Engr. Kingsley Okafor. MNSE, MASCE — Chairman, Board of Trustees

Engr. Kingsley Okafor. MNSE, MASCE — Chairman, Board of Trustees

Kingsley has been involved in charity work for almost all his life. More formally, he started reaching out to the weakest in the society in 2006 through his membership in We Care Ministry, a group in the Church that is focused on charity work. In 2012, he decided to bring some like minds together to establish Infinite respite Foundation. 

In his professional career, he has project management experience spanning over two decades. He has been privileged to gain experience on both design and implementation facets of various kinds of engineering projects. He has at one point or the other in his career served as a design engineer, site engineer, project engineer, facility maintenance engineer, and a project manager.

He is a professional engineer and a chartered accountant; he holds MSc in Engineering Science & Mechanics from Pennsylvania State University, USA, MEng in Civil Engineering from Norwich University, USA with specialization in Structural Engineering, and BSc in Civil Engineering from Bulacan State University, Republic of Philippines.

He is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) USA, a member of National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) USA, a member of Council of Tall Building and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Chicago, USA and also a member of Society of Professional Engineers (SPE), UK. He is a licensed Civil Engineer by Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN). He is a member of Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), he is a member of Nigerian Institution of Procurement Engineers (NIProcE). He has several structural engineering professional development certificates from Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University, Alabama USA and the school of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, UK.

He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN) and a member of institute of Professional Financial Managers (IPFM) UK. He is just a seasoned engineering manager.