About
An advisor with 18 years of experience spanning business analytics, technical analysis, commercial strategy, and strategic planning, translating complex information into actionable advice for founders and investors.
Experience
- Caelestis LimitedPrincipal Strategist | Energy & Infrastructure Advisorycurrent2025 — present
- ALUMNAE-I NETWORK FOR HARVARD WOMEN INCPresident, Alumnae-i Network for Harvard Women (ANHW) Nigeriacurrent2025 — present
- Stealth Mode | Energy Finance InnovationFounder & CEOcurrent2025 — present
- Foster VenturesAdvisory Board Membercurrent2023 — present
- NNPC LimitedDeputy Manager, Gas Commercial – Innovation Management , Gas Contracts & Value Chain Optimization2024 — 2025
- NNPC LimitedLead Business Advisor to Chief Upstream Investment Officer2024Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
- NNPC E&P LIMITEDDeputy Chief Operating Officer, OML 34 AMT2024
- NNPC LimitedManager, Efficiency and Data Management2023 — 2024Lagos State, Nigeria
- NNPC Upstream Investment Management ServicesManager, Economic Research and Data Management2022 — 2023
- Nigerian National Petroleum Company LimitedHead, Data Management2022Nigeria
- National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS)Head, Petroleum Engineering, PSC Asset Group B2021 — 2022
- National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS)Deputy Manager, Reservoir Engineering, Production Sharing Contract (PSC) Division2021Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
- Nigerian Petroleum Development Company LimitedDeputy Chief Reservoir Engineer & Coordinator Development Planning2018 — 2020Benin
- Nigerian Petroleum Development Company LimitedSupervisor Reservoir Eng. & Development Planning2015 — 2017
- Nigerian Petroleum Development Company LimitedSenior Reservoir Engineer2011 — 2015
- Nigerian Petroleum Development Company LimitedPetroleum Engineer2005 — 2011
Skills & more
Blockchain3Smart Contracts1FinTech4Strategic Partner Relationship ManagementNetworkingBusiness Law6Business Litigation6International Business Law2Legal Writing1Legal Issues1Legal Research1International Arbitration1
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International TradeInternational Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)International BusinessInternational RelationsTrade FinanceTrademarksInternational Trade LawTrademark InfringementWell CompletionDesign ThinkingPeople ManagementCommunication- Certified Blockchain Expert — Blockchain Council
- Director Qualified — American College of Corporate Directors
- 2024 Fellowship Application Readers — Mandela Washington Fellowship
- COREN — Council for the Registration of Engineering in Nigeria
- General Management Program 33 — Harvard Business School
- Masters Program (Master) — INSEAD
- MA1.1x: M&A: Concepts and Theories — New York Institute of Finance
- MA1.4x: M&A: Free Cash Flow (FCF) Modeling — New York Institute of Finance
- MA1.3x: M&A: Structuring the Deal — New York Institute of Finance
- EMDE01x: Unlocking Investment and Finance in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs) — World Bank Group
From Chinyere's professional profile.
Colleagues at Foster Ventures
Donna Wilczek
SVP - Coupa, Ketera, IBM, Accenture at Foster Ventures
Prasad Ramakrishnan
SVP of IT and Chief Information Officer at Freshworks at Foster Ventures
Priya Ramachandran
Founding General Partner at Foster Ventures
Ravi Thakur
Board Advisor, Investor at Foster Ventures
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Vijay Sivaram
CEO – Quess IT Staffing, Quess Search & Recruitment at Foster Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Chinyere Obi?
- An advisor with 18 years of experience spanning business analytics, technical analysis, commercial strategy, and strategic planning, translating complex information into actionable advice for founders and investors.
- Where does Chinyere Obi work?
- Chinyere Obi is Business, Law, Strategy at Foster Ventures.
- Where did Chinyere Obi go to school?
- Chinyere Obi studied at INSEAD (Global Executive MBA, Business Administration and Management); MIT Sloan School of Management (Advanced Management Program, Strategic Leadership and Innovation); Rushford Business School (Doctor of Business Administration, Behavioral Finance).
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Also attended MIT Sloan School of Management644
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Also attended University of Oklahoma71
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Also attended Heriot-Watt University63
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