By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, the immediate past President and Group CEO of Transcorp Plc,
has officially bowed out out of boards of Transcorp Plc, Transcorp Hotels Plc and
Transcorp Power Limited.
In his valedictory statement in Abuja, Ozigbo also disclosed that he was venturing into public service.
“Today, I mark a significant milestone in my career as I step down from my seat on the Boards of Directors of Transcorp Hotels Plc and Transcorp Plc, having also just done the same on the Board of Transcorp Power Limited,” he said.
Besides, he revealed that his first project in his next chapter was to win the confidence and mandate of his people in Anambra State to lead them into a new era of peace, possibilities, and prosperity.
According to him, the prospects are brilliant, and the future is even brighter.
On his journey to the hospitality industry, Ozigbo said, “About 10 years ago, I was on the way to the airport with my wife and children. We were jetting out to China for a family adventure when I received a phone call. It was my former boss at UBA Plc.”
He commended business tycoons like the now late oil magnate, High Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, and other members of the Transcorp Board, who gave him the opportunity to serve.
Ozigbo, who is gunning for the governorship seat in Anambra State on the platform of the Peoles Democratic Party (PDP), was the first-ever MD/CEO of Transcorp Hotels Plc since its privatisation in 2005.
He was responsible for transforming the hotel into the premier destination in Africa.
With several global hospitality awards, including the Seven Stars CEO of the Year awards, he had transformed Transcorp Hilton Hotel to become iconic.
On his time as the CEO of the conglomerate, he said that it was a rare privilege and honour to have been asked to remain on the boards of Transcorp Plc, Transcorp Power Limited and Transcorp Hotels Plc.
“Today, I bow out from all these boards as my new adventure into public service enters a new critical phase.
“The last decade has been a wonderful time of building, learning and growth, and I am grateful to the many phenomenal humans I met and worked with along the way. At Transcorp Plc, I encountered nothing but angels and made only friends, and I will forever cherish the memories we made together,” he said.
He further disclosed that his Transcorp story would have never happened if God had not sent a particular special angel into his life.
“I met him in 2004 when he hired me to work in the then Standard Trust Bank (now UBA Plc). It has been an incredible 13 years of transformational business mentorship, and I am forever grateful to Mr Tony O. Elumelu CON, my leader and friend, for giving me a chance, bringing me into his universe, and for always believing in me,” he said.
Ozigbo also congratulated
The company’s newest Board members, Mr Victor Famuyibo and Mallam Ahmadu Hamman Sambo, and the two new additions to Transcorp’s Executive Management Team, Mr. Vincent Ozoude and Mr Peter Ikenga who joined as the Managing Directors/CEO of Trans-Afam Power Limited and Transcorp Energy Limited, respectively.
He assured that with the management of Transcorp Plc, Transcorp Hotels Plc and Transcorp Power Limited in the hands of Owen Omogiafo, Dupe Olusola, and Chris Ezeafulukwe, with the two additions, that he was confident that the Transcorp Group would surpass their ambitious goals.
