Dr. Jobson Oseodion Ewalefoh is the current Director- General of the ICRC. He is a professional with over two decades of experience in government and International Development Organizations, in addition to expertise in Public Sector Reforms, Public- Private Partnerships, Public Policy, Procurement and Development.

Until his appointment, Dr. Ewalefoh was the Director in charge of the Public Private Partnership Resource Department (P3RD) of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) with responsibility for the Development, Procurement and Delivery of Public Infrastructure Projects in the Energy, Agricultural, Oil & Gas, Urban, Social, Defence & Security sectors.

He had previously served as the Director of the Contract Compliance Department (CCD) of the ICRC, where he oversaw the Monitoring and Compliance of over 100 Concession Agreements in Energy, Port (wet and dry), Agriculture, Aviation, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Health Care Services, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Manufacturing and Railways. He was the pioneer Head of the Information & Communication Technology (ICT) unit of the ICRC that undertook the setting up the ICRC ICT infrastructure, by implementing and deploying the ICT backbone of the Commission.

Dr. Ewalefoh’s pursuit of knowledge has led him to some of the leading schools in the World including the Harvard University, Brookings Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, Lagos Business School among others. He has a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Development Studies from the University of South Africa (UNISA), Master degrees in Economics (MSc) from Enugu State University of Technology, Information Technology (MIT) from Ladoke Akintola University, Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Abuja, Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Abuja and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (BSc) from the University of Benin.