Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe

Personal life and education

Though his ancestors hail from Ibadan, Tegbe was born in Oyo, Oyo State. He had his secondary education at the Federal Government College, Ogbomosho, Oyo State. While at Federal Government College, Ogbomosho, he was an active representative of the school at major academic competitions, coming tops in the National Secondary School Quiz in 1982 and finishing as the best graduating student in 1983. He was awarded the Nigeria Merit Award for the 1983/84 academic session, First Class in Civil Engineering and best graduating student in Water Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly known as University of Ife), 1988.He is a 2011 alumnus of Harvard Business School, Leadership Management Programme, 2006, Executive Management programme – INSEAD and the Lagos Business School.

He has acquired several professional qualifications including:

Tegbe is married. He enjoys reading, travelling and playing golf - which he does as a member of the Ikoyi club. He is also a member of the VGC Recreation Club.

Career

Tegbe is a partner in the Advisory Services practice of KPMG Professional Services in Nigeria, where he is the Industry Lead Partner for the Public Sector, Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) in both private and public sector segments of West Africa. With a wide range of experience, spanning over two decades, in institutional transformation, reforms, strategy formulation and blue print development project management, change enablement, diagnostic reviews and ERP/IT solution review and implementation, he has extensive project management and implementation skills, acquired from hands-on experience in leading/managing various client projects in non-profit, telecommunications, manufacturing, oil and gas and public sectors, amongst others.

Tegbe has worked as a tax consultant and an audit senior and manager for major local and multinational firms in oil and gas and manufacturing sectors. Between 1991 and 1992, he worked as Head, Materials Accounting for Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and led implementation of ERPs for major companies in Nigeria and Ghana, including finance function transformation engagements for entities like SPDC and Ghana Airways.

Tegbe has led the strategic health review and repositioning of the Odua Group. He also led the review and transformation recommendation of the Holding Company, 12 subsidiaries and 14 associate companies and he currently advises the group's transformation.

Public sector experience

In 2006, Tegbe was appointed a technical consultant to the Presidential committee on Consolidation of Salaries and Allowances in the Public Sector. The Committee which was chaired by Chief Ernest Shonekan was constituted by the Federal Government of Nigeria to review the remuneration framework in public sector and suggest appropriate reforms. He also led the Presidential initiative in 2005, as the technical consultant to Project Destination Nigeria, an initiative under the government of Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo to analyze and identify comparative advantage areas for the nation. Tegbe led the review and presented the findings for the endorsement of EMT, FEC and National Council of State (2006 – 2007).

Tegbe was appointed to serve as the lead consultant to the Presidential Summit on Education, which was constituted by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to review challenges of the Education sector and proffer solutions. The committee also developed the education roadmap for the nation. In 2012, he was appointed member of the Federal Ministry of Education’s ministerial visitation committee/panel. This committee was constituted to review the state of affairs and infrastructure in the Federal Colleges nationwide. He also led the technical consultation of the review and repositioning of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the recrafting of strategic focus and transformation of the service (2006 - 2010).

Tegbe has led the consulting team on various projects, including: