Team Member

Dappa is an accomplished legal professional, with over 30 years in the Legal profession. She started her professional career at the firm of Alegeh & Associates as an Attorney, with focus on property, Company Law, and Litigation, from where she moved to T & A Management Consultants as Company Secretary and Legal Adviser, after which she established Pat Dappa & Associates firm of Lawyers. In the course of her career, she was appointed by the then Delta State Government to review the laws of the State in 2005, alongside other professionals, an opportunity that exposed her to the Constitutional structure of the State. Patience is a Chartered Arbitrator, having qualified to be a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) (ACIArb), she is a member of the International and Nigerian Bar Associations. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the University of Calabar, a Master’s Degree in Law, from the University of Lagos, a Master’s Degree in Humanitarian and Refugee Studies from the University of Lagos, and a Master’s Degree in Maritime Law, from the Metropolitan University, London. She is an Alumnus of the Lagos Business School, Queens School of Business Executive Education, Canada, and the Cambridge University Judge Business School, United Kingdom and has attended numerous Seminars across the globe, which includes Assessing and Managing Risk in Oil and Gas Contract New York, LNG World Conference, Brisbane, Australia, Communication Skill and Advocacy (Lagos Business School). She is currently the Group’s Managing Director/CEO.