Ogbemi Ofuya

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Energy Investor and Adviser at Baltlantic Advisers

United Kingdom

Overview

Ogbemi Ofuya is the Group CEO of Axxela, a prominent African energy infrastructure company. His career spans private equity as a Partner at Helios Investment Partners and investment banking at Goldman Sachs. He earned an MBA from London Business School and a B. Eng from the University of Benin, specializing in African energy infrastructure investments.

There is no publicly available information regarding Ogbemis personal life, interests, or hobbies.

He led Helioss acquisition of Oandos stake in Axxela, a company where he previously served as a non-executive director before becoming its CEO.

Personality Overview

Slower Adopter

Analytical & Cautious

Inflexible

They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time.  They are thorough and always follow a systematic approach. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end.

Topics They Care About

African Energy Sector
As CEO of Axxela, he is focused on expanding energy infrastructure and utilizing natural gas to fuel economic growth and industrialization across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Private Equity
His extensive background as a Partner at Helios Investment Partners involved identifying and scaling market-leading infrastructure businesses across the African continent.
Gas as Transition Fuel
He publicly advocates for elevating the importance of natural gas as a critical transition fuel to bridge infrastructure gaps and drive Africa's cleaner energy future.

Media Appearances

Ogbemi has no verified media appearances

Work History

5-2025
Energy Investor and Adviser at Baltlantic Advisers
9-2024 - 2-2025
Group Chief Executive Officer at Axxela
9-2014 - 2-2025
Partner at Helios Investment Partners
7-2011 - 9-2014
Associate at Goldman Sachs
6-2010 - 8-2010
Summer Associate at Goldman Sachs

Education

2009 - 2011
MBA from London Business School
1995 - 2000
B.Eng from University of Benin

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Insights For Selling To Ogbemi

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Ask them which other stakeholders would be important for this purchase decision
  • Expect them to be slow and cautious, encourage them to ask more questions
  • Be firm in your communication and stay in control

DONT's

  • Avoid getting into storytelling mode, especially when they ask specific questions
  • Don't rely on relationship building even if they act pleasantly
  • Don't push them too hard to make fast decisions, give them time

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Ogbemi is

  • Low-risk, adoption by others are very important to them, followed by confidence in ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Ogbemi

  • They don’t say no often, they push out the decisions or keep going around in circles.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Ogbemi move?

  • They do not like to rush and therefore can be quite slow in their decision-making.
  • Can Ogbemi take some risk or not?

  • They have little risk-appetite and prefer to take measured decisions.

You And Ogbemi

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