Senator Ike Nwachukwu (CHAIRMAN)

 Senator Ike Omar Sanda Nwachukwu (CFR) joined the Nigerian Army as a regular combatant soldier and rose to the rank of Major-General before retiring in 1990. An alumnus of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Senator Nwachukwu holds an honorary Doctor of Law (LL.D) (Honoris Causa) Degree of Abia State University. He is a graduate of the Institute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo Italy. Some of the institutions he attended in the course of his military training are the Royal Canadian School of Infantry of the Royal Canadian Military Academy; the Royal School of Infantry, Warminster; United Nations Peace Academy.

Aside from his military training and service in various military commands, Senator Nwachukwu's working career spans through government, education, politics and industry. 
He was a Director, Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company; Member, Governing Council, University of Sokoto; Minister of Employment, Labour and Productivity; three-time Minister of Foreign Affairs; Chairman, United Nations Special Session on Apartheid; Member, Nigerian Vision 2010 Committee; Governor, Imo State; presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party for the 2003 elections in Nigeria. He has also been on the board of several private companies including Cadbury Nigeria Plc. He is the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Santon Group Inc. 

Senator Nwachukwu has authored several publications on military strategic studies; social engineering, and Diplomacy, including Economic Diplomacy and My Vision and Mission for Nigeria. 

He has a long list of national and international honours among which are Commander, Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFR); Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (GCMG) given by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II; the Great Merit Cross with Star (GMCS) of the Merit Order of the Federal Republic of Germany; Grand Master of the National Order of the Southern Cross (GMSC), Argentina. 

Senator Ike Nwachukwu is married and has four children. He enjoys sporting activities, reading, traveling and music. He joined the Board of nahco aviance as a nominee of Rosehill Group Nigeria Limited in May 2008.