Innocent Onjeh II

President and CEO

Innocent Onjeh II, an electrical and electronics engineering graduate. Post Graduate Diploma in Management with a Master's degree in Business Administration(MBA), another Master’s degree in Public Administration(MPA), and holds the prestigious Certificate in Pest Management(CPM) from Orkin University, Atlanta, USA. An accomplished pest management professional with a strong entrepreneurial drive. 

He also holds an entrepreneurship development program certificate of the small and medium enterprises development agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) and a Project Management and Extra-Value certificate of Harvard Associates. 

Innocent also attended several professional training, seminars and conferences locally and internationally in the areas of Entrepreneurship development, Customer service excellence, Health, Safety and Environment, Quality Management systems, Productivity Professionals, Environmental Management systems, Facility Management Operations and Integrated Pest Management Application and Techniques. 

Innocent is a Cisco Certified Network Associate and a registered member of many professional organizations such as the Nigerian Institute of Management(NIM), Nigerian Institute of Safety Professional (NISP), Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria(CIPMN), Pest Control Association of Nigeria(PECAN), National Pest Management Association(NPMA), Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria(EHORECON), Institute of Directors(IoD) and Fellow, Center for Public Service Productivity and Development(CeProd) among others.

He started his career after graduation with P.C Nwankwo & Co. as a Maintenance Engineer (Abebe Court). A position he occupied before proceeding to Vivalaviva Limited, a subsidiary of Trocadero Properties & Investments Limited. His brief stay at Vivalaviva Limited saw him managing the following key areas: Contractors’, Engineering and Security Services, Facilities, and Assets Management. Following his tenure in Vivalaviva Limited, Innocent served as Facility Manager, Site Operations, Alpha Mead Facilities & Management Services Ltd (AM Facilities), where he was responsible for the management of PPM works and Service Level Agreement with a range of providers in order to achieve the KPIs set by the client, and so on. 

He joined Orkin Nigeria Limited, The first Africa franchise of Orkin Exterminating Company Inc. at a senior management position as the pioneer QHSE Manager responsible for the development of control documents, implementation of the franchise agreement, policies and procedures and local certifications. At Orkin Nigeria, he occupied several top management positions including Operations Manager, Service Manager and Ag. General Manager respectively, responsible for structuring, workforce planning & strategies, finance, procurement, attracting clients and delivering the finest quality service to customers. 

He resigned from Orkin Nigeria as General Manager (GM), Lagos franchise after a meritorious service, winning the ’top growth franchises commendation award’ for the Lagos franchise at the Orkin international annual global franchises group meeting held in Dubai Miracle Gardens along with other growth and excellence awards to Orkin India, Orkin UAE, Orkin Egypt, Orkin Saudi Arabia, Orkin Kuwait and Orkin Lebanon respectively where Orkin Kazakhstan was recognized for the new franchise ’Fast’ growth.