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Dr. Lucy Surhyel Newman

Independent Non-Executive Director

Biography

Dr Lucy is an International Consultant, Policy Advisor and Author, with almost four decades’ experience in executive, non-executive, consulting and policy advisory roles that traverse industries in the Private, Public and Non-Profit Sectors in Nigeria, including Sub Regional, Continental and Global Professional Networks and some Multilateral Agencies.

She had a sterling ten years tenure as CEO of FITC Nigeria, a non-profit special purpose professional services firm serving a network of 1,570 stakeholders in Africa as at 2019. Prior to FITC, she had a vibrant consulting career at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She also serves on Boards, Think Tanks, and Jury Panels as well as consulting on two Multilateral Missions to two Southern African countries as the Corporate Governance Thematic Area Lead to both countries, for an African Union Agency, while being a writer.

She is an accomplished author of several professional articles on policy applicable to Nigeria and Africa. Her latest book titled “African Leaders’ Tete A Tete: Navigating Entity Design and Prioritization for Systemic Outcomes” released October 2022, has attracted continental attention and led to her invitation to the Africa Private Sector Summit (APSS), as CEO to lead its growth plans.

She has a Doctorate degree in Business Administration from University of Phoenix, Arizona USA, an MBA and a B.Sc. in Business Administration, from Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria an International Director Certification in Corporate Governance, from INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau, France. She is a recipient of several premium recognitions at home and abroad, including the International Society of Performance Improvement (ISPS)’s highest global individual award, the Thomas F. Gilbert Distinguished Professional Achievement Award of 2019.

She is happily married and blessed with adult children.