Chidi Ike

Dr. Chidi Ike’s engineering career started in the early nineties in a private firm where he gained expertise in control engineering, constructing power control panels for industries, including AMF panels. Chidi’s career in the Nigerian power sector started in 1992 with experiences that spanned transmission, distribution, and generation subsectors. Chidi was an instructor at the Nigerian Electricity Power Authority (NEPA) Training Institutes, training new staff on the protection, control, and metering of power systems at the Ijora and Kainji training schools from 1994 to 1996. Chidi was instrumental in the creation/implementation of the electricity market trading points (boundaries) that foreshadowed the privatisation of the power industry in Nigeria. Chidi was also a member of the Revenue Cycle Management (RCM). This unit conducted a pilot exercise on the commercialisation of electricity in Nigeria using select Districts in different Power Distribution Companies (DisCos) between 1998 and 2004. He was a pioneer staff of the Market Operations Unit of TCN that set up market rules for the Nigerian electricity market. In 2007, Chidi joined Geometric Power Generation Company and played an active role in its power plant development and financing processes. Chidi Ike joined the Nigerian Presidential Taskforce (PTFP) on power in 2010 as technical support from NEXANT (USAID) as an adviser on transmission and distribution. In 2011, under technical support from NIAF (UK, DFID), Chidi served in the PTFP as the Senior Performance Manager (head) Distribution to manage the performance of the 11 Distribution Companies. Chidi Ike designed and implemented the first Nigeria power sector stress test that determined the capacity/capability of the three segments of the power delivery value chain: generation, transmission, and distribution. Since 2013, still under technical support from NIAF, Chidi has served as the Senior Performance Monitor (SPM) for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in the PTFP. He held that role until NIAF transferred him to support the Kaduna State power plant initiative. He had that role until 2015, when he joined CRISIL International Infrastructure Advisory (a company of Standard and Poor (S&P)). As an associate consultant, he carried out data quality review (DQR) and data quality audit for the electricity sector of Ghana under the auspices of MiDA supported by the MCC of the US as a donor agency support for the government of Ghana. He also performed a similar role for the government of Liberia. Chidi Ike Joined the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) in 2016 and has carried out the responsibilities of managing the development of transmission substations as the Head Substations. Chidi Ike was also the General manager (Director) of Corporate Planning from 2020 to 2022. As GM of Corporate Planning, Chidi developed, for the first time, key performance management measures (KPIs) and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to guide processes and operations in NDPHC. Chidi is a 1989 University of Nigeria Nsukka graduate with a B. Eng. in Electrical Engineering. He also has an MBA in technology management from ATBU Bauchi, Nigeria. Chidi also has an MPhil in Engineering Management and a PhD in Engineering Management from Walden University, USA. Chidi is also a Nigerian Institute of Power Engineers (NIPE) Fellow. Chidi Ike’s 34 years of post-graduation professional experience spans all the electricity delivery value chain sectors, including engineering management. He has designed and patented many engineering products, including the automatic voltage selector switch used in TCN. Chidi is currently a Commissioner at the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission in charge of Engineering and Performance Monitoring (EPM). As Commissioner EPM, Chidi has pioneered the development of automation systems for Network diagnostics using feeder meter data (proof of concept established). This is a pioneering effort in the world of network diagnostics automation and represents a least cost and time to implement approach to power systems automation. Other projects are the development of maintenance and inventory management systems for TSP and the DisCos. These projects are to facilitate improved system stability and reliability. I seek a dynamic company that rewards innovation and excellence