Lambert Ofoegbu, Ph.D.

7. Dr. Lambert

Dr. Lambert Ofoegbu holds a Ph.D. in Management from Walden University, USA, with a Leadership and Organizational Change specialization. As a multidisciplinary professional, he brings over 30 years of experience in Portfolio, Program, and Project Management (P3M) with the added advantage of integrating organizational strategy across lean- agile optimal Operations amid Organizational Development. Dr. Ofoegbu is a Registered Urban & Regional Planner and holds two masters’ degrees being the M.Sc. in Operations & Supply Chain Management (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom) and an MBA in Project Management Technology (Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria), amongst other of his post-graduate qualifications including a PGD in Construction Management and Post Graduate Professional Diploma (PGPD) in Urban and Regional Planning.

He is the Immediate-Past President of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Nigeria Chapter after being a Founding Member of PMI Nigeria (in 2005) amongst other Board Membership Vice President (VP) roles (including VP Operations, VP Programs, VP Administrations, and VP Professional Development) that spanned over the years. Dr. Ofoegbu is currently a member of the PMI Global Chapter Insight Team assigned to the Europe Region to provide insights and translation of PMI Global Strategies to Chapters across the world. Professional certifications to his accolades include Project Management Professional (PMP®), Project Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP®), Organizational Project Management Professional (OPM3®), Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (MNITP), Chartered Fellow Project Manager (CFPM) of the Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (CIPMN), as well as being a Procurement Professional (MCIPS) by the virtues of Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply United Kingdom. He is a Life Alumnus of Lagos Business School (LBS) by the virtues of the 4th Session of Owner Manager Program (OMP-4) and 8th Session of Certificate in Media Enterprise (CME-8). Lambert is equally an Alumnus of the PMI’s prestigious Leadership Institute Masters Class (LIMC-2020) where he has mastered the art of Organizational Governance and Servant Leadership. Dr. Ofoegbu was recently appointed to lead the Resource Committee of the CIPMN.

Dr. Ofoegbu achieved the great strides of being one of the PMI’s scholar-practitioners that developed Global Practice Standards. Dr. Ofoegbu co-developed the Standard for Project Risk Management (2009); co-authored the Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3) Standard 3rd Edition (2013); co-established the Construction Extension Guide to the PMBOK® Guide 5th Edition (2016); as well as the Project Manager Competency Development Framework (PMCDF) 3rd Edition (2017). He participated in Cut-Score and Item Writing for PMI-RMP Certification Exam; Exposure Draft Reviewer for Project Risk Management Standard; Several Mega Exam Development Workshops, and Standards Developments, to mention but a few.