Our Team
At Ivy Crest Advisory and Consulting, our team is a dynamic ensemble of industry experts committed to driving excellence in every project. Led by Michael Uwaechie, our Managing Consultant, we bring a wealth of experience and a passion for innovation to the table.
Michael Uwaechie, Managing Consultant at Ivy Crest Advisory and Consulting, is a seasoned professional specializing in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Africa. With a background in structuring legal and policy frameworks for PPPs, Michael is a certified PPP professional with the CP3P credential. His expertise extends to training over 300 candidates across Africa, bringing practical insights to the learning process.
Before Ivy Crest, Michael worked with the United Nations on macro-economic policy, international finance, and sustainable development in Africa and emerging economies. His diverse experience includes roles in turnkey infrastructure projects, involving contract structuring, legal due diligence, and corporate finance.
Michael holds an LL.M in Banking, Corporate, and Finance Law from Fordham University Law School, New York, and an LL.B from Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria. As an alumnus of the Institute of Public-Private Partnerships (IP3) in Washington, DC, he specializes in designing PPP frameworks.
Uwadiale is the Managing Partner and operates from Ivy Crest’s Lagos Office. He is a resourceful attorney with experience in oil and gas law, technology law, maritime, corporate structuring, syndicated finance, asset management and litigation. Uwadiale’s legal practice spans over 16 years, during which period he worked with law firms and international practices providing legal advisory services to public authorities and multinational businesses, in areas including mergers and acquisitions as well as transaction advisory. In his capacity, he passionately represents our clients, assisting them through each step of their legal needs and requirements. Uwadiale has successfully supported clients in capitalization, secured lending, equity/debt investments and advised in appropriate transaction structure to ensure regulatory compliance. Uwadiale is a law graduate from the University of Benin and has been called to the Nigerian bar. He is also a member of FINTECH Association of Nigeria as well as member of the Compliance Institute of Nigeria.
With a strong foundation in Oil & Gas as a Process Engineer and Project Manager, Mubarak has amassed several years of industry experience. He has garnered experience at every stage of the project lifecycle from feasibility studies, FEED, Detailed Engineering Design through to commissioning. He has worked on both upstream and downstream projects for companies such as Dangote, Seplat, Chevron and Rain Oil.
Additionally, he is the CEO and Co-founder of H2Source Energy; A sustainable energy company committed to accelerating the development of renewable energy projects, especially as it pertains to Green Hydrogen