Nnanna Anyanwu

Nnanna Anyanwu is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of KXT Energy, a hybrid investment and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) platform focused on delivering infrastructure solutions across Africa. Nnanna is a commercially driven executive with deep expertise in project development, capital structuring and execution of complex infrastructure projects. Nnanna is a senior international executive, having served as CEO, COO, Board Member and Partner. He brings 22+ years of extensive leadership experience in building and scaling EPC businesses, and combining technical delivery capability with strong financial and strategic oversight. He has worked across APAC and EMEA regions, led the development and execution of multi-year growth strategies, and overseen end-to-end project lifecycles—from origination through execution and handover. Nnanna is recognised for combining strategic vision with disciplined execution, building high- performing teams, and leading organisations through periods of rapid growth, transformation, and market complexity. He has delivered and influenced more than US$12.5Bn in enterprise value, contracts, operational savings, and growth initiatives across leadership roles in multinational corporations, consulting, and founder-led businesses. Nnanna is an experienced board-level communicator, regularly engaging with investors, lenders and strategic partners. His leadership style combines analytical rigour with commercial pragmatism, ensuring alignment between operational delivery and shareholder value creation. As a trusted advisor to executive teams, boards, government stakeholders, investors, regulators, and development institutions, He is experienced in navigating complex stakeholder environments, building strategic partnerships, and representing organisations in high-profile engagements. At KXT Energy, Nnanna is responsible for corporate strategy, investor engagement, project pipeline development and governance. He is responsible for positioning KXT Energy as a credible EPC partner for large-scale infrastructure programmes, with a focus on risk management, execution discipline, long-term enterprise value creation, driving growth, leading multi-country operations, and delivering large-scale commercially sound project outcomes across Africa. Prior to KXT Energy, Nnanna has served as Group Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director at Oilserv, Partner and Managing Director at The Alpharosso Consulting, Managing Director at AMCO, Associate Director at IHS Towers, Vice President Operations at Sunray Ventures, CEO of Green Compass, Fractional COO at Go-Fractional, Engagement Manager at McKinsey, Strategy Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, and in Process and Systems Optimisation at Shell. Nnanna studied for his AMP at the Harvard Business School (USA), AGF at the Hong Kong University (HK SAR), MBA at Cranfield University (UK), MBA Exchange Program at Kobe University (Japan) and MEng and BEng degrees at the Robert Gordon University (UK). He is recipient of the Odgers, AGF, Chevening and Nessco awards, and a member of IBASA, NSBE, NSE, AIPN and ECSA.