Mr. Valentine Chineto Ozigbo
Valentine Chineto Ozigbo is a Non-Executive Director at Hotspot Network Limited. He is a Nigerian business executive.
Valentine Ozigbo held the position of President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Transnational Corp. of Nigeria Plc and Member of Nigeria Institute of Directors.
He was also on the board of Transcorp Hotels Plc (former Chief Executive Officer, MD & Director) and Transcorp Power Ltd.
Ozigbo worked as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria-based hospitality company, Transcorp Hotels Plc. Transcorp Hotels is the hospitality subsidiary of Nigerian conglomerate Transcorp. As CEO of Transcorp Hotels, he oversaw the hotel’s expansion to other cities across Nigeria and a consolidation of its status as the leading hotel in the country. Under him, the company announced an N8 billion initial public offering (IPO) in 2014, which was oversubscribed. In this role, he provided strategic direction and drove the execution of key strategic goals of the company and its projects under management which included business expansion, merger and acquisition opportunities, business improvements, upgrade and renovations.
He also worked in the banking sector, gaining over 17 years of experience. He worked as the Head, Commercial Banking Warri at Diamond bank for 5 years, Pioneer Business Manager at Continental Trust Bank, which is now UBA for one year and AG. Regional Manager Abuja at FSB International Bank for two years.
He then came back to UBA and worked as the Head International banking for four years and the General Manager Global Transaction Banking at Keystone formerly Bank PHB, Plc.
He studied Accounting at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka graduating with the class of 1994 with the best result in both Accounting and Business Administration.
He obtained his MBA in Banking and Finance from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 2000 and an MSc in finance with distinction from the Lancaster University, United Kingdom in 2004.
Ozigbo has professional qualifications in accounting (The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria) which he obtained in 1998, Taxation (The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria) gotten in 2000 and Credit Administration (Institute of Credit Administration) which he bagged in 2015. He is a fellow of all these three institutions.
Ozigbo was a British Chevening Scholar in 2003–04.
He has also participated in many international conferences including: the World Economic Forum at Davos (WEF) and the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEFA) in Nigeria; the African Development Bank annual meetings in China; the World Bank/ International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meetings in Washington DC; Euromoney and Economist Conferences in London; Euromoney debates on Capital Flows to Africa in London; and SIBOS 2009.