About Me

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERDr. Mrs. Kate I. Isa

PHONE NUMBER

+234 803 307 9575

EMAIL ADDRESS

k.isa@katchey.com

Career in numbers

30+

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

14+

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES

BIOAbout Dr. Kate Isa

Kate Ikechi Isa is an audacious trailblazing entrepreneur with unflinching belief that nothing can be impossible to the one who is determined to achieve success – Good Success.

The founder and CEO of The Katchey Group, the dominant player in the Science Laboratory equipment space in Nigeria, Kate is a modern day multi-preneur, having, in addition to KATCHEY, founded LEEISA Inc. in Los Angeles, USA in 1993 and purchased SCIACHEM in the UK in 2016.

Katchey Laboratories is set to successfully compete against the SGSs, Interteks and Bureau Veritas of this world.

Only Nigerians will invest their lives and resources to innovate and invent products and services that will solve our unique problems

Dr. Mrs. Kate I. Isa

Chief Executive Officer

ACHIEVEMENTSBiography

Kate has been on a protracted unrelenting crusade, engaging the Policy Makers in Nigeria’s educational system, to update science educational curriculum from analogue to digital, and modernize the teaching and learning of Science and Technology in Nigeria through the use of digital science laboratory equipment, inspired by the STEM pedagogy.

Education

Masters Degree in Business Administration Sept. 1990 – May 1992
Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
B.Sc. Computer Sciences Sept. 1980 – June 1984
University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Speaking Engagements

Collaboration and Engagement of Laboratory, Investigative and Complimentary Services as a Model for Growth: 2023 Economic Outlook and CEO’s Forum – NAIP, April 2023.
Driving Improvement in the Quality of Nigeria’s Exports to the USA (Limited Capacity of Expportable Products): The Second Fidelity International Trade and Creative Connect Conference (FITCC), Texas, October 2023
Dwindling Economy: What Next for the Pharma Industry in Nigeria: First Biennial Lecture Series of NAIP, Lagos, Nigeria, October 2022.

Awards and Honors

Honorary Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) Degree (Honoris Causa) Nov. 2023 Ajayi Crowther University, Oke-Ebo, Oyo State
Most Influential 100 Hall of Fame Award Oct. 2023 United Nation’s Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD)
Certificate of Honour Sept. 2023 Africa Women Impact Summit and Awards (AWIS)
Certificate of Listing Nov. 2022 Nigerian Women Annual 100 Leading Women
The Episcopal Award for Excellence in Service May 2017 The Diocese of Lagos, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

Certificates and Trainings

Masterclass for Independent Directors Dec. 19 – 20, 2023 Chartered Institute of Directors Nigeria (CIoD, Nigeria)
Wimboard’s Women on Boards Mentoring Program 2020 – 2021 Wimbiz, Lagos, NIGERIA
Real Estate Finance and Development Certificate April 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

Our Team

LABORATORY MANAGERMrs. Blessing Okolie

HEAD OF GENOMICS AND FORENSICS LABORATORYMs. Imoh Bassey Essien