Prof George Nwangwu has over two decades of experience spanning academia, legal practice and consultancy services in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. He was a lecturer in the Department of Commercial Law, University of Lagos Nigeria and the University of London (external program). As an international consultant to multilateral institutions, he has been involved with issues in the fields of infrastructure/utilities regulation, infrastructure finance, Project management and Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). Prof Nwangwu was a DFID/World Bank funded consultant with the Bureau of Public Enterprises where he held the following posts: Environmental Legal Adviser, Infrastructure Legal Adviser, Special Assistant to the Director General of the BPE and finally Head of the Strategy and Multilateral Relations Department.
Prof Nwangwu has also served as PPP Coordinator and Head of the PPP Division, Federal Ministry of Finance, Nigeria and was also a special adviser to the Hon. Minister of Finance on infrastructure finance and PPPs. Prof Nwangwu has published widely in the field of public private partnerships, with specific focus on regulatory issues. He is the author of the pioneering book, Public Private Partnerships in Nigeria: Managing Risks and Identifying Opportunities, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2016.
In 2023, Prof Nwangwu was appointed as an extraordinary professor in the Department of Public Law at Stellenbosch University.