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Canada

My Family, My Business column- the first Newspaper column in Nigeria focused on family owned businesses, expressed through the Businessday print publication, digital platforms, audio (podcast), and events. The column will provide public and private company directors, leaders and owners of multigenerational family businesses and C-suite executives with the knowledge and skills to be successful in their roles. The column serves family businesses, offering news, profiles, expert advice and education to multigenerational family-owned companies. Through digital platforms, print magazines, conferences, videos and sponsored content, we provide family businesses with the knowledge and skills to be successful in their roles, and to bolster their company’s—and their personal—success.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Own the development of key strategic initiatives to give shape to new opportunities by applying rigorous fact-based logic, analytics and business smarts to identify key value drivers and lay the groundwork for success on the African Continent.• Partner with Senior leadership to develop PressReader’s corporate, strategic growth plan for Africa, using fact-based analysis to identify growth and profit opportunities to shape the future of the company.• Collaborate in cross-functional efforts across marketing, Content, innovation, commercial, finance, etc. to prepare the analysis required to evaluate business and market opportunities. Turn strategic opportunities into a prioritized global plan linked to the financial plan.• Collaborate with senior leaders and their teams across the organization to set priorities, goals and implement the strategic initiatives, prioritizing resources required in collaboration with other business units.• Develop and apply strategic and business analysis to unclear problems (i.e. evaluating business models, market, channel, competitive and financial analytics, applying consumer, brand and capabilities assessments, etc.) for the African market.• Lead strategic market assessment to determine optimum service, price, and brand positioning for services to maximize market penetration and profitability on the African continent, leading to closed transactions.• Build strong connections with industry leaders and influencers across the continent of Africa.• Continually develop new client business by pursuing business opportunities with strategic targets and cultivating relationships with existing clients (e.g. Agency / Partner Initiatives).

Lagos, Nigeria

Provide industry thought leadership, strategic solution advisory and expert consultation on digital transformation to support customer co-innovation, enterprise transformation, and business process performance improvement activities . Hire, train and manage key seasonal staff.  Developed and built digital services business from start-up to generate six figure sales annually; established strong account customer base of corporate & retail subscribers.  Increased sales year over year by leveraging referenceable accounts to build credibility and introducing new sales tools and marketing collateral.  Opened the market ahead of the competition by implementing the first fully functional media paywall in Africa, persuasively overcoming customer concerns about product viability through combination of techniques that included product demonstrations, strong guarantee and referral lead.  Engaged luxury brands for strategic partnership opportunities that boosted the business day growth and positioning strategy and create value for the community as well as our partners to enhance long term growth and expansion needs.  Streamlined operations by developing key systems and protocols to sync up internal teams and onboard & manage partners Designed and monetized cross platform campaigns, engaging social media audiences of 5M+ with notably 30% - 50% ROE increases.

Accra, Ghana

Post-Acquisition of Africa Business Media, Ghana: Key member of Senior Management responsible for the integration and functionality of acquired businesses to drive extensive and sustainable growth. Hire, train and manage staff. Drove significant growth in products & services: grew revenues to $800,000 within the first year and launched 4+ new products. Restructured Africa Business Media operations: integrated like functions across product lines reducing headcount by 20%.  Streamlined integration of Africa Business Media acquisition: ensured strategic alignment with new business objectives and minimized business interruptions through execution of workforce integration plans. Integrated cultural differences successfully: motivated two legacy teams from different countries to bring parallel projects to completion with only 2% turnover rate. Improved operational excellence: created and implemented score cards metrics, improving labor utilization by 10%. Regulatory compliance: upgraded policies and procedures across business divisions to be compliant with the new corporate structure and statutory requirements

Lagos, Nigeria

 Developed growth strategy based on market research, competitive intelligence, strategic frameworks. Identified $10M addressable market opportunities and developed accompanying pursuit strategy. Planned and executed special events, conferences and trade shows that generated $2.5M per annum  Drove MoU maturation & renewals to ensure deployment/renewals align with business priority. Managed business development and sales pursuit review process. Handled stakeholder relationship management to multiple target market segments. Developed organizational improvement and change management plans to optimize account performance. Acquisition:o Worked in collaboration with management, business and regional resources to frame specific M&A and organic growth opportunities for consideration by the executive committee: identification of Africa Business Media, Ghana as a potential company for acquisition. o Contributed to senior -level M&A decisions, supporting initial analysis through due diligence and subsequent integration. Enabled business growth by assessing organizational compatibility and talent impacts.

Compile and analyze information on market trends for use in determining the corporate business strategy.Develop methodology for continuous improvement for determining market share analysis and assisted with forecasting business growth and market trends.Perform examination and analysis of internal financials and reported market share.Prepare Schlumberger Information Solutions’ contributions promptly to Corporate Schlumberger Marketing such as competition review.Participate actively in Schlumberger worldwide competitor intelligence core network and contributed to the profiling of major competitors.Report, publish and update monthly competition and industry watch results to senior management.

•Liaise with Facilitators and Faculty Advisers regarding Courses•Peruse course programs•Operations: Quality Control•Develop training Programs/Courses for clients•Develop Training Modules for Clients ranging from private to public sector•Supervise General Conduct Of Course coordinators•Implementing & Monitoring Standard Delivery•Client Service•Supervise Team individual & corporate development•Team Communication•Marketing Communications•Training Needs Analysis for Clients•Project Management•Sourcing and Identifying new Business Opportunities•Identifying client/consumer needs and delivering suitable products•Evaluating the performance of new products and the financial implications of sales and marketing strategies on the organization

Was the interface between the company and the clients, attending to their feedbacks and suggestions. I was faced with different situations and had to effectively and efficiently handle any situation involving the clients.I have also engaged in activities aimed at attracting and recruiting trainers both from Nigeria and the United Kingdom to meet Clients Requirement.Product development where i led the team that produced the training programs for Talentspace in the last two years.Managed the Talentspace business exchange, which is a business arm of Talentspace and made a turn over of N1,5million naira in 3 months.Weekly Columnist for Businessday newspapers where i write articles on Human resources issues and how they can be solved.Volunteer facilitator for the Rise Business Academy (RBA), a business academy set up in conjunction with Philips consulting and intercontinental bank that trains a minimum of 15 young Nigerians every Saturday.Training & eventsI have been involved in facilitating and organising training sessions for as many as 800 participants in different geo-political zones in Nigeria.I am involved in the architectural modelling, design and implementation of the company's performance management systems, compensation plan and training needs.Development of training programs for clients ranging from public to private sector clients.

Maintaining customer databaseInventory management, stocktaking and maintenanceProviding customer service support and public relationsAssisted in planning corporate events and liaising with dealers when appropriate

Conducting research on small businessesLiaising with small business ownersConducted feasibility study and preparing SME journalInfomatics

Masters, Business Administration

Strategic Planning & Execution For Senior Executives, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Business And Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Bsc, Economics

Activities and Societies: Member of Association of International Students Interested in Economics and Management(aiesec), NEPAD Youth.

Business And Entrepreneurship (Mandela Washington Fellowship), Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Strategic Planning & Execution For Senior Executives, Business Administration And Management, General