The President, Mazi Nnamdi A. Okwuadigbo FCA attended ZIK Institute of Commerce, Onitsha and the prestigious University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) where he graduated with a second class upper in Accounting in 1977.

He qualified as an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in 1981 and became a Fellow in 1987.

Okwuadigbo commenced his professional career at Coopers and Lybrand (Chartered Accountants now PriceWaterHouseCoopers), where he garnered requisite professional training between 1978 and 1981.

He was the Financial Controller/ Head of Administration of Gearhart Nigeria Limited (Oil Services Company now part of Halliburton) between 1982 and 1988. He was also at Barclays Bank of Nigeria Limited from 1972 to 1973. He has a proven track record of accomplishments in Administration, Finance and Accountancy.

He is currently the Managing Partner of Nnamdi Okwuaigbo & Co. (Chartered Accountants) from 1989.

Okwuadigbo has been a member of the Institute’s Governing Council since 2007. He has served on many ICAN Committees either as Chairman, Vice Chairman or Member

He represented the Institute on the Small and Medium-sized Practices (SMP) Committee of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) New York, USA. He is a member of the Board of Federal Government Tax Appeal Tribunal for the South East Zone. He is also a member of the Audit Committee of Guinness Nigeria Plc.

Okwuadigbo was a member of Council of the Nigeria Accounting Standards Board (NASB) now Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN). He serves on the Board of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).

Okwuadigbo is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) and Associate of Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN).

At the District level, Mazi Okwuadigbo was Chairman of Port Harcourt & District Society from 1989- 1991. He has been Coordinator of Jos, Yenagoa, Aba, Ojo Badagry and Agbara district societies at different times.

Okwuadigbo was the President of Rotary Club of Trans- Amadi, Port Harcourt and holds the Paul Harris Fellow Award, Service Above Self Award and the Evergreen Rotarian Award of Rotary International. He was also a past Assistant Governor of Rotary International District 9140. He was the President of the University of Nigeria Alumni Association Port Harcourt Branch from 1993 to 1997.

He enjoys the game of Football and Table Tenis. He is a Justice of Peace.(JP)