FACULTY & EXPERTS

Faculty grounded in practice, leadership and governance


Programme credibility begins with people who understand the work, the decisions and the consequences.

Protekz Institute faculty combine relevant experience, subject expertise and applied facilitation

Expertise That Connects Knowledge With Practice

Our faculty are selected for more than subject knowledge. They bring the experience and judgment required to help participants connect concepts with real operating, leadership and organizational challenges.

Meet Our Faculty

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Mike Etuhoko

Executive Chair & Principal Faculty

Built on Lived Executive Accountability

Mike Etuhoko is the Founder and CEO of Protekz Institute and Protekz Inc. He brings more than three decades of global energy leadership across technical execution, well engineering and integrity, enterprise transformation, governance and leadership development.

His career was built in technically demanding, high-consequence environments where safety, integrity, production continuity and capital stewardship were inseparable from leadership effectiveness. He has led complex well engineering, completion, intervention and integrity programmes across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, including HPHT, offshore and high-complexity asset environments.

He is a 2025–26 Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer on transformational leadership and the energy transition. His work connects technical reality with leadership judgment, governance discipline and the institutional capability required to convert strategy into performance.

In parallel with the Institute, Mike advises CEOs, boards and executive teams through Protekz Inc. on decision quality, governance, enterprise value, transition complexity and responsible AI.

The Right Expertise for the Programme

Faculty are matched to the subject, audience and operating context of each programme. Where specialist expertise is required, Protekz Institute may draw on experienced practitioners, executives, academics and subject-matter experts from its wider network.

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