John is an expert in international business and project development with several years of experience across 30 Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and 40 Countries Globally, spanning across key sectors of the economy, with a particular focus on sustainable infrastructure projects and enterprises. 

John is currently Managing Director of Growth Energy, and member of the Executive Committee of Solio Group, Growth Energy’s parent company with offices and subsidiaries in France, Canada, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania (Zanzibar) and Burundi. Growth Energy develops, engineers, and deploys renewable energy power plans and electric mobility charging stations in selected markets in Africa. 

Before Co-Founding Growth Energy, John was Commercial Director (Sub-Saharan Africa) for CMR Group’s Solar Division until December 2022 and directly reported to the Group CEO of CMR Group. In this role, John directly managed business and project development teams located across France, Tunisia, Nigeria and Zanzibar. Before his career in clean energy and infrastructure, John worked as a Project Manager in the public and private sectors in Nigeria including at Nigeria’s Presidency between 2012 and 2013 during which John was part of a project team in charge of deploying a public-private partnership project geared towards job creation amongst Nigerian youths. John also co-founded several social impact initiatives including the “mentor-me” initiative which won a state award for excellence in Nigeria in 2013. John is an international keynote speaker and panelist on topics related to clean energy, innovation, and Africa. John has delivered various presentations and key notes at more than 20 international conferences across 10 Countries. John is also a non-executive board member of several companies and non-profit organizations in Africa and Europe, spanning across Engineering, Technology, and human capital development. 

John holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Covenant University, Nigeria and a master’s degree in project management and business development from Skema Business School, France. John is also an alumnus of the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management’s Climate and Renewable Energy Finance Program. John is a member of the Project Management Institute and holds the global Project Management Professional (PMP) certification since 2013. 

John is Co-Founder and President of Friends of Nigeria Europe. In this role John oversees administration and works closely with his colleagues and in collaboration with leaders of other African Diaspora organizations in strengthening the capacity of the African diaspora in Europe and in promoting the attractiveness of the African continent to foreign investors and the African Diaspora. 

John has a flair for sports, music and arts. He plays football, badminton, ping pong, tennis and was former member of the IBB Golf and Country Club Abuja. John also plays the Piano, Drums, and Bass Guitar. He writes poems, does interior decorations, and is fascinated by nature. John’s most relished hobby, however, is spending ample time with his Wife and children which his peripatetic schedule does occasionally deprive him of.