Chika Nwobi, founder of Level 5 Lab (L5Lab) has been appointed as a non-executive Director of Unilever Nigeria Plc. He was appointed to the Board on 19 October 2017 and his appointment takes effect from 1 January 2018.
Unilever Nigeria Plc. is engaged in the manufacture and marketing of foods and food ingredients, and home and personal care products.
Chika runs L5Lab, a venture development firm that has incubated several successful African tech companies including Jobberman.com and Cheki.com.ng. L5Lab has invested in 21 startups in Nigeria.
Before L5Lab, Chika was the co-founder and CEO of MTech, a mobile content company.
He graduated as a Honors scholar from East tennessee State University, USA with a BA in Economics and a B.Sc in Computer Science. He has taken courses in Strategy, Corporate Finance, Financial Accounting, all in INSEAD; HR Strategy and Supply Chain (Tsinghua University China). He is currently studying for a Masters degree in Software Engineering at University of Oxford.
Chika is passionate about education and developing young people and has been invited to speak at Wharton, NYU and Lagos Business School. He has also served as judge for Federal Government of Nigeria’s Entrepreneurship business plan competition – YouWin and as a mentor for the World Bank XL startup program.
Chika completed Stanford University SEED transformation program and is also a partner in Rise Capital, an emerging-markets focused venture capital firm.
