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Princess Edith-Ike Mark Odu, Nigeria's foremost female public relations manager holds a Ph.D in Public Relations and Government Affairs. She has been involved in information management activities in the private sector of the economy for over 20 years.
Her working experience has been characterized by many pioneering positions which include: First Scientific Librarian for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). She set up Nigeria's First Oil Library at the NNPC. She was the first female head of Administration, Lagos for Steyr Nigeria Limited, a Federal Government parastatal, before she joined Guinness Nigeria Plc, in 1986 as Head of Public Affairs.
She is both a member of the Nigerian Advisory Board of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), for Anglophone West Africa, a United Nations Agency for the advancement of women and a member of the African council on Communication Education. She is the Vice President of the Women Empowerment Movement(WEM), an organization engaged with structuring strategies for enabling women's entry into Policy and Decision-Making through political participation and economic empowerment.