Ola Uche

Heritage Board Member


Ola is a skilled administrator and project manager with over ten years of experience in managing property portfolios in London. A non-executive director of the Company, she is a lawyer and was called to Nigerian Bar in 1991.

She started her career as a research fellow at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in Victoria Island, Lagos Nigeria. She is an alumni of the University of Jos where she attained her Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B) and proceeded to King’s College, University of London where she obtained a Master of Laws degree. She previously worked for the defunct Diamond Bank Limited as an administrative officer, before taking a study break to pursue her interest in young people with special needs.

Since leaving Diamond Bank, she obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Occupational Therapy (PG DipOT) from London South Bank University. Ola has served on the Board of Governors of Manor School and Parayhouse School, two special educational needs schools in London, United Kingdom.

Ola sits on the Board of Heritage Oil and Gas as a representative of Ellesmere Investments Limited (the SPV that replaced Prof. Uche Uko Uche as a shareholder of the Company). She is blessed with four lovely children and two grandchildren. During her spare time, she enjoys swimming, Zumba, jigsaw puzzles, reading and travelling.