US
10001 Windstream Drive,
Columbia,
MD, 21044
Lagos
35B Oyibo Adjarho Street,
Lekki 1,
Lagos.
UK
120 Bunns Lane,
Mill Hill,
London
NW7 2AS
Contact
Phone
+234 706 609 8955
For additional information,
please direct your inquiries as follows:
Investor Relations:
InvestorRelations@idyha.com
Intelligence:
research@idyha.com
General:
team@idyha.com
Stan’s impressive career showcases his global leadership and a strong commitment to establishing successful businesses abroad. With over 20 years of experience in commercial leadership, Stan has effectively overseen assembly, manufacturing, and distribution operations across Africa and Asia.
He is a successful entrepreneur who received an MBE from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2022 for his contributions to British Business Overseas. A trusted advisor in Africa to private and public sector leaders, for the past 12 years, he has chaired the British Business Group in Nigeria, the second-largest business group globally and the largest networking organisation in Nigeria. He has also established chapters in India.
In 2019, Stan held the position of Chief Commercial Officer and Sales Director for Boulos Enterprises Limited in Nigeria. Before this, he was the Managing Director for Porsche India, leading the market entry strategy and establishment of Porsche dealerships in Mumbai, Chennai, and New Delhi. In 2008, he was MCL’s Operations Director, an ITOCHU Japan division. Before that, in 2002, he was the Operations Director and co-founder of Braylake Car Company.
Stan holds dual citizenship from the UK and Ireland and is fluent in English with working knowledge of Hindi, Welsh, Irish, and French. He thrived in diverse environments and was educated at Heronswood School and Turnford College in Medical Electronics.
Ola is a seasoned energy leader with over 20 years of experience driving success in complex, fast-paced environments across the US, Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. His role as CEO & board member of VOE and affiliated companies is built on a solid foundation established at leading Dresser-Rand Siemens (Sub-Sahara Africa Managing Director), General Electric Nigeria (Managing Director), and other Executive positions held with GE in the US.
Ola is a skilled negotiator and an expert in deal structuring; his expertise spans Oil and Gas, Energy, Aviation and industrial business sectors. He has a proven track record of exceeding P&L targets, building partnerships, structuring organisations, incubating new ventures, and managing new service/product lifecycles. His focus on business transformation ideologies continues to translate to lasting values in organisations with which he is associated.
Ola is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt; He holds a BSC in Industrial, Manufacturing, & Information Engineering from Morgan State University and a Masters in Executive Business Management from Liberty University. He was born in the US, with strong cultural ties to Africa; he strongly advocates local content development.
Ola will chair Idyha’s CSR Leadership Engagement committee to ensure they remain a responsible corporate social citizen.
Rob is a strategic business leader and board advisor with specialist experience in delivering successful corporate turnaround strategies across Africa and Europe. He has worked with major clients in investment banking, consulting, venture capital/private equity, FMCG, and government. In 2021, The Guardian Nigeria newspaper named him one of the country’s most impactful CEOs.
Until 2024, Rob served as Managing Director of Phillips Consulting Nigeria, the largest independent consulting firm in West Africa, with 14,000 group employees. Under his leadership, the company achieved consistent year-on-year profit and revenue growth. In 2023, he led the $MM international fundraising and due diligence for one of Africa’s most dynamic Startups.
In 2017, Rob was a Director at Diageo Nigeria. In 2009, he founded Whitespace Advisory, a strategy consulting firm in the UK. He also held senior management positions in strategy, transformation, and technology at Capgemini Consulting in the UK and France and Commerzbank Securities in Germany and the UK.
Born and raised in the United Kingdom, with periods growing up in Nigeria, he lectures at Pan African Business School, Nigeria, on Strategy Execution and Leadership in Africa and was a guest mentor on the Warwick Business School Strategy case study.
He graduated from Harvard Business School’s Private Equity and Venture Capital programme and holds an MBA from Warwick Business School.
We provide more than just capital; we offer deal sourcing, operational guidance, and exit strategies to maximise returns for key stakeholders. Together, we build a stronger future for the continent, all while delivering exceptional returns.