Onyeche Tifase
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Onyeche Tifase | |
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| Education | |
| Occupation | Business Executive |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Employer | Siemens Nigeria |
Onyeche Tifase is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Nigeria,[1][2] a position she assumed in 2014.[3] She is the first Nigerian to hold that position.[4][5] She is also Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group. She is the President of the Nigerian-German Chamber of Commerce.[6]
Tifase grew up in the Ogun State of Nigeria. Her mother was a chemistry teacher and her father was a general manager at a cement company. Tifase graduated with a bachelor's degree, honours, in electronics engineering from the University of Nottingham in 1999. In 2001, she completed her master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cambridge.[7][8][9]