Executive Profile

Dr. Obiora Madu

Global Trade, Logistics & Supply Chain Strategist · Author · Leadership Thinker

Dr. Obiora Madu
In Brief

Building organizations that perform under pressure.

Dr. Obiora Madu has spent more than 37 years in international trade, logistics and supply chain management — as an operator, institution-builder, educator and adviser across Africa and beyond.

As CEO of Multimix Academy and Director General of the African Centre for Supply Chain, he has helped shape trade policy, pioneer Nigeria’s services export agenda and develop the professionals who run the continent’s supply chains.

His original work — the RAPID Supply Chain Framework™ and the Supply Chain War Room — turns that experience into tools leadership teams can use to see their vulnerabilities, rehearse their response and build lasting resilience.

CEO Multimix Academy
Director General African Centre for Supply Chain (ACSC)
Doctorate in Business Administration SMC University, Switzerland
Adjunct Professor Malaysia University of Science and Technology
Engage Dr. Madu → The RAPID™ Framework
37+ Years of Practice
12 Books Authored
2014 National Productivity Order of Merit
2006 Pioneered Nigeria’s first services export document
Selected Milestones

A Record of Contribution

  1. 2006

    Pioneered Nigeria's first services export document

    Laying groundwork for services to be recognised and traded as exports.

  2. 2014

    National Productivity Order of Merit

    National honour for contribution to productivity.

  3. 2016

    Led a Commonwealth Secretariat training programme

    Certified International Trade Educator building trade capability.

  4. 2022

    NEPC Services Export Award

    Best Sectoral Exporter of the Year, Service Sector.

  5. 2025

    CILT Distinguished Leadership Award

    Industry recognition for leadership in logistics and transport.

  6. Today

    RAPID Supply Chain Framework™

    Translating decades of practice into a framework for organizational performance.

International Engagement

Working With Global Institutions

ITC

International Trade Centre, Geneva

Capacity building and export competitiveness for SMEs in emerging markets.

USAID

Trade facilitation programmes

Projects reducing barriers to regional trade integration.

AfDB

African Development Bank

Policy input supporting supply chain infrastructure and intra-African trade.

US CS

US Commercial Service

Collaboration on trade and market access.

Professional Fellowships

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    Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport

    FCILT

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    Institute of Export & International Trade

    Fellow

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    Nigerian Institute of Management

    Fellow

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    Courier and Logistics Management Institute

    Fellow, 2018

Academic & Teaching

  • Doctorate in Business Administration — SMC University, Switzerland
  • Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration
  • MSc in Supply Chain Management
  • Advanced Certifications in Global Trade Compliance
  • Adjunct Professor — Malaysia University of Science and Technology
  • Certified International Trade Educator
  • Led a Commonwealth Secretariat training programme (2016)
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