Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe CFR,  joined Annomo Foundation as the Chairman of Community Developments. He is a traditional ruler and the 21st Obi of Onitsha, in Anambra State, South-Eastern Nigeria.  He is chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University since 2015, and was earlier chancellor of Kogi State University.  Achebe also serves as the chairman of the board of Directors of Unilever Nigeria, and the Chairman of International Breweries (ABInBev) Nigeria. Before emerging as the Obi of Onitsha, in 2002, he had a long and distinguished career in the Royal Dutch Shell Group serving as Director in various companies in the group.

He is currently a trustee, National Traditional Rulers Council and its state Chairman in Anambra State.  Besides his long tenure as director of Shell Nigeria, Obi Achebe was also, a director of several other Shell companies in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, the Gambia, Liberia and Angola.

He served as “ambassador at large” for Shell Nigeria^.

Outside Shell, Obi Achebe has held positions on the governing councils of the Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, and the Nigerian Employers’ Consultative Association. In corporate life, Obi Achebe was chairman of Diamond Bank PLC and the Universal Insurance PLC and is currently the chairman of Unilever Nigeria PLC, Intafact Beverages Limited (SAB-Miller), and Omak Maritime Limited.

In recognition of his varied services to the society, Obi Achebe was decorated with the National Honour* of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) in 2004. He was appointed Chairman of the Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council in 2008; made an Honorary Fellow of the Nwafor Orizu College of Education in 2008; and awarded the degrees of Doctor of Laws (Ll D) Honoris Causa by the Anambra State University in 2008, Doctor of Science (DSc) Honoris Causa by the Kogi State University in 2010 and Grand Commander of Anambra State.