Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) has appointed Amaechi Ndili to lead the firm’s Nigeria operations. Based in Lagos, Ndili will be working closely with a number of ECP’s portfolio companies, driving strategic and operational improvements as well as sourcing new investment opportunities.
“West Africa continues to be one of the fastest growing regions in the world and ECP is dedicated to seizing the resulting opportunities for its portfolio companies and for its investors. Amaechi’s appointment reinforces the deep operational experience on the ground in Nigeria and brings an expert new perspective to the table,” says Hurley Doddy, co-Founder, Managing Director and co-CEO of ECP. “Amaechi has a long and successful track record of producing results in a region where trust, personal relationships and respect are at a premium, and as such, we are delighted to welcome him to lead ECP’s Nigerian operation.”
Amaechi is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Lionstone Group, a proprietary investment and holding company with significant holdings in offshore marine services as well as the hospitality industry in West Africa. Through its investments in Lionstone Energy & Marine Services (a joint venture with Hercules Offshore West Africa) and Golden Tulip West Africa (a joint venture with Louvre Hotel Group and Starwood Capital), Lionstone Group has become one of the largest operators of liftboats and hospitality assets in West Africa.
Commenting on his appointment, Amaechi Ndili said, “I’m looking forward to working with the pre-eminent pan-African private equity firm and its outstanding team, and to bringing my experience and breadth of contacts to ECP’s portfolio companies, which in Nigeria include the telecoms infrastructure provider, IHS, the integrated energy solutions group, Oando, the reinsurance company, CRe, and Notore, the fertilizer producer.”
Prior to Lionstone Group, Amaechi was a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group at GE Capital Corporation. Prior to GE Capital, he was an Associate Manager at McKinsey, specializing in the power industry. Amaechi is Nigerian and has an MBA from Wharton and an M.Sc and B.Sc in Architecture from University of Nigeria.
