NONYE CALLY BECHI – CHAIRMAN

Nonye Cally-Bechi has been involved in training, coaching and consulting for over 15 years with the intention of dramatically increasing profit, productivity, and the performance of people. She has facilitated trainings for executives at all levels and has been responsible for designing and implementing various trainings solutions.
She has trained more than 38,000 youths to become employable in the job market. Has also trained people from lower to senior management positions in local and multi-national companies, public & private sectors. She designs, trains and develop programmes from lower to top management in soft skills. Her quest for continuous Human & Talent Development promises highly energizing and power-packed training style.

She is a qualified image consultant and a speech coach. She has a major intellectual interest in Personality Development and Personal Branding. She has garnered a rich reserve of knowledge from managing people and has featured as facilitator and coach to many prestigious organisations, including the public and private sectors; and high net worth individuals.

She has worked in several positions in her career journey such as: Diction Instructor to various schools in Lagos state. Deputy Manager Poise School of Communication, HOD/CEO Poise School of Communication. Head of Human Resources & Programmes, Poise Nigeria, Group Head, Programmes & Research, Team Lead, Relationship Marketing & Business Development.

She holds a Bachelor Degree in Performing Arts from University of Ilorin and Master’s degrees from University of Ibadan respectively. Certified Organizational Culture expert. A member of Nigerian Institute of Training Development (NITAD). Member board of trustees for Ekobits Academy. Chairman Board of directors for Motherhood NG Initiative. She teaches, consults, and grooms individuals who wants to excel in their careers and achieve their dreams. She is passionate about the “Girl Child, Youth Development and Issues that affect women.

She is married and blessed with three Children.

Ifeoluwa Esther Obafemi – DEPUTY CHAIRMAN

She is a purpose-driven, passionate and tenacious business leader with extensive experience in several multinational companies in the FMCG space. Her in-depth knowledge and value addition to business spans through Sales, Marketing, Brand, Channels, Field Operations Management, Strategy, Digital, Leadership and Business Development; with vast experience and understanding of the Nigerian and by extension African market and dynamics.

She holds a Bachelor Degree in Biochemistry from the University of Ado Ekiti, an MBA from Edinburgh Business School- Heriot-Watt University and is currently a Doctorate Candidate at Walden University, USA.

Ifeoluwa has almost 15 years of working experience and is currently working at and leading Digital Transformation at a foremost Dairy Company in Africa.

As a give-back to the community and society at large, she organises and participates in community outreach for families, women and children in need.

She is also passionate about leadership development as such hosts different learning, coaching and mentoring platforms for early to mid-career professionals where top professionals leverage to give backa and add value to the society in different capacities.

Abiodun Emiola Alabi – Executive Director

Biodun is a passionate Human resource professional and serial entrepreneur. She is very keen about people and performance management. She is an enthusiastic and self-motivated professional with over 12 years experience in human capital management, business development and social entrepreneurship.

She has a BS.c in Business Administration and Management. ‘Biodun is also an associate member of Chartered Institute Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM) and Nigeria Institute of training and development (NITAD) respectively.

She is happily married with two amazing children.

Barrister Olajumoke Fadoju – Executive Secretary

She is the principal partner of Revelation solicitors, a legal firm located in Lagos Nigeria. ‘Jumoke was a legal counsel at Gani Adeola-Kazeem (SAN) & Co for years.
She holds a Bachelor of laws (LLB) from University of Ado Ekiti.

She is passionate about children health and wellness and impact lives through her constant visit to some Orphanage home in Lagos.

Maureen Ajayi – Member

Maureen Ajayi is an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management with over 10years experience in the hospitality Industry working in different Human Resource and Administrative positions. She is also a Senior Professional member of HRCI (Human Resource Certifications Institute). Maureen has her BSC in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management with trainings and certifications in
different areas.
She is currently Human Resources Business partner at American Tower.

Olajumoke Aleoke-Malachi – Member

‘Jumoke Aleoke-Malachi (JAM) as she is fondly called, is a seasoned Human Resources practitioner with wealth of experience spanning over a decade of interfacing with CEOs, HR Leaders and Hiring Managers on all issues as it concerns the HR function, with Talent Management, Emotional Intelligence, Learning, Organizational Culture and Employee Engagement being her core.
She is very keen about talent – finding them on-spec, using them effectively and keeping them longer within her organization(s). Her people experience cuts across FMCG, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Marketing Communications, Automobiles, Insurance, Non-Profit, Construction, Maritime, IT, Engineering, Professional Services, Retail, Education, Livestock. Telecoms, FinTech, Oil & Gas and more recently, Media…
‘Jumoke has facilitated career management and coaching sessions, emotional intelligence trainings, employability skills trainings as well as personal development trainings in several fora. She has also taken several HR trainings for Small & Medium Enterprises.
She is always excited to share at Career Events with Job Seekers the skills they need to make them marketable and ways to launch their careers. And for Experienced Hires, ways to land their dream jobs, build their network to increase their net worth. She is also passionate about the ways continuous Employee Engagement can boost productivity, building positive Organizational Cultures – ways to achieve toxic-free workplaces and using Emotional Intelligence to win in all areas of life, especially at work.
She was one of the five Role Players at the Africa Leadership Awards that held in Mauritius, Dec 2019. Where she spoke on “The Future of World at Work”. She was also awarded one of “Africa’s Most Talented HR Leaders”. She was recently recognized and awarded one of the Top 50 Career Influencers in Africa 2020.
‘Jumoke graduated with Honors in English and Literary Studies from Babcock University, Ogun State. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPMN), as well as the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI), USA and an Emotions City Emotional Intelligence Certified Specialist (EQCS) and Faculty Member. She is currently pursuing her MBA at Business School Netherlands (BSN).
She is happily married with two adorable kids.

Omolola Akinsuin – Member

Omolola is a resourceful Investment Banking Professional with about fourteen years stint in Credit Analysis & Management at Bank of Industry.
She has a BS.c in Banking & Finance from the University of Ado – Ekiti, Nigeria and an MBA from the University of Lagos, Nigeria.

She is an altruistic individual with experience in growing businesses and offering advisory services for the sustenance of small businesses.

She is particularly passionate about helping women and young people reach their potentials especially as they pass through different developmental stages in life starting from the very first stage which is early years (i.e. from birth to six years)

Kofoworola Taiwo – Member

Kofoworola Taiwo is a Human Resources Professional with more than 10 years experience in Human Resource Management both in the private and public sector of the Nigerian econonmy. She presently works with the Lagos State Local Govt Service Commission and consults for various HR firms. She specializes in Employee Relations and Learning and Development.
She holds a Bsc in Industrial Relations and Personnel Mgt and a Diploma in Social Work and administration both from Lagos State University. She is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Mgt of Nigeria, the Nigerian Institute of Training and Development and the Chartered Institute Public Administration of Nigeria.
In her spare time, Kofoworola loves to sew, cook and spend time with her family. She lives in Lagos with her husband and children.

Dr Oyebimpe Adeogun – Member

Dr Oyebimpe Adeogun is into training, consultancy and research in the oil and gas industry. She got her doctorate degree in Petroleum Economics from the World Bank Centre for Petroleum Research and Training, University of Port Harcourt. Dr Oyebimpe brings scholarly experience from the academia and across different industries. She brings extensive knowledge of economic evaluation of projects to the board, contributing to ideas research and  execution for outreaches to rural women on the Motherhoodng Initiative platform. Dr Oyebimpe has close to 10 years experience working at  different capacity amongst diverse teams both locally and internationally.

She has authored and co-authored a number of papers at the Society of Petroleum Engineering conference, IAEE, NAEE and USAEE conferences. Her research interest includes field development planning, petroleum economics, risk and uncertainty analysis and reservoir evaluation and performance. She has also been a beneficiary of several awards and scholarships.

She had her M.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from the African University of Science and Technology, where she graduated at the top of her class. Prior to this time, she had BSc in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the University of Lagos.