The ED-JOHN Institute of Management & Technology formerly known as Philips Business School(PBS) was founded in 1997 by Osarenren Philips Emokpae, PhD. DBA and his wife Mrs Imose Enoma Osar – Emokpae, who is an alumnus of University of Lagos, Benin and Oxford.

Dr. Osarenren Emokpae is an alumnus of University of Calabar, Lagos, Century, Cranfield, Hertfordshire and Oxford, a fellow of Institute of Marketing, and a fellow Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), and a patron of Media Independent Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MIPAN). He is also a fellow in the Institute of Management Consultants.