Auto Biography
Popularly described as a very warm, humble, hard working, God fearing, and a woman with a hearth of gold.
Lady Chukwudozie’s steady but intentional rise to the top of the ladder as a chemical engineer, shrewd businesses administrator, publisher, a corporate czar and company executive has come to a crescendo with her inauguration as the chairperson of the South East zone of the Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (MAN).
Before now, she was the vice-chairperson of the association in the South East, a position she held for four years.
Married to an industrialist and a big player in the oil and gas sector, Sir (Dr.) Daniel Chukwudozie, chairman of the Dozzy Group of Companies, Lady Ada Chukwudozie did not stumble into great heights over night.
She is a product of hard work, diligence and integrity. Right from the outset, aware that perseverance was the golden key to success and that quiters never win, Lady Chukwudozie steadily equipped herself mentally and educationally for future leadership roles.She had her path well outlined and defined.
Having as a husband and a pillar of support an industrislist whose business frontier spannes manufacturing, real estate, oil and gas, haulage, merchandising and hospitality, among others, was an added advantage.
Sir Chukwudozie’s bold imprints on his wife’s rise to the top are indeed too visible not to be noticed.
Arming herself extraordinarily with the requisite education and training to attain her current exhilarating status was, therefore, for Lady Chukwudozie, a fait accompli.
With close to three decades of experience in business management and administration, Lady Chukwudozie is one of Nigeria’s top female players in the corporate world.
She has held a plethora of strategic company positions, leaving marks of excellence in her trail.
The new MAN boss was, between 1993 and 1995, factory supervisor at De-Endy Industrial Company Limited, Taipei, Taiwan.
She would later emerge as assistant general manager, Specialty Oil Company Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Dozzy Group, between 1999 and 2001, general manager, 2001 to 2004, and executive director, Dozzy Oil and Gas Limited, 2005 till date.
A good team player, one with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, good organisational ability and strong analytical qualities, Lady Chukwudozie aims at bringing her robust private experience to bear on South East MAN.
Lady Chukwudozie is a member of several professional bodies, including the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Institute of Industrialists and Corporate Administrators, Energy Committee, Institute of Directors, Industry, Science and Technology Committee, Institute of Directors (IOD) Nigeria, Council Member, Nigerian British Chambers of Commerce, Council Member and Onitsha Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture.
Philantropy
Education
Lady Chukwudozie, who is the publisher of Vogue Afrique magazine, uses the medium to advance and advocate her ideals and passion.
A chemical engineer by training, she is a graduate of the prestigious Enugu-based Institute of Management and Technology’s Department of Chemical Engineering.
She left the institution with an Upper Credit.
Lady Chukwudozie’s appetite for versatile knowledge led her into obtaining a postgraduate diploma and master’s degree in Business Administration from Nnamdi AzikiweUniversity, Awka, and diploma in Law from Lagos State University.
She further broadened her frontier of worldview with a diploma in various courses such as Computer Science, and Mandarin Languages from Chinese Cultural University and Taipei Language Institute, Taiwan.
In the course of her strides in the corporate world, Lady Chukwudozie has undergone several pieces of training within and outside the country in areas like management, leadership, entrepreneurship and international trading in oil.
She is also an alumnus of the Academy of Entrepreneurial Studies and Lagos Business School, Pan African University.
Awards & Recognition
In recognition of her selfless commitment towards the development of Nigerian economy and humanity, various national and international organisations have bestowed on her several honours and accolades. These include:
- United Nations Youth Ambassador for Peace.
- Fellow of the Institute of Directors Nigeria (IOD).
- Honorary Special Marshal 2001.
- National Council member of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN).
- Executive Council member of Onitsha Chamber of Commerce Anambra State.
- Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club International, 2005
- Honorary Special Marshall, Head Quarters FRSC, Abuja, 2001
- Lady Knight of Order of St. Christopher, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion
- African International Achievers Merit Award for Excellence.
- Distinguished Nigeria Women of Merit Award.
According to Isaac Newton, “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.”
The above quote X-rays Lady Chukwudozie. Having stood upon the shoulders of giants in the course of her career formation and growth, her dear husband, hard work, honesty, academic acquisitions, training, etcetera, Lady Chukwudozie has arguably seen farther than others and this can be gleaned from her meritorious ascension to the MAN’s topmost position, the first woman to do so in recent history. She is indeed an epitome of inspiration to millions of Nigerian women.