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Onyeche Tifase is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Nigeria, a position she assumed in 2014. She is the first Nigerian to hold that position. She is alsoVice Chairman of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group. She is the President of the Nigerian-German Chamber of Commerce.
Education
Onyeche Tifase graduated with a bachelor's degree in Electrical Electronics Engineering from the University of Nottingham in 1999. In 2001, she completed her master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cambridge.
Career
Tifase Onyeche started her career with Siemens in 2001 as an Electrical engineer in the Power Distribution Division of Siemens UK and thereafter moved to other roles in power transmission & distribution, sales and marketing divisions in Siemens Germany and Siemens USA. She came back to Nigeria in 2006 and worked with Accenture Nigeria in the area of management consulting up till 2009 before returning to Siemens as Deputy General Manager, Medium Voltage and Transformers for Siemens Ltd Nigeria. She became the first Nigerian Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Nigeria effective November 1, 2014. In July 2018, she was appointed Vice-chairman alongside of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group alongside Niyi Yusuf. She was previously a Non-Executive Director of the company. In July 2019, she was appointed President of the Nigerian-German Chamber of Commerce.
Personal life
Onyeche lives in Lagos, Nigeria. She is married with three children.