Ibrahim Salau is an environmental, social and energy management specialist with over 25 years of industry practice that cuts across the manufacturing, financial, telecommunications, oil & gas and power sectors in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Sierra-Leone and the United Kingdom.

He is a graduate of the prestigious University of Lagos, where he holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering; the University of Groningen, Netherlands and the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, where he holds certifications in Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Social Sustainability and Social Impact Assessment, respectively. In addition, he is a member of different professional bodies, including the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), the International Society for Sustainability Professionals (ISSP), International Association of Impact Assessment (IAIA), the Nigerian Environmental Society (NES) and the Association of Environmental Impact Assessment of Nigeria (AEIAN). He is also a member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Sustainability Professionals Institute of Nigeria (SPIN).

Before his appointment, he was the Managing Director of Environmental Accord Nigeria Limited. Prior to this time, he was an Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) consultant with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), covering Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Engr. Salau is a keen researcher, having presented and co-authored a number of publications. He is a recipient of the Fate Foundation Alumni Model Awards. He also teaches Corporate Sustainability at the Lagos Business School (LBS), where he is a Senior Fellow with the LBS’ Sustainability Centre.

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