Esther Hadiza Ijeaku, PMP

 Esther Hadiza Ijeaku, is a management consultant and organisational development specialist with over 20 years of experience helping organisations strengthen leadership, performance and institutional capacity across Nigeria’s private, public and development sectors. She is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Skill Hub Consulting (SHC), established in 2021 to help organisations translate strategy into effective action and sustainable results.

Esther’s experience spans project management, team leadership, programme delivery, organisational development, gender equality, disability inclusion and institutional strengthening. She has worked with international and Nigerian NGOs, donor-funded programmes, government institutions and private sector organisations, including BBC Media Action, Palladium’s SCALE programme, DFID’s Partnership for Transforming Health Systems (PATHS), Sightsavers, ECOWAS and the British Council.

Through SHC, Esther designs and facilitates leadership and management programmes, strategic planning processes and organisational retreats for public, private and development sector organisations. She is the creator of the 3×8 NGO Framework, a diagnostic model that helps nonprofit leaders identify organisational gaps and strengthen sustainability across funding and partnerships, efficiency and impact, and visibility and communications.

A founding member of Gender Awareness Trust, Esther contributes to work on gender equality, peacebuilding and human security. She serves on several boards and has spoken at professional and sectoral platforms, including the PMI Nigeria Conference, Family Planning Conference, Palladium’s SCALE Organisational Development Summit and TEDx. She holds an MSc in Business and Management from Aston University, UK, and is a certified Project Management Professional. She also has basic Nigerian Sign Language skills.