THIS IS… PETER NDUBUISI MBAH, ESQ [2/5]
Education
Peter’s education commenced at the Army Children’s School, Bori Camp, Port Harcourt, from where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate with distinction. After leaving school, he wanted so much to be an international merchant; thus, he engaged in commercial training/trading, simultaneously pursuing his academic studies. He later enrolled at Owode High School, Owode Egba, Ogun State, where he sat for and obtained his Senior Secondary School Certificate in 1992.
It was while trading that he realized the importance of legal education. He applied to and was accepted to study law at the University of East London, (UEL) in the United Kingdom from where he obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree in the Upper-Class Division in 2000.
While at the University of East London, his leadership and organizational skills came to the fore. He was thus elected President of the Students Law Society between 1998-99. Under his leadership, the school won the Students’ Union prize and Certificate of Achievement for the ‘Most Productive Society of the Year.’
From 1999 to 2000, Peter was a member of Students Representative Council of UEL, as well as member of the School of Law Board, where he represented the final-year students. Peter won the first prize of the University of East London Mooting Competition and led the university’s team to the International Negotiation Competition.
He returned to Nigeria to study for his bar examination. He was later called to the Nigerian Bar and awarded the Barrister-at-Law (BL) at the Nigerian Law School. He did his youth service in Lagos with the law firm of Udeh and Associates and was mentored by the inimitable Justice Nnaemeka Agu (JSC, rtd) of blessed memory, who was then a consultant to the firm.
Subsequently, Peter proceeded to acquire a master’s degree in Maritime and Commercial Law from the Lagos State University in 2004.
In addition to these academic achievements and in the spirit of lifelong learning, he has continued to expand his boundaries of knowledge by participating in numerous other academic and capacity-building programmes, including:
- Master’s degree in Business Administration from the IESE Business School, Barcelona, University of Navarra, Spain.
- Chief Executive Programme at the Lagos Business School.
- Post Graduate Diploma in Strategy and Innovation at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and,
- numerous other Executive programmes in leading business schools across the world, including the Stanford Business School and Harvard Business School.
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