Biography
Ngozi Edozien,
Managing Director & Founder of Invivo Partners Ltd; NED, Imperial Brands PLC, Diageo, and Barloworld PLC
Ngozi Edozien is currently the Managing Director of InVivo Partners Ltd, a principal investment and advisory firm focused on investments and support of venture, early stage and SME businesses. She currently also leads a healthcare startup she co-founded: Physio Centers of Africa (Nigeria). Prior to launching InVivo Partners Ltd she served as Managing Director of Actis LLP’s West Africa business, a leading private equity firm in Nigeria.
Ngozi draws on her over 30 years of experience in finance, consulting, operational management and board governance in corporates globally to bring value to her investee companies and clients. She currently sits on several boards and advises a number of African start-up businesses in various sectors including healthcare, FMCG, financial services and technology.
Ngozi started her professional career in corporate finance first at Salomon Brothers and then at JP Morgan, both in New York City. She subsequently left JPM returning to Harvard University to pursue an MBA. Post MBA, Ngozi worked for McKinsey & Co. in London and Paris where she became an Associate Principal. In 1999, she joined Pfizer, Inc in New York City, where she was Vice President Strategic Planning and Business Development for five years until 2005 when she was transferred to Nigeria as the Regional Director, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group for Anglophone East, West and Central Africa.
Ngozi has a BA (cum laude) in Social Studies (Government, Philosophy and Economics) from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, Harvard University. She has done advanced management training in governance and finance at INSEAD, Harvard and other institutions. She has been an Aspen Leadership Institute Fellow, a member of the Young President’s Organization, Membership Committee leader for Capital Club, Nigeria and a Committee Chair for Cycology Cycling Club Of Nigeria and acts as an informal mentor to many.
Ngozi enjoys spending time with family and friends, is an active sportswoman and a lover and follower of African Art, music and literature.
