Prior to his faculty appointment, Obinna Muogboh served as the Chief Executive Officer of Jess-NP limited, a Nigerian-based manufacturing firm. He brings back to the academic world his wealth of experience in managing business in a highly competitive and challenging business environment.

Dr Muogboh, initially joined LBS faculty in 2003 and served as a faculty member and the pioneer Director of the Doctorate programme. He taught sessions in the area of Operations Management, Project Management and Data Analysis. Prior to joining LBS in 2003, he worked as a researcher at the Automation and Robotics Laboratory, and then the Centre for e-Design and Realisation, University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Dr Muogboh has consulted and researched for various organisations in Nigeria and abroad, including multilateral agencies such as UNIDO. He is a member of Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). Dr Muogboh also worked at INSEAD, France as the 2009 INSEAD African Faculty fellow.

He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from University of Pittsburgh, USA. He received his B.Eng. in Electronic Engineering from University of Nigeria, Nsukka.