Libertad Chey

Libertad Chey

Why work with me

Big 4 discipline, applied upstream: processes, risk, and information before the damage shows up in the numbers.

Uchechukwu Maduka, Founder of Libertad Chey

Uchechukwu (Uche) Maduka

Founder & Principal Advisor

ACACIAISO 31000

Who I am

From Big 4 audit rooms to upstream risk work

I spent the early part of my career in a Big 4 firm, sitting inside some of Nigeria's largest financial audit engagements. The work was rigorous, and it taught me a great deal. But the longer I did it, the more one thing became clear: we were always arriving after the fact. By the time a problem reached the financial statements, it had already done its damage. The real story was upstream, in processes nobody had mapped, risks nobody had owned, information gaps that made it impossible to see what was coming.

I did not just leave that observation in a workpaper and move on. I went and built the capability to do something about it.

Each qualification was deliberate. Together they give me something most advisors in this space do not have: the ability to see an organisation across every layer at once, the process, the risk, the financial exposure, and the information that connects all three.

I built Libertad Chey because I am relentless about one thing: I hate seeing businesses fail when the failure was preventable. The gaps are almost always findable. The risks are almost always manageable. What is usually missing is someone who knows where to look and cares enough to look properly.

Previous experience

Big 4 consulting & advisory

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Credentials

Built layer by layer on purpose

CIA, ACA, ISO 31000, ISO 9001:2015, plus an MSc in information management: each credential covers a different layer of organisational risk.

  1. 01

    Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)

    The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)

  2. 02

    Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA)

    Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)

  3. 03

    ISO 31000 Certified Risk Manager

    PECB

  4. 04

    ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor

    ISO International Organization for Standardization

  5. 05

    MSc, Information Resources Management

    Ahmadu Bello University · Distinction

Why work with me

Senior attention, root-cause focus

Founder-led means you work with me directly. The goal is not a polished binder; it is a stronger operating position.

  • Nearly six years of experience across Big 4 audit, startup advisory, franchise operations, and corporate risk management.

  • Every engagement handled personally by the founder. You get senior expertise from the very first conversation.

  • Clients have seen meaningful gains in loss reduction, cycle time, and control-testing efficiency when the work sticks.

  • Four complementary qualifications (CIA, ACA, ISO 31000, ISO 9001:2015) built deliberately to cover every layer of organisational risk.

  • Trusted with real financial responsibility at organisational level for over eight years.

  • The work is not done when the report is delivered. It is done when your organisation is in a stronger position.

The approach

Root cause over checklist theatre

Resilience comes from understanding why risk exists, not from stacking another framework on top of the symptoms.

People

Culture drives compliance. Incentive structures and organisational behaviour decide whether controls feel natural or abrasive.

Processes

Workflows hide friction and risk. Mapping them exposes where value leaks before it reaches the financial statements.

Controls

Targeted safety nets, not off-the-shelf policy packs. Protect value without stifling the agility your organisation needs.

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