Mrs. Uzoma Dalhatu is a seasoned Legal and Corporate Governance Professional with over eighteen years of diverse experience in corporate, commercial and company secretarial functions gained from top-rated financial institutions. Her competencies include Legal and Regulatory Compliance, Company Secretarial services, Legal and Business Advisory, Dispute Resolution, Stakeholder Management and Sustainable Business Strategy. Uzoma, as she prefers to be called, is currently the Assistant Company Secretary and Legal Manager for Old Mutual Nigeria.
Uzoma holds a Bachelor of Law (LL.B) degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and a Masters of Law (LL.M) degree from the University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom. She is an Alumna of the prestigious Lagos Business School, having completed the Senior Management Programme. She is interested in sustainability advocacy and has a certificate in Sustainable Business Strategies from the Harvard Business School. She is a Chartered Secretary and an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria as well as an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom. She is a certified Board and Corporate Governance Evaluator, and a member of the Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria.
Uzoma has garnered diverse experience from various functions having served as the Secretary of the Lagos Business School Alumni Association (LBSAA) and currently as the Secretary of the Insurance and Pensions Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association-Section on Business Law. She is a WIMBOARD Fellow and an Associate of the Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WiMBiZ). Her interests include women advocacy and youth mentoring; and to this end, she pioneered the Old Mutual Women’s Network (OWN) Mentorship Programme in Nigeria, a network dedicated to the personal and professional development of women.
