OFR; chartered accountant, businessman; b: June 11, 1930, bt: Onitsha, so: Anambra; m: Jackie 1965; nc: one s; ed: St Patrick's College, Calabar; trained as a chartered accountant in England, 1956-61. cr: snr. Partner, Akintola Williams and Company, Lagos, April 1965; appointed Nigeria's Ambassador to the United Nations; former Board mm: Nigerian Stock Exchange, Lagos; mm. 6-man International Group to recommend Accountancy Training and Education for the Republic of Tanzania, 1979; mm. 5-man Judicial Commission of Enquiry on NNPC Crude Oil Sales, 1980 (N2.8 billion Loss Enquiry); md. Vasava Aeronautics, dir. ThisWeek Ltd (Publishers of This Week magazine), 1987; dir. UAC of Nigeria Ltd; Mobil Oil Nigeria Pic; UMARCO Nigeria Ltd; Reckitt and Colman Nigeria Ltd., Standard Flour Mill Ltd; P-E Consulting (W.A) Ltd; ch: Sub-Committee on Technical Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation that prepared the NNPC for Privatisation; min. Commerce and Industry in the Eastern Region during the Civil War; Pro-Chancellor/ch. Council, University of Ugos 1984-86; Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1986-90; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1990-93; ch. Board of Trustees, Anambra State Education and Technology Fund, 1986-91; Board of Trustees, Anambra State Development Trust Fund, 1991-94; f. Institute of Chartered Accountants, England and Wales; f. Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria; mm. ofCouncil, Nigeria Associa tion of Management Consultants, since 1976; presd. Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, 1978-79; mm. council^ Nigerian Institute of Management, since 1981; mm. of council. International Federation of Accountants, 1982; presd. Nigerian Association of Management consultants, since 1983, Association of Accountancy Bodies in West Africa; one of the eight adjudicators to select the outstanding young persons of the world (annual event sponsored by Jaycees International), 1984; ch. Committee on State creation, 1996; Permanent Representative to the United Nations, since October 1999 sc: Ikoyi Club, Ugos; mm: Metropolitan Club, Ugos. tt: The Oluwo of Ile-Ife, 1989. nh: Order of Federal Republic, 1981. hob: collection of art works, badminton, cultural affairs, off: Arthur Mbanefo and Associate, Ebani House, Broad Street Lagos.