“Quality in a service or product is not what you put into it. It is what the client or customer gets out of it.” ~Peter Drucker
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Vitachem has a responsive Board of Directors that is purpose driven.
Tochukwu Chukwuneta Orajiaku Esq. – Managing Director / CEO
Mr. Tochukwu Chukwuneta Orajiaku holds First Degrees in Pharmacy (B.Pharm [Hons] from University of Ife in 1981) and Law (LLB [Hons] from University of Lagos in 2006). He was called to Bar in 2007.
His work experience started as a Pupil Pharmacist with the Pharmacy Department of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital in 1981-1982.
Between 1982 and 1983, he lectured at the School of Hygiene, Aba, on National Youth Service assignment. He joined the services of the Anambra State Health Management Board as a Grade 1 Pharmacist for two (2) years, up to 1985. Between 1985 and 1989, he was the pioneer Superintendent Pharmacist for Segel Pharmacy, Ogba, Ikeja-Lagos.
By 1989, he became a co-founder and Managing Director of the defunct Vital Investments Ltd, which transformed into Vitachem Nig. Ltd.
His legal training and science background has equipped him with the needed knowledge for steering the ship of Vitachem, which has achieved a N3bn turn-over.
He is a member of the following bodies;
– Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria
– Nigerian Bar Association
– Lagos Country Club
– Knight of Order of ST. Christopher
His hobbies are Music, Reading and current affairs.
Mr. T.C Orajiaku is married and blessed with four children.
Mazi Sam I. Ohuabunwa, OFR, FPSN, FPC PHARM, FNIM, PNIPR, FIMC
Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa OFR. Founder/ Chairman, SAM OHUABUNWA FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT (SOFEE), President, NIGERIA-AMERICA CHAMBER of COMMERCE (NACC). IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN, NIGERIAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT GROUP (NESG), FOUNDING PRESIDENT/CEO, NEIMETH INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC, MEMBER SUBSIDY REINVESTMENT PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (SURE-P) and NATIONAL CO-ORDINATOR, STRATEGIC OPERATIONS, FGBMFI-NIGERIA.
Core Competencies:
Enterprise Development, Governance- Corporate and Institutional Leadership, Healthcare Facilities Development, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Marketing and Business Re-engineering.
Sam Ohuabunwa has over 33 years of cognate corporate and organizational leadership experience, 18 years of which were at CEO level.
He became Chairman/ CEO of Pfizer West Africa in 1993 and led the first major Management Buyout (MBO) of a Multinational in Corporate Nigeria, when Pfizer Inc. divested its 60% shareholding in the Nigerian subsidiary in 1997, transforming the resultant company; Neimeth International Pharmaceutical Plc into a medium sized R & D based pharmaceutical company. He led the company through turbulent times in the Nigerian economy, employing strategic financing options which included All Assets Secured Debenture, Foreign Bond Issues and Equity Infusions. By the time he retired in August 2011, he had transformed the company which depended on licensed and franchised products (with Royalty obligations) into an independent company with its own portfolio of indigenously developed products and brands.
Sam is an Entrepreneur who practices and preaches Entrepreneurship. He has been involved in the founding of not less than twenty thriving businesses spanning the pharmaceutical, medical, manufacturing, agriculture, food, logistics, telecommunications, construction, oil services, financial services and consulting services. He serves on the Boards of many companies. He uses the auspices of the Sam Ohuabunwa Foundation for Economic Empowerment (SOFEE) to teach entrepreneurship and mentor young entrepreneurs.
During the 18 years, Sam was the CEO of Pfizer/ Neimeth, he admirably combined his executive functions with the leadership of many private sector organizations and other non-governmental organizations. He was at different times Chairman of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) Ikeja Branch, President, Ikeja Business Club, President, Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Chairman, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (PMGMAN), President, West African Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (WAPMA) and the Chairman, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG). In each of these positions, Sam showed exceptional leadership and adopted excellent corporate practices that enabled him complete full terms in all the positions, leaving behind a string of successes.
In addition to his several and long years of experience in the Private Sector, Sam has had ample exposure to the workings of the Public Sector Organizations in Nigeria. He had served either as Chairman or Governing Board member of several institutions such as the Nigerian Institute for Economic and Social Research (NISER) the Manpower Board, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Abia State Polytechnic and Abia State University Teaching Hospital.
Sam received an honors degree in Pharmacy from the then University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) and obtained additional Executive Management training from the Columbia University in the USA and the Lagos Business School in Nigeria. He has obtained Fellowships of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (FPC PHARM), the Nigeria Institute of Management (FNIM), THE Nigerian Institute of Quality Assurance (FIQAN) and the Institute of Management Consultants (FIMC) amongst others.
Mazi Sam I. Ohuabunwa received some political exposure when he served in the National Political Reform Conference in 2005, the Presidential Steering Committee on Global Economic Crisis in 2009 and the Presidential Advisory Council in 2010/2011 and remains active as a Social Commentator, an Author and a respected voice in Nigeria, using every opportunity he finds to serve God, the Nation, his State, his Community and Mankind. He has been honored twice by the Nation- Member of the Order of Niger (MON) in 2001 and Officer of the Federal Republic (OFR) in 2011.
Sam has a strong passion to play a more active role in seeing Nigeria and its institutions transform from the 3rd World status to the 1st World.
Olugbenga Ben Ogunmoyela
Prof Ogunmoyela holds a 1975 BSc (Hons) in Agriculture (Specializing in Biochemistry and Nutrition) from University of Ibadan and MSc (1978) and PHD (1981) in Food Technology of the University of Reading, United Kingdom. He is a rounded Scientist and Manager, specializing in the area of Quality Assurance, Food Fortification and Beverage Technology. He is also a Chartered Chemist, who has acquired wide- ranging post-qualification career experiences of over thirty-six years in research, academics and industry.
He holds the distinction of being the first appointed Professor of Bells University of Technology, Ota, Nigeria where he has been Dean of the College of Food Sciences since 2006. He has also been the Country Technical Consultant to GAIN, (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition) based in Geneva, Switzerland, since July 2007 in which position he has been backstopping various GAIN initiatives in the areas of Food Fortification, Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition as well GAIN Business Alliance.
He became an Associate Professor in 1990 at the University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria where he was the pioneer Head of Department of Food Science and Technology before proceeding to Industry where he held various General Management positions for over 15 years in Technical, Production and Commercial roles both in Cadbury Nigeria and Honeywell Flour Mills Limited, Lagos from where he resigned as Director of Quality Assurance, to return to the University as a Professor of Food Technology in November, 2006.
He has been a technical or project consultant to various industries in the Food, Beverage, Health-care and Aviation sectors in Nigeria and West Africa, bringing his management, research, quality assurance and business experiences to the benefit of his clients. He was the project facilitator for the achievement of ISO9001:2000 Certification of Honeywell Flour Mills Ltd for Quality Management Systems, the first flour mill to be so certified in Nigeria in November, 2005. He has also served as training expert and/or consultant to various stakeholders in the flour milling industry on the cassava initiative and industrial applications in banking technology.
He is an AMP-7 alumnus of the prestigious Lagos Business School and a Fellow of Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology. He is currently Editor-in Chief of the Nigerian Food Journal, a registered Public Analyst and currently Chairman Board of Examiners of the Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria, he is also a member of the Institute of Food Technologists, USA.
Prof Gbenga Ogunmoyela is a God-fearing Christian, happily married to Yemi, an accountant and banker, and is blessed with children and a grandchild.
Anthonia Nkemdilim Orajiaku
Mrs. .Anthonia Nkemdilim Orajiaku has a degree in Library and Information Studies from the University of Ibadan. She also holds a Higher National Diploma Certificate from the Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria.
She has varied work experience. As a Teacher; she worked with the Ministry of Education, Anambra State. She later joined the services of Orient Bank of Nigeria Plc.
She is currently working with Neuchem (F&P) as Executive Director, Corporate affairs.
Mrs. Orajiaku is a lady of order of ST Christopher.
Her private time is occupied with listening to music and current affairs.
Godwin O. Umeh
Mr. Umeh holds a BSc degree (Quantity Surveying) from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and an MBA degree (Banking & Finance) from University of Nigeria, Nsukka. An associate member of Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers and Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).
Mr. Umeh career spans over 20years and have seen him through many notable companies in the banking and financial sectors of the economy. He joined The Bridge from Fidelity Bank PLC / Fidelity Union Securities Limited where he was for several years the Chief Operating Officer.
THE MANAGEMENT TEAM
Vitachem has a core management team that is responsible for the day to day operations of the company. The team members are;
Tochukwu Chukwuneta Orajiaku Esq. – Managing Director / CEO
Mr. Tochukwu Chukwuneta Orajiaku holds First Degrees in Pharmacy (B.Pharm [Hons] from University of Ife in 1981) and Law (LLB [Hons] from University of Lagos in 2006). He was called to Bar in 2007.
His work experience started as a Pupil Pharmacist with the Pharmacy Department of University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital in 1981-1982.
Between 1982 and 1983, he lectured at the School of Hygiene, Aba, on National Youth Service assignment. He joined the services of the Anambra State Health Management Board as a Grade 1 Pharmacist for two (2) years, up to 1985. Between 1985 and 1989, he was the pioneer Superintendent Pharmacist for Segel Pharmacy, Ogba, Ikeja-Lagos.
By 1989, he became a co-founder and Managing Director of the defunct Vital Investments Ltd, which transformed into Vitachem Nig. Ltd.
His legal training and science background has equipped him with the needed knowledge for steering the ship of Vitachem, which has achieved a N3bn turn-over.
Mr. T.C Orajiaku has attended several international work-shops, including:
– FIT Expose, Chicago, USA in 2012
– Future of Flour Symposium, by Muhlenchemie in Hamburg, 2011
– CPHI, Shanghai, China, in 2010
– FIP, Basel, Switzerland, in 2009
– Food Fortification initiative, by National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in 2012
He is a member of the following bodies;
– Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria
– Nigerian Bar Association
– Lagos Country Club
– Knight of Order of ST. Christopher
His hobbies are Music, Reading and current affairs.
Mr. T.C Orajiaku is married and blessed with four children.
Tony Ofili – Head of Food Ingredients Division
Tony Ofili holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry from the
University of Calabar and an MBA (Marketing) from Ambrose Alli University
Ekpoma.
With over 20 years experience in Management, Logistics and Marketing,
Tony Ofili started his working career, as Graduate Management Trainee in
1999 with Vital Investments Limited where he served as the Operations
Manager with responsibility of staff supervision to ensure productivity,
planning, procurement, and monitoring of sales and general operation of
the business.
He rose to the position of Head of Logistics responsible importation,
warehousing and distribution, a position he held from January 2002 –
December 2005.
Tony Ofili became the Head of Marketing, Enzymes & Flour Additives Unit
of Vitachem Nigeria Limited in January 2006 – May 2011.
From May 2011 – December 2007, he rose to the position of Head of
Division (Milling & Baking).
He is currently the Head of Food Ingredients Division of Vitachem Nigeria
Limited, with a responsibility of the Company’s business in the Flour Milling,
Baking, Food fortification and Stabilizing Industries, a position he has held
since December 2017 till Date.
Tony has undergone a wide range of trainings in sales and marketing in
Nigeria, West Africa and Europe.
Mr. Chike Okafor – Chief Accountant
He holds a BS.c degree in Accounting from University Nigeria Nsukka. He is a Chartered Accountant and an associate member of Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN), a student of Nigerian Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers.
His work experience spans through Software Technology and Investment Sector working as Account officer, Accounts Supervisor and currently works with Vitachem Nigeria Ltd as Head of Accounts and Finance.
Mr. Tony Otiji – Head of Division (Pharma)
Mr. Otiji who oversees the pharmaceutical raw materials section holds First Degree in Pharmacy (B.Pharm [Hons] from University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1985).
He has experience in Community Pharmacy practice, and wholesaling of finished pharmaceutical products. Tony Otiji has attended various Mandatory Pharmaceutical Education, Training, Workshops and Seminars.
He is married with four (4) children.
Mrs. Gloria Frederick – Manager, Human Resource and Administration
Gloria Frederick is a graduate of Mass Communication from the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu.
She has a professional Diploma in Human Resources Management and is an Associate of Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (ACIPM)
She has over 12 years experience in Journalism, Office Administration and Human Resource Management. Her career began in Voice Over and Proof reading activities in Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) Radio, Enugu and later as a News Writer with Yobe State Television, Damaturu on national service.
Between 2001 and 2006, she worked with Kunle Oshinaike & Co. (Chartered Accountant) in Administrative capacity before moving on to Proper Resources and Investment Group as Manager in charge of Box Office in 2007.
She worked with Matrixvtrack Nigeria Limited between 2008 and 2011 as its pioneer Head, Human Resources and Administration department before joining Vitachem Nigeria Limited as Human Resources and Admin Manager.
Mr Chuks Enuenwemba -Head of Division, Agro Allied & Export
He holds a B.Agric (Hons) degree in Agricultural extension and Rural Sociology from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
He has attended several training programs on sales and marketing in the United States, South Africa and Morocco amongst which are: Sandler sales training and the Miller Hieman training on Sales and Services.
He has over 12 years experience in the agricultural industry and has worked with Lanchy Integrated Farms as a Production Manager and with Norgem Nigeria Limited the field as Technical Sales representative before joining VITACHEM as HOD.
He has an excellent background in Fish production. He has consulted for many farms and also helped in setting up farms/hatcheries.
He also holds a certificate in pest control and management.
Nwawueze Anthony Ugo - Senior Accountant
Nwawueze Anthony Ugo is a graduate of Accounting from the University of Nigeria Nsukka in Enugu State
He is a Chartered Accountant and a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria. He is an Alumni of the Frankfurt Business School of Finance and Management and presently a Student of the University of Lagos where he is pursuing a Masters Degree in Accounting.
He has over 13 years experience in the field of accounting that covers the Construction, Banking, Educational, Retail, Pharmaceutical and Agro-Allied industries.
His working career began with Foundation system Limited a leading locally owned Civil Engineering company with major focus on off-shore foundation construction and Shoreline building construction.
Between 2010 and 2017, he worked with AB Microfinance Finance Bank, a Leading Microfinance Bank institution in Nigeria. His activities within the bank covered the Credit Unit, Accounting, Audit and Loan recovery sections of the Bank.
After leaving the banking sector he joined Schook Kits Limited (Now SKLD Limited) where he worked as the Head of Internal control and later as the Group Head of Finance from 2017 to 2019. He also did a brief stint as the Finance Manager of CMB Verticals Limited before joining Vitachem Nigeria Limited in 2019 as a Senior Accountant and Head of the account unit of its Subsidiary Vitgap Limited.
He has an excellent background in the Field of Finance, Accounting, Audit, Financial Analysis and IT with several training from top notch institution in these field.
He is Married and the union is blessed with Kids.