EDEM ANDAH
Lead Consultant- Africa Tax Desk
LLB HONS, BL, LLM, MA Taxation, FCTI.
Mr. Edem Andah comes with decades of Africa-wide tax experience.
Mr. Andah started his legal career as state counsel, rising early to become Assistant Director of criminal prosecutions and Litigations. He joined Shell Nigeria Development and Production Company (SPDC) as legal adviser and contracts draftsman in 1989. He was the pioneer Head of Tax in SPDC. He did his first expatriation to Shell Expro, UK and Shell International (SIPM) in the Hague in The Netherlands in 1995 to returning to Nigeria in 1997.
Mr Andah was also head of Shell Africa Oil Products Tax from 2004 to 2007, based in Nairobi Kenya, responsible for Shell downstream Africa tax in 30 African countries.
On leaving Shell, Mr Andah relocated to London, as the International Tax Manager for Sub -Sahara Africa, with Baker Hughes UK Limited. He returned to Nigeria and joined Ernst & Young (EY) as the Partner responsible for oil and gas tax services.
In 2016, Mr Andah became Tax Partner with the commercial law firm of Olaniwun Ajayi LP, one Nigeria’s premium firms.
Mr Andah is a graduate of the University of Lagos and also holds a master’s degree in law from the same institution. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1980. He is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria and an associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom and Nigeria. Andah is also an alumnus of the Harvard University Comparative Tax Policy and Administration program. He holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Business Administration from the University of Aberdeen and an MA in Taxation from the University of London’s School of Advanced Study.
Mr Andah’s legal and tax journey has seen him pioneer the setting up of tax practices and has coached and mentored several tax persons and practitioners, who occupy strategic tax positions in multinational companies as well as with the Big- 4/5 consulting firms globally. Mr Andah continues to encourage and engage with young and aspiring lawyers and accountants who are interested in taxation. He has continued to engage in thought leadership and is an Examiner of a UK based taxation body. He belongs to several fiscal study groups and is a member of UK based Chatham House.
