Erabor Okogun

Erabor Okogun

Founder, Neoante

Erabor Okogun is currently the Managing Director at Nemoante a Project Development and Advisory firm. In the past 17 years Erabor Okogun has closely worked with Executive Management and at Board levels delivering on over 50 projects and investments. His contacts, network, insight and experience are very diverse and highly valued. After graduating from the premier University in Ibadan, Nigeria, Erabor worked as a Credit Analyst on the Energy Desk of Nigerian American Merchant Bank (a Bank of Boston subsidiary now part of FCMB Plc). He was involved in providing debts and structuring bank syndications to meet cashcall obligations for NNPC JV Oil and Gas companies such as Shell and Chevron for their Field Development Plans. Later on Erabor worked in Venture Capital at Heirs Capital in Heirs Alliance, then co-founded Nextzon and was thereafter part of the Executive Management at Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp Plc).

Outside these roles he has consulted for the National Parliament and the Federal Executive in creating and shaping PPPs building significant experience in executing projects with public sector input. Over the last 6years he is focused on Advisory and Project Development in West Africa recently raising finance for Energy projects in collaboration with the IFC and other world class institutions with a portfolio of over $2billion. In the Nigerian generation space Erabor recently developed from inception a 100mw fully permitted Solar PV project and has a project portfolio including off-grid wind, solar and hybrids such a 500MW Hydro/Solar project with Engie. Erabor brings a set of strong origination, project development, regulatory advocacy skills sets plus a keen understanding of local and global dynamics and opportunities. Erabor is a graduate of Leicester University, UK, where he completed his fulltime MBA.

In his spare time, he has had a role in the UN as a coordinator and expert for regional youth Entrepreneurs Programs for youths at Secondary School level and plays Cricket in the Lagos League.