Mr. Greg Ikemefuna is a seasoned and highly visionary Managing director at Union Fibre Nigeria Limited. He is a Mechanical engineer and holds a masters degree in Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering and an MBA in Information Technology from the Anambra state University of Science and Technology, Uli, Anambra state and FUTA, Akure respectively. He has an extensive academic and professional background in engineering, international relations and childhood education, with concrete and substantial accomplishments.
Mr. Greg is the Managing Director of a group of companies including;
1. Union fibre Nigeria limited, an engineering services and maintenance company for oil and gas industry,
2. Doxa oil and gas limited
3. Zafiro Doxa Petroleum and Energy limited and
4. Weihai and Mukrab Ltd
He is also the Chairman Board of Directors, SHAMAR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, an NGO registered with United Nations, working for Humanity and giving Hope to the less privileged through Shamar Foundation, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria.
His decades of work experiences spans across major manufacturing companies and Oil & Gas servicing companies including Mercedez Benz (Anammco) where he held several senior positions in maintenance and servicing division. He created the very first industrialization bill of materials, numbering over 3000 auto parts for Mercedez Benz first production of heavy duty buses. He later moved to the Marketing division, Mercedez Benz Heavy duty vehicles division as the service engineer covering the whole of Nigeria, reporting directly to Mercedez Benz headquarters, Stuttgart, Germany.
His thirst for fresh challenges took him to Schlumberger Oifield Services where he was the Senior Maintenance Engineer in charge of wireline and testing. He again distinguished himself in the company.
He took over Union Fibre Management in 1999, transforming the company from her humble beginnings into a global industry player. Union Fibre Nigeria Limited has become a one-stop shop for specialized engineering services to major oil & Gas companies in Nigeria and west Africa earning exclusive representation with major OEMs from Europe, USA and Asia.
Being very passionate about early childhood education, Mr. Greg teaches Basic Mathematics at Shamar children school on part time basis. He is also a social worker and an advocate for the girl child education, women/widows and the less privileged in the society. He participated in the first ACEI Global Summit on Childhood Education conference in Washington, DC in March, 2012 and did a poster Presentation on Using Childhood Education for development of Niger Delta of Nigeria,
Greg is widely travelled and has attended various courses and seminars within and outside the country. He is a member of Society of Petroleum Engineers International (SPE), Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Association of Childhood Education International (ACEI) and Association for Private school Owners Nigeria (APSON)
He is happily married with children.