Jonathan Obinna Ikeolumba is a certified chartered accountant and finance consultant with vast experience working across several organisations with different business structures and operating models. He is very passionate about solving complex business problems and helping businesses create and optimise value. His core area of specialisation is in financial management and sustainability gathered from over 15 years’ experience across roles in banking, development finance and consulting.
Ikeolumba has collaborated with leading local and international brands on delivering sessions on finance and the circular economy. He is currently the managing partner at Officelord Consulting, a finance and strategy consulting Firm, as well as an International Finance Corporation (IFC) master trainer and certified assessor. He is a Doctoral student and researcher at the Lagos Business School in Nigeria focusing on how financial institutions and private sector finance can catalyse the acceleration to a circular economy.
Before joining the Ministry of Environment, she worked at Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture as the administrative coordinator for academic affairs, extension and applied research. Prior to that, she served as an environmental audit and monitoring officer at Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) for more than seven years and also as the alternate focal point for the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer, and the Nagoya Protocol focal point, where she managed different projects aiming at regulating access to the genetic resources. In her capacity as an environmental audit and monitoring officer, she conducted environmental audit activities for different projects under operation and monitored their compliance with environmental regulations.
She is a member of the African Women in science and Engineering. A Rwandan national, Beatrice holds a Master’s in biodiversity conservation from the University of Rwanda.
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