Jane Nkechi Egerton-Idehen

Bio

Jane Egerton-Idehen is a Tech Executive, Author and Angel Investor. Se is currently the
MD-CEO of Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, The Nations foremost Agency in
charge of managing the operations and services of the communications satellite owned
by Nigeria. She was the Head of Sales , Middle East and Africa for Meta ( Facebook). Prior to that she was country manager Nigeria and the regional sales director for the West African branch of Avanti Communications Group PLC. A satellite company based in the United Kingdom with a fleet of satellites. She cumulatively spent 13 years in Sales and Management in the Telecommunication Infrastructure giant Ericsson. She also worked as a Cluster lead for Nokia Siemens Network in West Africa.
Jane was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. She graduated with a second-class upper
degree in electronics engineering in 2001 from the University of Nigeria, Nusska. She
furthered her education at Warwick Business School in the UK, where she received a
master’s degree, and she received an executive education at both Harvard Business
School and Yale School of Management in the United States. She has worked in the
telecommunications industry in Africa for more than 17 years. Prior to working for Meta
and Avanti, she worked for Nokia and Ericsson. Her knowledge of technology, her ability
to manage complex stakeholder relationships, and her skill to manage teams and create
strategies to support growth and drive business are keys to her success.
Being one of the few females heading key business areas in the tech industry has
exposed Jane to numerous professional and personal challenges peculiar to women.
Spurred by discussions with fellow female executives around the globe, she organized a
forum at Ericsson in which emerging and experienced female leaders could support each other in developing their careers. The overwhelming success of the forum led her to found Women and Career (www.womenncareer.com), to reach women beyond her
Organisation and to support girls seeking careers after school.