Ibilola Amao
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Ibilola Amao | |
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| Alma mater | Queen Mary University of London Bradford University Manchester Business School |
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| Fields | Civil and Structural engineering |
| Institutions | Lonadek Services Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria Nigerian Society of Engineers Energy Institute |
Ibilola Amao ⓘis a Nigerian and British engineer, principal consultant of Lonadek Services (United Kingdom and Nigeria) and consultant for the vision 2020 initiative.[1][2][3] She received several awards such as most active women business enterprise IWEC 2016, Energy Institute Champion 2016, C3E international woman of distinction Award, Access Bank “W” 100, and the 2019 Forbes Africa rising star Award.[4][5][6] She was a Vital Voices (VV) GROW fellow, a member of vv100 and a WEConnect international fellow. Ibilola was also the co-founder of the cedar STEM and entrepreneurship hub.[5]
Ibilola is a member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), panel of judges for the Royal Academy of Engineering UK Africa prize, and institute of Director's programmes committee. She is the chairperson for the industry advisory team, a chartered member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) and a fellow of the Energy Institute (EI), UK.[6] She specializes in civil and structural engineering; engineering technology and innovation; and was involved in the actualization of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) guidelines passed into law on 22 April 2010.[6][7] As a STEM entrepreneur, she focuses on youth empowerment and increasing the participation of women in STEM professions dominated by men in Nigeria.[8]
Ibilola is one of the six children born to a Nigerian highway engineer.[9][10] She obtained her O levels from queens school, Ibadan, Nigeria and left for London where she acquired a first-class honors degree in civil and structural engineering from Queen Mary college, University of London. Afterwards, she got a PhD in computer-aided design and draughting from Bradford University, United Kingdom. After her PhD, she trained as a PPL engineer for three years.[10] She also attended Manchester Business School, United Kingdom. She returned to Nigeria from England in 1991 for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program in Abuja, Nigeria.[6][9] Ibilola, born into a royal family, married a Yoruba man from Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1994 on her return to Nigeria. Her union of 27 years produced three children.[11]