Owen Omogiafo

Owen Omogiafo is the President/ CEO of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (TRANSCORP). Prior to this, she was the MD/CEO of Transcorp Hotels Plc, which owns Transcorp Hilton Abuja and Transcorp Hotels Calabar. Owen has over two decades of corporate experience in organisational development, human capital management, banking, change management and hospitality. Prior to joining Transcorp Hotels Plc, Mrs. Omogiafo was the Executive Director, Corporate Services at Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) where she drove operational efficiency across the Transcorp Group. Before joining Transcorp in July 2018, Owen was the Chief Operating Officer at the Tony Elumelu Foundation, where she oversaw the $100m Programme aimed at identifying, mentoring and funding 10,000 entrepreneurs over 10 years. She has also been the Director of Resources at Heirs Holdings Limited, a family-owned investment company chaired by Tony O. Elumelu CON. Owen's past experience includes working at the United Bank for Africa Plc as HR Advisor to the GMD/CEO, and at Accenture as an Organisation and Human Performance Consultant, specializing in Change Management. She holds a B.Sc. in Sociology & Anthropology from the University of Benin, an M.Sc. in Human Resource Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science and is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School and IESE Business School, Spain. She is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, UK, a certified Change Manager with the Prosci Institute, USA, a member of the Institute of Directors (IoD) Nigeria and a member of the Board of Avon Healthcare Limited, where she sits on the Board Finance, Investment & Risk Committee and Board Audit & Governance Committee. Owen was in 2019 recognised as one of the Top 100 Female CEOs in Africa by Reset Global People and as one of Nigeria's Leading Ladies in Corporate Nigeria by Leading Ladies Africa.. In 2018, she was recognised by The Guardian as one of Nigeria's 100 most inspirational women and has also been named in the YNaija! Power List for Corporate Nigeria. She was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2019.