MAN Elects Ifeanyi Okoye 12th President

Dike Onwuamaeze 

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), has announced the election of the Chief Executive Officer of Juhel Nigeria Limited, Dr. Ifeanyi Eric Okoye, as its 12th President. 

Okoye, whose election took place at the just-concluded 54th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of MAN, succeeded Mr. Francis Meshioye. 

Okoye holds a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), an M.Sc. and PhD in Pharmaceutical Technology and Industrial Pharmacy from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he was the best graduating student in his class.

He established JUHEL Nigeria Limited in 1987, a wholly indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturing company with headquarters in Enugu, Enugu State.  

Okoye is a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria and an alumnus of Harvard Business School in Boston, United States of America. 

He is also a Member of the National Institute, having attended the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies in Kuru, Plateau State. 

Okoye was conferred the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) in 2012.

He has served on several committees, including the Ministerial Committee on the Establishment of World-Class Hospitals and Diagnostic Centres from 2013 to 2015; member of the governing council of the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) from 2009 to 2022.

Before his election, Okoye served MAN in various capacities, including as chairman of the Enugu, Anambra and Ebonyi States’ branches from 1998 to 2005, and as vice president from 2006 to 2010.