Elikem is qualified in Ghana, England & Wales. Prior to setting up Oxford & Beaumont, he was Head of Corporate Services & Legal at Standard Trust Bank Ghana Limited (now UBA Ghana Limited) and part of the team that started UBA in Ghana. He has also worked in the international banking and finance group of Linklaters LLP. While at Linklaters, he was seconded to Barclays Capital as a Global Loans Lawyer. He trained at Travers Smith in London. His areas of expertise include banking, energy and infrastructure.

He is a non-executive director of Metropolitan Insurance Company Limited and Google Ghana Limited and a trustee of the Akua Kuenyehia Foundation. He is also a member the Law Society of England & Wales and the Ghana Bar Association. In addition, he is an adjunct lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration (GIMPA) where he teaches Entrepreneurship.

In 2010, Elikem was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, and one of ‘Africa’s 40 under-40 Achievers by The Network Journal. He also received the Millennium Excellence Awards' Young Professional of the Year Award in 2006.