Research-rooted sustainability strategist driving compliance, circular systems, and Net-Zero governance — with global impact and community-centred purpose.
Passion. Purpose. Impact.
My mission is simple: to build a dynamic and fulfilling career while creating measurable environmental and social impact at scale. Raised in a rural town in eastern Nigeria where environmental contrast sparked my curiosity, I grew from leading school-wide sanitation initiatives to becoming a data-driven sustainability and governance professional.
Sustainability has always been more than a profession for me — it is a personal conviction. I believe environmental solutions should be practical, equitable, digitally enabled, and scalable. That belief led to the founding of Pax Foster Limited, where I provide flexible sustainability advisory to many organisations instead of limiting my impact to only one.
Today, I combine environmental compliance, stakeholder engagement, governance insight, geospatial intelligence, and sustainability analytics to help organisations meet regulatory requirements, sustainability benchmarks, and Net-Zero ambitions — while mentoring communities along the journey.
Origin Story — The Roots of My Purpose
I was raised in a rural town in eastern Nigeria, where my father worked as a medical doctor at the local general hospital. While the hospital and our home were always clean and well-maintained, stepping outside the gates revealed a different world — dust-filled roads, smoke-heavy air, and piles of unmanaged waste. The contrast disturbed me deeply and formed one of my earliest life questions: Why can’t the entire town be as clean as the hospital and our home?
Even before I ever heard of the term environmental management, the people around me recognised my sensitivity to pollution and improper waste disposal. In primary school, I was elected class monitor for sanitation. In secondary school, I became the school sanitation prefect — a role that allowed me to take action, enforce responsibility, and lead behavioural change among students.
My analytical tendencies also formed early. As a child, I often accompanied my mother, a town planner, on site visits and housing advisory projects. I reviewed site plans, drafted simple reports, and asked infrastructure questions that impressed seasoned professionals. These experiences taught me a core principle that still informs my work: People, Place, and Policy are inseparable — and planning shapes environmental outcome.
Academic Formation — From Curiosity to Research Excellence
My first degree was in Urban and Regional Planning at Abia State University, where I found the perfect bridge between spatial governance and environmental systems. I explored architecture, urban design, landscape planning, surveying, GIS, and environmental planning systems, knowing they’d strengthen my approach to environmental protection.
For my bachelor’s thesis, Problems and Prospects of Waterfronts, I investigated waste disposal issues on Nigerian waterfront communities. My recommendations proposed marine pollution reduction strategies and regeneration frameworks for recreational, commercial, and community use. This project became an applied urban-renewal blueprint for two waterfront locations — a formative moment where research met real implementation impact.
To deepen my environmental expertise, I completed a master’s in Environmental Technology and Management at the University of Port Harcourt, developing a thesis titled: Development of an Integrated Sustainable Electronic Waste Management System for Higher Institutions in Rivers State, Nigeria. This work was published in RA Journal of Applied Research, giving me peer-reviewed research credibility long before entering the global sustainability landscape.
My academic evolution continued into energy systems when I completed a second master’s in Energy Transitions & Sustainability at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. My dissertation focused on sustainable waste and circular economy life-cycle systems for renewable infrastructure — again returning to my research core: circular waste systems, sustainable life cycle frameworks, and embodied carbon reduction.
During this degree, I served in multiple leadership roles including:
Head of the Climate Action Network for the Robert Gordon University Go Green Student Group
Passed a Fossil Free Motion committing the university to divest from fossil fuels
Led sustainability pledge workshops
Influenced institutional sustainability policy via the Sustainability Working Group
Delivered a graduation presentation for the BP Tutoring Scheme
Supported enrolment and IT operations as Student Ambassador
These roles strengthened my strategic research fluency, operational leadership capacity, and stakeholder governance identity — positioning me for global impact.
Industry Experience — Environmental Compliance Meets High-Risk Leadership
My professional career began in the energy sector, where I confronted the world’s largest contributors to environmental degradation, transforming compliance breaches into structured waste and incident-management systems.
Nigerian Work Experience
TotalEnergies Nigeria – HSE Supervisor
Supported ISO 14001 certification preparation
Conducted Environmental Impact Assessments
Managed GIS-based environmental risk monitoring
Led HSE inductions, audits, inspection planning
Eni Nigeria
Supervised drilling, well intervention and hazardous waste operations
Led environmental compliance audits and contractor waste reporting
Maintained zero-accident safety performance
Directed 50–200 rig personnel under high-pressure regulatory oversight
This period solidified my competence in hazardous waste systems, environmental monitoring tools, permit-to-work structures, auditing frameworks, stakeholder governance, and regulatory liaison projects — competencies that now drive my consulting services in the UK.
UK Work Experience
Robert Gordon University — Aberdeen, Scotland: Sustainability Administrator & Student Engagement Lead
At Robert Gordon University, I contributed to both sustainability operations and strategic governance. I supported the University’s sustainability team during the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Impact Rankings process, gathering, validating, and analysing institutional data across teaching, research, operations, governance, and community engagement. This involved conducting quantitative and qualitative data assessments, reviewing published outputs, and collaborating with academic departments to ensure evidence met global ranking criteria.
I also contributed directly to RGU’s sustainability culture. As a student leader within the Go Green Environmental Group, I helped run climate-literacy workshops, circular-economy engagement events, and sustainability pledge campaigns across campus. I delivered climate action presentations, represented the university in external sustainability discussions, and participated in the Sustainability Working Group — where I shared proposals and feedback that informed operational changes around energy use, resource efficiency, and student engagement.
In addition, I worked as part of the RGU student support ecosystem (Student Ambassador & BP Mentoring Programme), collaborating across academic teams, supporting new student onboarding, and presenting sustainability-focused insights as part of the BP Tutoring Scheme completion programme.
This experience strengthened my UK-based expertise in environmental data reporting, stakeholder engagement, governance contribution, and sustainability operations in a higher-education setting.
Subsea 7 — Aberdeen, Scotland: Group Environment Advisor
Although a short engagement, my time at Subsea 7 strengthened my understanding of environmental governance within the UK offshore engineering sector. I completed the organisation’s internal environmental and sustainability training, gaining clarity on corporate expectations for climate reporting, waste management, and responsible offshore operations.
Key contributions and learning outcomes:
Completed Subsea 7’s E-learning modules on sustainability, environmental management, and offshore environmental responsibilities, building technical familiarity with industry standards.
Developed and presented an Environmental Safety Moment focused on Zero Waste to Landfill, delivering clear guidance on sustainable waste practices and contributing to team awareness.
Reviewed Subsea 7’s Environmental Management System (EMS) and Net Zero transition strategy, strengthening my knowledge of project-level environmental controls, offshore regulatory alignment, and the company’s wider decarbonisation roadmap.
This role enhanced my understanding of corporate EMS structures, environmental documentation, offshore sustainability expectations, and internal engagement processes within a major UK subsea contractor.
Environmental Sustainability Advisor | Balfour Beatty, UK April 2025 – May 2025
During my engagement with Balfour Beatty, I gained practical exposure to environmental management in UK construction and infrastructure delivery. I supported environmental and sustainability activities aligned with project operations, ecological considerations, and the Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP).
Key activities and outcomes:
Reviewed site-level environmental and sustainability practices to ensure awareness of CEMP requirements, pollution prevention controls, and UK environmental compliance expectations.
Participated in operational and ecological meetings alongside the project ecologist, client representatives, and engineering teams — expanding understanding of biosecurity, ecology, and environmental protection within major infrastructure works.
Completed 12 Balfour Beatty Academy courses, covering environmental responsibility, safety, sustainability, and construction governance.
Supported the updating and organisation of operational environmental documentation, improving clarity and readiness for project teams.
This experience strengthened my familiarity with practical UK construction environmental controls, ecological considerations, site documentation systems, and contractor–client environmental coordination.
The Birth of Pax Foster Limited
With over five years experience in large-scale energy compliance roles, I had a transformative moment of clarity:
I wanted to work with many organisations, operate flexibly, and define environmental impact at a systemic policy wide and compliance scale.
So, I researched sustainability and environmental consultancy job descriptions across oil & gas, government, UK compliance bodies, ESG frameworks, circular economy sectors, and renewable transition projects. I identified my strongest service competencies — and from there, Pax Foster Limited was born — an independent sustainability consultancy enabling organisations to meet Net-Zero goals without requiring a full-time hire.
What makes my business model unique is its flexibility — hours-based billing, advisory when needed, dynamic collaboration, and compliance systems designed for scalability — a model ideal for SMEs, expanding businesses, universities, and UK visa-aligned environmental applicants.
Working With Me — How I Collaborate
When you work with me, you get more than a consultant — you get a sustainability partner who embeds into your workflow and shapes strategies to meet your internal and regulatory ambitions.
My approach is:
Adaptable
Goal-aligned
Results-driven
Governance-informed
Easy to collaborate with
Whether sustainability planning needs a structured project scope or a more informal ideation exchange, I shape my advisory around the personality and operational needs of the organisations I support.
Technical & Research Identity
I am a sustainability analytics and environmental modelling professional fluent in advanced quantitative research software, geospatial intelligence tools, environmental compliance matrices, circular economy frameworks, Net-Zero KPI structures, and climate-justice discourse modelling.
My core technical fluencies include:
Data & Analytics
- Python
- R
- SPSS
- SQL
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Advanced Excel
Geospatial & Engineering Tools
- ArcGIS
- AutoCAD 2D/3D
Compliance Systems & Sustainability Standards
- ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems
- ISO 45001 Occupational Safety Management Systems
- Circular Economy life-cycle modelling for renewables
- Environmental Impact Assessments
- Stakeholder governance and regulator liaison
I translate data into policy strategy, compliance frameworks into environmental operation, and research into applied organisational outcomes.
Core Competencies
- Environmental & Sustainability Strategy
- Governance oversight and policy development
- Incident mitigation and risk reduction
- Renewable infrastructure life-cycle waste systems
- ESG reporting and carbon accounting
- Sustainability research framing
- Stakeholder communication across regulators, contractors, and communities
- Leading environmental compliance under pressure
- Mentoring community-level sustainability adoption
- Implementing corrective, preventative, and scalable solutions
Awards & Recognition
- Sustainability Leadership Recognition — Robert Gordon University
- 180 Volunteering Hours Award — Robert Gordon University
- Best Female Graduating Student — Abia State University
- Student Representative — MSc Environmental Technology & Management (University of Port Harcourt)
- Highest Anomaly Reporter — TotalEnergies
These awards reflect leadership consistency, environmental governance credibility, and early analytical excellence.
I enjoy working dynamically with many organisations, shaping strategies to fit real-life implementation without losing compliance value. I believe sustainability must be real, equitable, scalable, affordable, community-centred, and digitally strengthened.
Hobbies & Character Anchors
Off-screen from my research and consulting life, my energy goes into pursuits that sharpen my strategic and outdoor identity:
- Sports: Tennis, badminton, golf
- Strategy: Chess
- Creativity: Picture puzzles, policy analysis writing
- Wellness: Gardening, nature exploration
These interests shape my balanced persona — logical thinker, community-centred leader, outdoor-rooted strategist.
Volunteering
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