Mr Bukola Emmanuel Esan

Mr Bukola Emmanuel Esan is a biomedical engineer and currently serves as the Managing Director of EBME Engineering Limited, in Nigeria.

In 1986, he earned his Higher National Diploma (HND) in mechanical engineering from the Federal Polytechnic in Ilaro, Nigeria, and in 2010, he graduated with a Master of Science in biomedical engineering at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom.

He has more than 30 years of experience working in the public healthcare sector, including managing and maintaining biomedical equipment at the healthcare facility level as well as advising the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health on medical device government policies.

In 2017, he was actively engaged in reviewing the national list of medical devices for primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare facilities in Nigeria. He coordinated the development of training curricula for biomedical engineering technicians in Nigeria and led the team that obtained statutory structure/career progression authorization for the country's biomedical engineer and biomedical engineering technician workforce in 2019.

He participated in the WAHO Meeting of Experts to Develop and Validate Harmonized Training Curricula for Allied Health Professionals in ECOWAS Member States of sub-Saharan Africa (2014–2022). He is currently a registered engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria and a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.