Christopher Ezeafulukwe has been appointed managing director and chief executive officer of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC).
Prior to his appointment as the MD/CEO of AEDC, Mr Ezeafulukwe held the same position at Transcorp Power Ltd with a 972MW-capacity thermal power plant in Ugheli, Delta State.
Under Ezeafulukwe’s leadership, Transcorp Power Ltd became the first successor power company from the 2013 power privatisation program to be discharged from post-privatisation monitoring by the National Council on Privatization (NCP), having surpassed the expectations of the council.
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Before he became head of Transcorp Power Ltd, he was an executive director of Transnational Corporation Plc, where he was responsible for business development and legal. He was also a non-executive director of Transcorp Power Ltd.
An alumnus of Lagos Business School, Lagos and IESE Business School, Barcelona, he holds an LL.B degree from the University of Lagos, a B.L (second class upper division) from the Nigerian Law School, an LL.M from the University of Lagos and another LL.M in energy, environmental and natural resources law from the University of Houston, Texas.
He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) and Institute of Credit Administration.
Prior to joining Transcorp, Ezeafulukwe was the company secretary of Bank PHB Plc (now Keystone Bank Limited). He also served as the head of legal services and company secretary of Platinum Bank Plc. Ezeafulukwe started his legal career with the law firm of Paul Usoro and Co. He joined Transcorp in 2012 as the legal adviser and company secretary.
