Mazi Emma Kanu O Ivi

Born 16 August 1950 to the family of late Mazi E.S.I. Ohuabunwa of Atani, Arochukwu. He spent his early childhood years in Port Harcourt where he been schooling and eventually proceeded to Government College, Owerri and University of Ife where he bagged a Second Class upper honours degree in Pharmacy in 1976. He joined Pfizer in 1978 as Pharmaceutical Sales Representative. He was appointed Area Sales manager for Lagos/Ogun in 1980 and for the Eastern market in 1981. He became National Sales manager in 1982, Group Sales Manager in 1985, Marketing Manager in 1989 and Pharmaceutical Division Director in 1990. He was promoted Regional Manager (West Africa) and Managing Director, Pfizer Products PLC in June 1993. He was also appointed Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer Products PLC and Pfizer Specialties Limited.

Sam was the lead promoter in the MBO of divested shares of Pfizer Incorporation and the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Worldwide Healthcare Limited, the vehicle used for the MBO. Mazi Ohuabunwa, a registered Pharmacist, is a member of the Institute of Pharmacy Management International, Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Fellow of the West African Post Graduate College of Pharmacists and Fellow of several other academic and professional bodies.

He was decorated Member of the order of Niger (MON) in 2003. He is also an alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Columbia University and the Lagos Business School. He is the Pioneer Chairman of the company from inception in 1997 to January 2005. He is currently the President/CEO and Executive Vice Chairman of Neimeth Pharmaceutical International Plc. Former President-General, Nzuko Arochukwu Worldwide.