ONWUEGBUZIE Henrietta

Email: honwuegbuzie@lbs.edu.ng

Henrietta Henrietta Onwuegbuzie leads sessions in entrepreneurship on the MBA and executive programmes at Lagos Business School (LBS). She has an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Navarre in Spain and an MBA from Lagos Business School. Her current PhD research at Lancaster University in the UK is on the opportunity recognition process of indigenous entrepreneurs. Prior to joining the LBS faculty, she managed non-profit educational projects for the development of women in different states of Nigeria and subsequently, worked in the banking sector with key responsibilities in corporate banking. 

Henrietta sits on the board of a number of companies and has extensive consulting experience, spanning projects at the state level to conglomerates and SME’s in various industries. She currently mentors aspiring and established entrepreneurs and has produced several case studies in entrepreneurship and decision making. Her areas of interest include strategies for entrepreneurial growth in developing countries as well as the development of low-cost high impact business models that can be applied to both small and large scale businesses. Other areas of expertise include designing frameworks for generating systematic innovation and writing winning business plans. She is the winner of the 2010/2011 Emerald/ALCS African Management Research Fund Award.