Dr. Ozak Ejiofor (née Esu)

Dr. Ozak Ejiofor (née Esu) is an award-winning Chartered Electronic & Electrical Engineer and STEM Ambassador. Born and raised in Nigeria, at 17, she moved to the UK in 2008 to study at Loughborough University, graduating with a first-class degree in 2011. She then earned a scholarship for her Ph.D. in renewable energy and embedded technology, pioneering technology to detect wind turbine blade damage.

In 2014, Ozak joined Cundall, leading electrical building services engineering design and installation for award-winning construction projects across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Her contributions earned her numerous accolades, including being named in The Telegraph’s “Top 50 Women in Engineering (WE50)” and receiving the prestigious Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)’s Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award and the Mike Sargeant Medal in 2017.

In 2019, Ozak joined BRE, leading research at the Centre for Smart Homes and Buildings on IoTs, BIM, and the National Digital Twin. After 12 years in the UK, she relocated to Switzerland in 2021 to join Hilti at its Corporate Research & Technology Centre in Liechtenstein, as a Technical Project Manager R&D.

In 2023, she was promoted to her current role as Chief Service Owner, Integrated Project Solutions, responsible for developing and managing the E2E service.

Ozak has been featured in global media, including African Development Bank, AfroTech, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, The Guardian UK, The Guardian Life Nigeria, The Telegraph, and Wikipedia. She is a Member of the IET where she has served in numerous governance, partnership and leadership positions, and currently serves as the Communities Committee EMEA Chair (2022–2025).

In her spare time, Ozak presents at Climate Now, a multimedia platform championing climate change mitigation and the energy transition. She is passionate about advancing society through education and sustainable engineering.