Mr Collins Osayamwen is a Certified Facility Manager and consultant with over 20 years of international experience in policy design and implementation of projects in various sectors, including Public Private Partnership models. He is the Managing Partner/Senior consultant of SheltercareFM Consult based in Nigeria. He is also a founding partner of the Corporate FM Alliance – a group of international companies working together on regular basis to provide FM and Real Estate services on a Pan European and African basis throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. He has accumulated extensive experience in strategic facility planning, infrastructure development, consultancy, FM process re-engineering, Computer Aided Facility Management Software implementation and FM Outsourcing.

He is championing the cause to institutionalize the FM profession in Nigeria. He is actively involved in organizing and hosting seminars/workshops aimed at promoting knowledge, best practice and development of the Facilities Management industry in Nigeria and the Africa continent. He is IFMA Foundation – Ambassador for Africa. He is also the EuroFM Ambassador in Nigeria. Collins is the chairman of the National Mirror Committee on ISO/TC 267 in Nigeria.

He is the current National President of the Association of Facilities Management Practitioners, Nigeria (AFMPN) – The Nigeria FM Initiative. The Association was incorporated in Nigeria in 2017.

In 2017, he became a Fellow of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), Houston, Texas Area. Between 2013 and 2015, he served on the IFMA Board of Directors and became the first African to serve on the board.

His vision of advancing the visibility of Facility Management in Africa has been alive and he has followed the part till today.

He pioneered the creation of the Abuja Chapter and Ghana Chapter of IFMA in 2008 and 2010 respectively.

Membership, Positions Held, Key Achievement/Accomplishment

February 2021 – Present: President – Association of Facilities Management Practitioners, Nigeria (AFMPN)

August 2020 – Present: Chairman, National Mirror Committee on ISO/TC 267 Nigeria

Standards Organization of Nigeria

2018: He became the EUROFM Ambassador in Nigeria

2017: He became a Fellow of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA)

July 2013 – June 2015: Director, IFMA Board of Directors

2011: He was recognized as IFMA’s Distinguised member of the year

June 2011 – June 2013: President – Abuja Chapter of IFMA

2010: He pioneered the creation of the Ghana Chapter of IFMA

March 2010 – March 2011: President – Abuja Chapter of IFMA

2008: He pioneered the creation of the Abuja Chapter of IFMA

Work History

2011 – 2012: Consultant at Central Bank of Nigeria

2006 – 2010: Partner – Corporate FM Alliance

2006 – 2010: Partner Nigeria – FM System Inc

December 2004 – Present: Managing Partner – SheltecareFM Consult

Volunteering

May 2012 – Present: Chaplain – Covenant Ministerial Chaplaincy

Economic Empowerment

Education

2013 – 2015: Master of Science, Project Management – The University of Salford

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