Henry is a Senior Fellow and full-time faculty at Lagos Business School (LBS), Pan-Atlantic University. He is currently the Academic Director of the Lagos Business School HR Academy and was Academic Director of the Global Chief Executive Programme from 2019 – 2024.

Henry leads classes in Leadership, Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour, Management Communication and Negotiation on the HR Academy, the Global CEO, the executive and modular MBA classes, Owner Manager Programmes, Senior Management Programmes, custom programmes and other executive programmes at Lagos Business School.

He is also the Academic Director of the Sports Business Management Programme and was responsible for developing the curriculum for The Business of Sports, Media and Entertainment course, which he teaches on the LBS Modular MBA programme.

Before joining the full-time faculty team in 2006, Henry had held various senior administrative positions at the School as Director of Executive Education, MBA Director, and Director of Alumni Relations, with responsibilities for both alumni relations and advancement. As alumni director, Henry and his team won the CASE Circle of Excellence Bronze Prize in the category of annual alumni programmes in 2013. Henry initiated the annual LBS Dean’s Cup tournament in 2011 and has directed the tournament since its inception.

Before joining Lagos Business School in 2008, Henry was Managing Director of Hebon Consult, a human resource consulting firm. Henry has considerable banking experience. He was the CEO of Consolidated Business Support Services Limited, CBSSL, the human resource management subsidiary of one of the top banks in Nigeria. He was also Group Head, Corporate Resources and Communication at Finacorp Building Society Limited, and National Publicity Secretary of the Mortgage Banking Association of Nigeria.

Henry won the Best Graduating Student Prize in Political Science at the University of Jos, Nigeria. He holds postgraduate degrees and diploma in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Mass Communication and the Executive MBA from Lagos Business School. He is an alumnus of the Advanced Management Programme (AMP) of the IESE Business School, Barcelona (2015 - 2016), and of the International Teachers Programme, London Business School (2018 - 2019).

Henry is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) and a Learning and Development Specialist (LDS). He is a Member of the Governing Council and the Chairman of the Professional Development and Learning Committee of the CIPM. He had served for three years (2021 – 20240 as the chairman of the Education Committee of the Institute. He is a Certified Gender Equality Advocate and a Certified Behavioural Consultant. He is also a certified marriage counselor.

Henry has published multiple books, book chapters, case studies, and journal articles. He has spoken at various international conferences. He was a distinguished alumni speaker in his alma mater, University of Jos, where he instituted two academic prizes.

Publications

Books
1. Onukwuba, Henry O. (2018), Alumni Leadership and University Excellence: The Case of
Lagos Business School. Palgrave Macmillan, London.
2. Onukwuba, Henry O. 2016 (Ed). Zik: Testimonies to a Great African, Second Edition,
Nigeria, Lagos (unpublished but publicly presented).
3. Onukwuba, Henry O, (Ed) The Thoughts of a Great Man, Onitsha, 2016. (unpublished but
publicly presented),
4. Onukwuba, Henry O. 2006. (Ed). Zik: Testimonies to a Great African, Derate Nigeria,
Lagos.

Book Chapters
1. Onukwuba Henry and Okechukwu Amah, (2023), “How Culture Influences Leadership
Styles in Africa in Routledge’s Companion to Leadership and Change, Satinder K.
Dhiman (ed), Routledge, New York.
2. Onukwuba, Henry and Ugwuanyi, Ijeoma. (2018), “Promoting University Excellence
through Effective Alumni Leadership” in Higher Education Leadership, Management and
Marketing. Research and Perspectives from Different Countries by David Hall and Gabriel
Ogunmokun. Global Publishing House, Perth; 243 – 262.
3. Onukwuba, Henry. 2018. “Indigeneous Leadership Practices in Africa” in Indigenous
Management Practices in Africa: A Guide for Educators and Practitioners by Uchenna Uzo.
Emerald Publishing
4. Onukwuba, Henry O. and Amah, Okechukwu E., How Culture Influences Leadership
Styles in Africa, Companion to Leadership and Change, Routledge, 2023

Articles in Learned/Professional Journals
1. Onukwuba, Henry O. (2020) “Managing Millennials in the African Workplace: What The
Millennials Need,” Journal of Organizational Psychology, volume 20(2): 139 - 158.

Case Studies
1. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Manchester United F.C.
2. We will Know who the Coach Is
3. The NGX Group – Riding the Tides – case study
4. Nyurah: Upselling at a High-end Restaurant

Technical Notes
1. Essentials of Team and Team Building