Funmi Ogbue is a leading executive in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry, with thirty years of industry experience and a growing list of accomplishments. 

Funmi is currently the Managing Director of Zigma Limited - an organization she co-founded. Zigma provides Engineering, Procurement & Construction Management (EPCM) Services and has acquired a marginal field upstream asset and Bitumen Block in Nigeria.  

Prior to Zigma, Funmi held leadership roles such as the Human Resources Director, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, British American Tobacco Ghana and Nigeria, the Head of Change Management and Diversity & Inclusiveness Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Company. She also worked in Nexen (formerly known as Canadian Occidental Petroleum), and Abacan Resources.  

Funmi has demonstrated the importance of female leadership in a country where 50% of the population are women and underemployed. She is the Co-Founder, immediate past President, and member of the Board of Trustees of the Women in Energy Network (WIEN), an association established to provide a platform for Women that work across the Energy Sector value chain, to network and build confidence and links to progress in their careers or businesses. She is also a member of the Prestigious Women’s Business Organization (WPO), a membership she earned as a testament to her incredible success in business. She is a member of the Institute of Directors Nigeria (IoD), a professional body in Nigeria with a mandate to cater for and represent Directors in their individual capacities across the various sectors of the economy. And a certified member of WE Connect International. 

Funmi was honored to be voted as the woman in Oil and Gas of the year by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources Nigeria's organized conference- the Nigerian International Energy Summit in 2022, listed by NIPRO as one of the Global Top 40 under 40 female professionals in 2008.  Other honors include Trek Africa’s Humanitarian Personality of the Year, and the African Female Impact Leadership Award.  

Funmi holds an M.Sc. in Organizational Change & Development from the University of Manchester, and a B.Sc. in Sociology from the University of Lagos.