Ozim Ifeoma Ibeziako is a Commercial and Energy Lawyer with over twenty years industry experience. She is currently working with General Electric as the Executive General Counsel for Africa, with the overall responsibility for GE’s brand, legal and compliance risk mitigation in the over 20 countries where GE has footprint in Sub-Saharan Africa.

She is best described as a business lawyer, with multi-jurisdictional expertise in the Energy Industry, Commercial Transactions, Corporate Practice, Regulatory Compliance, Legal Advisory Services, Project Finance, Localization, Joint Ventures and Business Development.

Ozim graduated from the University of Nigeria in 1998 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in October 2000. She was also admitted as a Solicitor of England & Wales in 2011 and obtained LLM in Energy Law & Policy and MBA in International Business Transactions (2007/2008) from the Centre for Energy, Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee, Scotland.

Part of what makes her job exciting is the fact that she has worked on sustainable projects across Africa, impacting lives and adding great value to the continent. She has also had the opportunity to see the challenges facing the region, and how countries can better collaborate, learn best practices, and also leverage lessons learnt from other jurisdictions, which will help minimize the one-size fits all that legislative drafting presents to potential investors.

Besides work, Ozim enjoys traveling and adventure. She is truly a nature’s girl and explores her outdoors as a great tool to achieve the much-needed balance. Ozim also volunteers to the cause of the girl-child, and being a strong voice for women in the society. She co-leads the Women’s Network in GE Africa, and also volunteers with Bethesda Child Support Agency in Nigeria, focused on providing free education to indigent children.