Patricia Obozuwa is the Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer for GE Africa – a position she has held since April 2012 when she built the communications and public affairs function. Patricia leads a team of communicators across Sub-Saharan Africa, building and protecting GE’s brand and image on the sub-continent. She established GE Africa’s corporate social responsibility platform, GE Kujenga aimed at empowering people by building valuable skills, equipping communities with new tools and technology and elevating innovative ideas that are solving Africa’s challenges. In 2016, Patricia established the ‘GE Lagos Garage’ a hub for advanced manufacturing skills development that has produced over 250 graduates in Nigeria to date (June 2018). She is the founding co-hub leader of the GE Women’s Network for Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining GE, she was Head, External Relations, Nigeria and Corporate Communication Leader, Sub-Saharan Africa at Procter & Gamble (P&G) where she pioneered the public relations function and built the West Africa communications team from scratch. Before joining P&G in 2005, Patricia was the Arts and Sponsorship Manager for the British Council in Nigeria. Patricia is a member of the Lagos State Industry Advisory Board for the Yaba ICT Hub/Cluster project. She is also the West Africa co-regional leader for the Africa CEO Forum Women in Business Network and she is on the jury of the “Africa Excellence Awards” (since 2016). Patricia likes reading, music and travel. She is passionate about Nigerian art and literature. She also serves as a teenage Class teacher at her local church.