Ibibio Nation: History And Culture. *Profile of Panelists* Edidiong Amama Ekwere

 Edidiong Amama Ekwere is a Strategy and Digital Transformation specialist with over 18 years’ experience in corporate and business strategy, digital business transformation, process improvement and exploration geosciences. She is successfully leading digital business transformation and currently heads the Strategy and Business Transformation Team at Ardova Plc, a leading Downstream Oil & Gas/Energy Firm, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. Where she has successfully led a vibrant team till date, part of her recent achievements is the development and setting up of two brand new operational departments from scratch alongside successfully managing agile multi-million dollar projects end-to-end at industry standards. She is a critical thinker with subject matter process driven analytical skills. Edidiong has a can do attitude, and exceptional verbal and written communication skills. She demonstrates effective stakeholders’ engagement, people management, capacity building, organisational development and management acumen. She constantly inspires her team members, motivating the organisation towards meaningful impact for growth, which is the foundation of everything she does, professionally and personally. Edidiong is a powerful force in the workplace, a coach, team player & effective listener, motivating others to work hard, and to seek support where required in order for them to succeed. Fascinated by the intersections between science and art, Edidiong is a multi-talented and strong believer in the power of art as therapy. She enjoys sharing her knowledge on the use of art to let go and unwind, and facilitates the development of intrinsic internal and external campaigns to assist people with effective mental health techniques using art as the medium. She is a well-known artist and spends her free time exploring various art techniques and mediums and can also be found ideating and innovating applicable use cases for organisational growth, human development and societal improvement models.