Dr.
Nelson
Ogunshakin
OBE
nelsonogunshakin.com
Dr Nelson Ogunshakin OBE is the Founder and Chair of the AEO Group, a specialist boutique infrastructure investment advisory entity, and was appointed in 2023 by the UK Prime Minister to the Board of High Speed 2 (HS2) Limited, a new Railway Transport investment between London and Birmingham with estimated cost of GBP£55billion. He has chaired the Investment Committee of ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investment USD$250m Funds (PE) since 2015, presiding over the delivery of many sustainable Power Generation and Transport investment projects in West Africa.
He is the immediate past Chief Executive Officer of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) having been in post between July 2018 and September 2024 with overall responsibility for FIDlC's global operations. During this time he championed the strategic and operational transformation and revitalisation of the organisation, growing its annual revenue by 150% through a strategic diversification programme. He engaged, negotiated and secured agreements with eight leading Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), including the World Bank Group, to adopt the global use of FIDIC’s standard construction contracts in the delivery of projects with an estimated annual investment cost of over USD$190 billion. He established the FIDIC Academy, FIDIC Credentialing and FIDIC Global Leadership Forum and became the Vice Chancellor, Vice Chair of management Board and Vice Chair of the Advisory Board respectively.
He was appointed as a Board Member for Transport for London (TfL) by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan between 2016 and 2024, a GBP£12billion annual turnover operator . As part of this appointment he chaired its Programmes & Investment Committee, and served as a member of the Remuneration Committee, and previously served on its Audit & Assurance Committee, and its Customer Service & Operational Performance Panel. He was also a TfL nominee board member of Crossrail Limited (CRL) and chaired the Investment Committee on the GBP£18billion new east-west rail development in London, now operational as the Elizabeth Line. He was appointed as a Board member of the Connecting Places Catapult (CPC), serving as member of its remuneration committee between 2021 and 2023.
Previously, Nelson was President and CEO of the UK Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) for 14 years, during which time he was responsible for the transformation and repositioning of the organisation, representing the interests of over 450 consultancy and engineering companies employing over 90,000 professionals, with annual turnover close to GBP£9billion. During this time he was appointed by the Chief Secretary to Treasury, Sir Danny Alexander, as Co-Chair of the UK National Infrastructure Plan Strategic Engagement Forum (NIPSEF) and was also appointed by the Greater London Authority under Mayor of London Boris Johnson, as a Member of the London Infrastructure Delivery Board.
He has over 35 years' experience in the planning, financing, structuring, procurement, delivery and operational management of major property and infrastructure investment projects worldwide. He has provided strategic advice, business leadership, business case development / feasibility studies, technical engineering solutions, deal transaction management, commercial management, dispute resolution and financial advice to major investment banks, Private Equity Investors, and Contractors on numerous multi-million-dollar building and infrastructure capital projects Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT), Public Private Partnership / 3P (PPP), Private Finance Initiative (PFI) modelsin the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia (including China), North & South America. Over the years, he has earned the respects of major corporate executives, ruling Government executives at local, State / Regional and National / Federation level, and international multi-lateral funding agencies.
Nelson was awarded an Officer of Order of British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty The Queen in her 2010 Birthday Honours List for his contribution to the UK Engineering & Construction Industry, voted one of the top 100 Black influential business leaders in the UK 2017 - 2019. He was also admitted into The Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers as a First-Class member in 2019, elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2021 and received a Fellowship of the Nigeria Academy of Engineering (FAEng) in 2023.
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