Director Operations (Rail Desk)
Paul Ndibe
Paul is an expert in railway operations, with over two decades of experience at managerial and train network planning levels with the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC. He was previously the Railway District Manager for Lagos and Eastern Districts of the Corporation. He left the Corporation in 2013, as its Assistant Director (Operations), whose responsibilities covered the system-wide traffic scheduling, planning, timetable setting, rolling stock balancing, strategic business development and human capacity improvements. On leaving the NRC, he joined the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, CILT as its Deputy Director (Finance and Administration), and was involved in transport systems' research activities and intermodal transportation system planning and training. He later became the Institute's National Executive Director, a position he held for six years. 1n 2022, Paul disengaged from the CILT, and joined BUENO Logistics Limited, in 2023. In his capacity as its Director Operations, he became a part of the firm's team responsible for growing it, into becoming the leading logistics provider on the railway network, with a large customer base with interest in container, cement and general cargo services, including the operations of container terminals at its Iddo and Moniya freight terminals. Paul has brought to BUENO Logistics Limited his deep insights into railway operations, various cost reduction techniques and train ordering approaches, which were critical elements in growing a rail logistics services. Paul holds a B.Sc in Accountancy, from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; a Master Degree in Information Science, from the Africa Regional Centre for Information Science of the University of Ibadan and another Master Degree, in Transport Planning and Management, from the University of Lagos. Paul is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, London, FCILT.