F.A

About

A career built on precision, systems thinking, and firsts.

Engr. (Mrs) Funmilade Akingbagbohun

FNSE · FNIMechE · FAAPM · FIMC · FNIEE · FNSafetyE

Engr. (Mrs) Funmilade Akingbagbohun is a mechanical engineer whose career spans public engineering practice and national professional leadership. She has served as a Mechanical Engineer with Lagos Traffic Radio since 2013, and in 2022 became the first woman to be inaugurated as National Chairman of the Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a role she held through 2024.

She previously served as the 13th Chairman of the Nigerian Society of Engineers’ Ikeja Branch, and was the first female Chairman of NIMechE’s Lagos chapter, a pattern of firsts across the institutions that govern Nigerian engineering practice.

Beyond engineering practice, she has sat on the Federal Ministry of Interior’s Special Ministerial Taskforce monitoring enforcement of Nigeria’s Expatriate Quota terms and conditions, runs Fems Damly Enterprises as Managing Director, serves as a Board Member at Children Companion Private School, and is Managing Partner of the MOFE Foundation, training the next generation of Nigerian talent.

“We need to improve the design of engineering systems.” She advocates for AI, IoT, robotics, digital twins and renewable energy integration to build more sustainable, resilient infrastructure.
The Guardian Nigeria

Education

  1. 01 Higher National Diploma (HND) Yaba College of Technology
  2. 02 Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) University of Ibadan
  3. 03 Master of Business Administration (MBA) University of Lagos, 2012
  4. 04 Doctor of Science (D.Sc, Hons), Engineering Development & National Growth European-American University, 2019

Professional leadership

  1. 01 Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers (NIMechE) National Chairman, 2022 to 2024
  2. 02 NIMechE Lagos Chapter First female Chairman, from 2015
  3. 03 Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Ikeja Branch 13th Chairman

Experience

  1. 01 Mechanical Engineer Lagos Traffic Radio Aug 2013 to present
  2. 02 Managing Director Fems Damly Enterprises Feb 2022 to present, part-time
  3. 03 Member, Special Ministerial EQP Taskforce Federal Ministry of Interior, Nigeria Dec 2020 to Sep 2024
  4. 04 Board Member Children Companion Private School Sep 2024 to present

Honors & awards

  1. 01 Most Outstanding Personality Service Merit Award Nigerian Society of Engineers, Ikeja Branch, Jan 2018
  2. 02 Lagos State Employability Support Project Award Issued by Lagos State Government, associated with NSE Ikeja Branch