DR. FEMI OYEDIRAN

DR. ’FEMI OYEDIRAN

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, IPAN-SoTLAN

’Femi Oyediran is a fellow and practicing member of the Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN) and a Senior Training Consultant at Techserv Consults, Lagos – Nigeria. An Analytical Chemist and Environmental Management Expert by training; he has vast practical experience in environmental management, water treatment and surveillance, training as well as analysis of range of consumer products, chemicals, solid minerals, environmental samples – air, soil, water, sludge etc. as independent analyst in Nigeria.

He is a trained ISO 17025 Laboratory Management Implementer and ISO 17025 Lead Auditor.  He has attended trainings on ISO 17043 (Proficiency Testing) and Internal Auditing with UNIDO.  He is a trained International Trainer and a consultant on Environment-oriented Cost Management (EoCM) and Chemical Management.

Other Professional and academic qualifications include:

  1. Laboratory Quality Management Sytems (Texas A & M University, USA)
  2. Air Quality Monitoring, Modelling and Establishing Air Monitoring Network (Galilee, Israel)
  3. Environmental Monitoring and Modelling (UNESCO-IHE,  Netherlands)
  4. Environmental Management (FUNAAB, Nigeria), PhD.
  5. Analytical Chemistry (UI, Ibadan), MSc.
  6. Profitable Environmental Management (PREMA), Bonn Germany.
  7. Organisational Development, Bonn Germany.

He has conducted many environmental studies for several companies in addition to leading teams of environmental consultants in environmental assessment and carrying out environmental impact studies in the oil sector and manufacturing companies.  He was a member of the team that conducted Lagos Air Quality Studies and Vehicular Emission Studies for LAMATA at different times (World Bank Sponsored Projects).

He is a professional member of Society of Testing Laboratory Analysts of Nigeria (SoTLAN), Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Profitable Environmental Management (PREMA), American Chemical Society (ACS), The International Ecotourism Society, Washington, Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), Nigerian Environmental Society (NES) and a Fellow and current Chairman of the Governing Council of the Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (FIPAN). Also, he has served as the Publicity Secretary and Financial Secretary of the Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN).