Hon Emmanuel Awhan Ibeshi is a Faculty of the Haggai Institute in Hawaii USA, where he teaches leadership. He is a distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria. In 1984 he co-founded Theatre 15, at the Center for Cultural Studies University of Lagos that latter metamorphosed into a full-fledged Department of Creative Arts in the University. He was the first National Treasurer of the International Christian Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) headquartered in Sweden.

He had a brief stint in the Banking industry where he worked with the Federal Mortgage Bank as corporate affairs manager. In 1992 he went into politics and, was elected into the Nigerian Federal House of Representatives. He served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Banking and Currency.

He is the President of CELANDY PROJECTS CONSULTS. A consultancy group that has successfully midwifed many projects on how best to attract high skilled Nigerians in Diaspora to engage in meaningful collaboration for corporate Nigeria. He is the president of the INITIATIVE FOR THE PREVENTION OF MALARIA to advocate for the prevention of malaria in Africa. Hon. Ibeshi holds a Theatre Arts degree from the University of Calabar and a Masters in Communication Arts from Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan.