDCO in July 2022.

Ahmed Muazu

Chief Financial Officer

Mu'azu is a seasoned financial expert with years of experience in general financial accounting who hailed from Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State and has contributed to the development of the country's financial sector both in public and private sectors

Prior to joining KEDCO, Mu'azu was the Head of Transaction Processing and Management Office at the Central Bank of Nigeria's Development Finance Department. He also served as the Head Financial Sector FSS 2020 Secretariat and Principal Manager Security Dealings, Financial Department of the CBN.

Muazu joined the services of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on March 1, 2004 and has worked in many departments and career paths including projects and facilities management, securities dealing and developing financing.

Mu'azu holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and is currently a Fellow of ICAN, Member of the Charterd Institute of StockBrokers (CIS) and a Level 2 Pass from the Charterd Financial Analyst Institute (CFA) of the USA.

Abubakar Yusuf

Chief Financial Officer

With over 24 years of progressive and successful experience, Mallam Abubakar Yusuf is a multifaceted customer Relations Management Professional. He has over the years shown expertise in business operations and customer experience management in the fiercely competitive broadcast media industry, consulting, banking, telecommunications, and electricity distribution value chain.

He also has extensive experience in multi-site and Customer Relations Management, Customer intimacy, Marketing and Sales activities, Business Management and customer experience.

Yusuf holds both Bsc (Business Administration) and MBA in 1997 and 2000 respectively from Bayero University, Kano.

He began his career with a consultancy firm in 1998. Subsequently moved to Continental Trust Bank Limited as Assistant Banking Officer in the year 2002. He later moved to Nigerian Mobile in the year 2003 to 2008 as Senior Officer Marketing and Distribution.

Yusuf later joined Multichoice Nigeria Limited as Regional Operations Manager (North West Region) from 2008 to 2014. In 2014, Yusuf joined Kano Electricity Distribution Company as the Chief Customer Relations Officer.

Mallam Yusuf has attended several courses in Nigeria and abroad. He is an Alumni of Westminster Business Schofor KEDCOol London, a Fellow and Associate member of many professional bodies in Nigeria and abroad among which are Fellow Chartered Institute of Management and Leadership (CIML) USA, Fellow Institute of Strategic Entrepreneurs of Nigeria (ISEN), Fellow Corporate Administrators and Secretaries Professional Institute (CASPIN), Associate Chartered Institute of Customer Relationship Management (CICRMN), Associate National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN). He is the current Chief Commercial Officer

Abubakar Yusuf

Chief Customer Relations Officer

Abubakar is a B.Sc and M.Sc holder in Business Administration from Bayero University Kano – 1996 and 2000 respectively.

With an extensive knowledge in Customer Relationship Management and a high level of Interpersonal and Managerial skills, he has over the years mastered the art of consumer management, business acumen and analytical skills.

He has over the years worked with the following organizations;
Inter-Tropical Consultant Limited (Officer -1998)
Continental Trust Bank Limited (Assistant Banking Officer - 2002)
Nigerian Mobile Telecommunication Limited (Mtel), (Manager, Sales and Distribution - 2003)
Multichoice Nigeria Limited (Dstv) (Regional Operations Manager {North West} 2007)
Kano Electricity Distribution Company (Chief Customer Relations Officer -2014 - Date)

David O. Omoloye

Chief Technical Officer

Engr. David Olu Omoloye graduated from The Polytechnic Ibadan in 1982 with a Higher National Diploma in Electrical Engineering. He progressed in his professional development to obtain the Nigerian Society of Engineers Graduate-ship Certificate.

He is a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (MNSE), Nigerian Institute of Management (MNIM) and a registered Electrical Engineer with Council of Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).

He had worked with the defunct National Electric Power Authority/Power Holding Company of Nigeria (NEPA/PHCN) from 1983 to 2013 in various capacities including Undertaking Manager, Business Manager in Lagos, Ibadan and Kano.