Patrick Utomi

Patrick Okedinachi Utomi (born 6 February 1956 ) is a Nigerian professor of political economy and management expert. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria and a former presidential candidate. He is the founder of Centre for Value in Leadership (CVL) and the political party, the African Democratic Congress. He is a professor at Lagos Business School, he is a descent of Igbuzo in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. at Lagos Business School in 2003. he has been a scholar-in-residence at the Harvard Business School and the American University in Washington, D.C.

Career South South Economic Summit 2009 - Gov. Imoke, President Goodluck Jonathan, Pat Utomi Gov. Oshiomole A few months after his return to Nigeria, Pat got enlisted by the former Vice President Alex Ekwueme to provide consultancy services on some public policy papers. Soon after, he was appointed Special Assistant by former President Shehu Shagari

Following the end of the Second Republic, he became Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Utomapp Holdings Limited, 1984 – 1986, and Assistant General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Volkswagen Nigeria Lagos, 1983 - 1993. (Lagos Business school started operating in 1991.)

Utomi also belongs to many professional bodies. He is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, Institute of Directors, IOD, Nigeria Economic Summit Group and Nigeria Economic Society.

Utomi coordinated the establishment of several civil society groups on good governance and accountability such as Transparency in Nigeria, the Centre for Values in Leadership, the Concerned Professionals, and the Restoration Group. In the business sphere, Utomi was the Vice Chairman of Platinum–Habib Bank. He is a columnist and chairman.

Utomi has served in various private sector associations including the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), the National Council of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, he is also the Chairman of Poise Nigeria Limited, and the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA). He has spoken on issues in the following areas on various international platforms; growth economics, comparative development, leadership, oil, and China's economic surge and growing influence in Africa. He has collaborated frequently with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, and Chatham House, in the UK. He has also written commissioned papers for the UK's DFID including the latest collaboration with Colleagues from Oxford on the Political Economy of growth in Nigeria (2006).

Utomi also ran a failed attempt for presidency of Nigeria in 2011. In 2021, Pat and other political stakeholders pioneered the formation of a new political opposition ahead of the 2023 Nigerian general elections.

Governorship candidacy Pat Utomi was declared as the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress for the 2019 general election in Delta State by a faction of the All Progressive Congress. The national working Committee of the All Progressive Congress later overturned the declaration and announced Chief Great Ogboru as its Delta state gubernatorial candidate for the 2019 general elections.

Honors and awards Nominated and voted by the Public as one of Nigeria's top ten Living Legends in the Vanguard/Silverbird Television Awards. Who is who in Africa Utomi P. Nigeria “Changes as Prospects” in the Africa Competitiveness Report (ed) Jeffrey Sachs, World Economic Forum 2000 Utomi P, Performance under Constraints. The Nigeria Press Under Military Rule. Gazette Vol 28 1982 Utomi P, Historical – Philosophical Foundations of Government Ownership of Newspapers in Nigeria. Gazette vol 27 no 1 1981 Utomi P, Values and Economic Stagnation in Africa: A Paradox of Poverty in Nigeria . The International Journal of African Studies Vol. 3.2. Spring 2004 Utomi P, Managing Uncertainty: Competition and Strategy in Emerging Economies. Ibadan. Spectrum Books 1998 Utomi P, To Serve is to Live. Ibadan. Spectrum Books, 1999 Utomi, Patrick Okedinachi. To Serve is to Live: Autobiographical Reflections on the Nigerian Condition. Spectrum Books Limited, 2002.

Keynotes speeches Keynote speaker at the Annual Conferences of the following: Nigerian Institute of Management Nigeria Institute of Quantity Surveyors Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (4 times) Nigeria Institute of Public Relations Nigeria Institute of Marketing Law Society, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife Has been guest speaker at the annual Business Club meetings of the Africa Business Club at the Harvard Business School, Wharton, Kellogg School and the TedxEuston at the University of London.