Ike-Elechi Ogba is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor-Academics here at Ebonyi State University. He is a Professor of Marketing and Strategy with expertise in Organisational Strategy, Consumer and Organizational Behaviour and Commitment. An area in which he holds his PhD and MBA, obtained from the prestigious Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University (UK). He also hold a Postgraduate Certificate from Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Lille: (ESC- Graduate School of Management, EuraLille-France).

His academic leadership, Industrial, teaching and research experience span over Two decades and half. Some of which were within the United Kingdom Higher Education and Financial Sectors; including Northumbria University at Newcastle upon Tyne England and Northern Rock Bank Gosforth HQ UK. He was a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader BA (Hons) Marketing Management; and Programme Leader (Head) of Research (PhD) Programmes at Northumbria University at Newcastle-upon Tyne England UK between 2006 – 2012.

He was also the Chairman of Higher Education Foundation Certificates (HEFC) MADG Moderation Board on Marketing, Northumbria-Northeast affiliate Colleges in England from 2007 to 2011.

He also chaired many Doctoral and Professorial assessment Panels both in the UK and Nigeria.

Ike served as the Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences and Chairman of Senate Committee on Library Development, Ebonyi State University. He was also the Co-Chairman of Ebonyi State University Joint Committee on Security and Ebonyi State University Eco-friendly Initiative (EFI).

in addition, he served as Director of Academic Planning at Ebonyi State University from 2013 to 2018. Within this period, amongst other achievements, successfully restructured and consolidated the University Curriculum. He also refocused, re-engineered and systematically downsized various Faculties and Departments. He also led the University into achieving for the first time, full accreditation on 84 Undergraduate degree Programmes and 5 PG programmes.

Ike was the Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies, Administrator (Director) Information Communication Technology (ICT) Centre and HOD, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurial Studies.

He has consistently served as the Ad-hoc Chairman for the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programmes Universities Resource Verification and Accreditation from 2016 to date. He is also a Professorial and Postgraduate external Examiner to various Universities, including University of Nigeria, Michael Okpara University Umudike, Open University of Nigeria, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt etc.

Ike supervised over 15 Ph.D’s; 3 with a minimum of 80,000.00 words per Thesis to completion in the United Kingdom and 12 in Nigeria.

He is also a member of the Board of Directors of various multinational and International organisations including Origin Group Lagos, one of the largest Agro Business Group in Western Africa. He is the Chairman of Parker and Chele Limited; Grand-Xperia Limited, Lotanna Farms, LongBridge and Ike-Elechi OGBA Foundation (IEOF).

Ike is a regular Guest Speaker/Discussant with National and INTERNATIONAL media houses and granted expert knowledge interviews as special Guest on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC NORTHEAST UK), Pulse TV, Arise TV, TVC Lagos and SilverBird Television Lagos, etc.; and annual Guest Speaker for 5 consecutive years at the EDVEST Educational Catalyst Conference Lagos with over 5000 Heads of Schools across Africa in virtual and physical attendance.