Dr Nelson Ogunshakin Freng Obe Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

Nelson was appointed by the UK Prime minister in October 2023 as Non-executive Board Director for a period of three years. The Board is responsible for overseeing the delivery of the High Speed 2 (HS2) project, a major infrastructure project investment in the UK designed to create a new high-speed rail network connecting London to Birmingham with an estimated cost of GBP 55.0 billion. Nelson fiducial responsibilities as Board members includes provision of Strategic Oversight, Governance and Compliance, Financial Stewardship, Risk Management, Stakeholders Engagement, Project Delivery and Transparency and Reporting. In addition to his fiducial responsibilities, Nelson is also appointed as a member of the Finance and performance committee and commercial and Investment committee.

Lagos, Ng

ARMHIF is a newly established USD 250M funds dedicated for social and economic infrastructure investment across West Africa, and run as a spin-off of Asset Resources Management (ARM) Group established in 1994. Initial target asset class will include green and brown field in Power & Energy, Utilities, Transportation (Road, Rail, Aviation & Maritime) etc investment opportunities. The investment Committee members (ICM) are responsible for reviewing and approving or disapproving (as the case may be) new investment, further investment and divestment proposals or business case before the ARMHIF Managers can proceed with each transaction.Additional responsibility will include strategic investment advise on expanding the current funds and identification of investment opportunities.

Geneva, Ch

Nelson was the past Chief Executive Officer of International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) representing over 100 Member Association countries, employing over 1.1 million professional engineering and consultancy worldwide. FIDIC is the global voice of Consulting Engineering industry with principle focus on Quality, Sustainability, Integrity and produced the widely used Construction Procurement Standard Contracts (FIDIC Rainbow suites) and best business practice guidelines.Nelson was responsible for the restructuring and transformation programme that repositioned FIDIC as the global players in the sustainable infrastructure space. He established the FIDIC Credentialing, FIDIC Academy, FIDIC Global leadership Forums and revamped and professionalised the annual FIDIC Global Infrastructure conference and Awards, International Contract Users Conference and Awards, and the production of the new suite of FIDIC standard contract forms. He champions the policy development and thought leadership advocacy programme on sustainable infrastructure for members and engagement with wider industry stakeholders based on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He also spearheads, engaged, successfully negotiated and secured double five years licencing agreements with the eight leading multilateral development banks : The World Bank (WB), European Bank for Development & Reconstruction (EBRD), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Asian development Bank (ADB), African development Bank (AfDB), Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Islamic development Bank (IsDB), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) etc), to use the FIDIC standards Contracts for annual capital project investment in excess of US$190 billion

London , Gb

Nelson was appointed to the Board of Transport for London (TfL) by Mayor of London; Sadiq Khan in September 2016 on a four-year tenure. Transport for London is a local government body responsible for the transport system in Greater London, England, UK with annual budget of more than £12 billion.The TfL business portfolio consists of the London’s network of principle road routes, for various rail networks including London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway and TfL Rail (DLR), Surface Rail, Cross Rail for London's trams, buses and taxis, for cycling provision, and for river services. The underlying services are provided by a mixture of wholly owned subsidiary companies (principally London Underground), by private sector franchisees (the remaining rail services, trams and most buses) and by licensees (some buses, taxis and river services). TfL is also responsible, jointly with the national Department for Transport (DfT), for commissioning the construction of the new Cross Rail line and will be responsible for the franchising its operations once completed.In addition to his fiducial Board role, Nelson is a member of a few committees and was appointed Deputy and subsequently became Chair of the Programme and Investment Committee responsible for scrutiny and approval of all capital and operational investment projects above £30 million.

London, England, Gb

Board member of Connected Places Catapults (CPC) Nelson was a member of the Remuneration Committee and played a proactive role in the strategic development and reposition of the CPC in the social and economic infrastructure ecosystem. Connected Place Catapult purpose in the UK is to drive innovation in the development of smart cities, transport, and the built environment. It focuses on accelerating the adoption of new technologies, fostering collaboration between businesses and government, and academia, and creating economic growth by improving infrastructure and connectivity. CPC plays a crucial role in positioning the UK as leader in smart city development and innovation.

Crossrail Limited (CRL) is the company set up to build the new integrated £15 billion railway system across London that will be known as the Elizabeth Line when it opens through central London. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL) and jointly sponsored by TfL and Department of Transport (DfT). The chair of the Investment Committee have the responsibility for leading the committee's Corporate Risk management & Investment Authority (IA) activities in reviewing, scrutinising and approval of all capital Investment programme, commercial agreements and project contracts above £25 million reporting to the CRL Board.

London, Gb

Nelson was the President & CEO of Association for Consultancy & Enginerring Group (ACEG) in the UK for over 14 years with overall responsibilities for corporate strategic leadership, business growth, governance and legal compliance, financial management, and policy & external affairs for the entire expanded business within GroupNelson is well recognised for his global leadership, dynamism, commercial acumen, and executive management capabilities. He is an accomplished public international speaker, experts in corporate turnaround and change management, transaction deal structuring, infrastructure investment, procurement, corporate M&A and alternative dispute resolution. He has access to key decision makers with major international clients, Banking and investment communities, multi-lateral funding agencies, contractors, engineering and construction consultants, legal and insurance professionals and institutions organisation.

London, Gb

Nelson was the Chief Executive Officer of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE). The ACE represents business interests of the UK consultancy and engineering industry. ACE is the leading business association in this field, counting over 450 firms – large and small, operating across many different consultancy and engineering disciplines, employing over 125,000 professionals with annual turnover in-excess of £15 billion. He was responsible for the strategic repositioning and continued to be responsible for overall operational management of the ACE. This includes overall corporate strategic leadership, financial Control, operational and commercial management, Policy & External Affairs, and Legal & Compliance responsibilities for the ACE.He successfully championed several advocacy campaigns on best industry practice, procurements process, legislative changes and became the public spokesperson for the UK Consultancy and engineering sector. He played a strategic role in the negotiation and resolution of £500M debt payment between UAE Developer and UK Consultancy companies. He led and successfully planned and delivered the FIDIC Global Sustainable Infrastructure Conference in London 2009, played a strategic role in London bid for the London 2012 Games and delivery of the Olympic 2012 facilities, and championed the planning, finance and operational delivery of the ACE centenary celebration programme in 2013.

London, Gb

The LIDB was commissioned by London Mayor Boris Johnson and consisted of many leading business and political talents, who play vital roles in the everyday life of London city and with the objective to ensure London remains the greatest city in the world. LIDB will be responsible for the strategic planning and delivery execution of the new London Infrastructure Plan 2050 with capital project valued in excess of £1,324 billions to create greater fiscal devolution to London. As London continue to grow at an incredible rate and the Greater London Assembly (GLA) need to deliver a huge investment in new homes, schools, water, energy and transport facilities to be able to protect the standard of living that Londoners expect. The London Mayor supports the idea that a clear economic rationale underpins the need for a long term infrastructure plan, as rising prosperity for all depends on increased productivity, which itself relies on good infrastructure. LIDB members will leverage on their collective talents to ensure that planned, sustained and targeted investment in infrastructure can be delivered, improved or maintained, with objective to ensure London retains its position as the number one global city and investment destination”

London, Gb

Provided Infrastructure Industry leadership and strategic direction contribution towards the execution of the £350.0 billion UK National Infrastructure Plans in collaboration with Rt Hon Danny Alexander; Chief Secretary to the Treasury MP and Lord Paul Deighton KBE; Chief Commercial Secretary to the Treasury.

Provide strategic leadership, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and business growth /operational direction of the £18 million business.

Corporate Governance and Strategic Development of the £16 million business

London, Gb

Corporate Governance, Strategic Development and also a member of the Audit Committee for the £6 million per year charitable organisation

London, England, Gb

A Board member of the Holding company responsible for the corporate development / governance and strategic direction of the £70 million specilaist London based Construction company.

Nelson was totally responsible for the strategic and operational direction of the start up business offering professional investment advise on capital projects both in the UK and international arean.

Montreal, Quebec, Ca

He was responsible for the strategic planning, commercial and operational delivery of WSP Group Building division in the Midlands and East Anglia business employing 150 professionals with annual turnover close to £15 million. Provided technical and business leadership management in delivery of major Building investment capital projects including the £350 million New Bull Ring Shopping Mall in Birmingham. He was co-responsible for the development and strategic positioning of WSP Rail business to secure Network Rail Professional Consultancy framework contract in the UK.

He has provided technical engineering solutions, commercial management, dispute resolution and financial advice (pre- and post-lending due diligence ) to major city merchant and investment bankers, investors and contractors on numerous multi-million dollar build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT), Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) and Public Private Partnerships (PPP) building and infrastructure projects in the Europe, UK, Africa, Asia, Canada and USA. Over the years, he has established respects with major corporate executives, ruling Government executives at local, State/Regional and National / Federal level, and international multilateral funding agencies. He was invited and became a member of Select Panel of Adviser to the newly appointed President of the African Development Bank (2005) in identifying the social economic drivers and development of Infrastructure strategic road map for Africa. Nelson was a major contributor to the final Report on Infrastructure Investment Programme for Africa.

Warwick, Warwickshire, Gb

Responsible for planning, development control, design, execution and management of Highways and Transportation infrastructure assets

Wolverhampton, Gb

Construction execution of major capital projects including Highways, Shopping complex, Hotels and mixed used Building Complex.

Executive Programme, Merger & Acquisition ( M&A) And Corporate Strategy Development

Dsc, Engineering & Applied Science

Executive Programme, Leadership In Professional Services Firms

Mba, Strategic Management & Project Finance

Msc (Eng), Construction & Project Management

Bsc (Hons), Civil Engineering