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The Board

Segun OKE
President

Segun Oke is an architect of new possibilities, a radical optimist and agile executor, who has a knack for building agile, adaptive, and resilient organizations. 

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Professor Anthony Bamgboye
Chairman Board of Advisors

Prof Bamigboye had over thirty years working experience. He started his working career at the State specialist Hospital Ado Ekiti in 1987 (where he did his internship).

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Julio Cezar Jana
Director

Julio Cezar is a high-performing trilingual change leader with over 16 years of experience in the Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) and B2B industries. 

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Gabriel Ukachuckwu
Member

Gabriel is a seasoned Accountant and a Financial Advisory consultant. With over 15 years cognate experience spanning FMCG, Logistics, Healthcare and Consulting. He is presently the Managing Partner and Team Lead

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Sylvester Ater
Member

Sylvester Tunde Atere is an experienced development communication expert. He cherishes initiatives, encourages honesty, and appreciates hard work with the belief that pulling together creative energies 

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Sylvester Ater
Member

For over 20 years, Princewill has served in the Banking Industry and has worked in several organizations. He is presently the Group Head, Sales & Marketing for Resort Savings and Loans Plc. 

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Segun OKE
President

Segun Oke is an architect of new possibilities, a radical optimist and agile executor, who has a knack for building agile, adaptive, and resilient organizations. I am adept at leading disruption/innovations and have proven to love to create the future: organization or systems. Inspiring others (people, resources and partnership) to a collective business and social radical breakthroughs, transformation or turnaround is intriguing for me.

With more than 20 years of experience in Finance and Strategy; Business Transformation; Entrepreneurship; Business Operations & SCM; Governance; Risk and Compliance, Finance, Project Management & IT Solutions Development, Impact Development within Financial Services, Real Estate, and Impact, Energy industries.

He is a Fellow of ICAN, a Fellow of institute of Auctioneer of Nigeria, a Certified Corporate Ethics and Compliance Practitioner, US, among several other professional institutions locally and internationally. He has also founded/hosted a number of leadership and innovation projects such as DIGNOVATE AFRICA, THE SUSTAIINABLE SMART CITY CHALLENGE and spoken in a growing number of events- notably-, AFSPIRE INNOVATION CONFERENCE, and EKITI YOUTH INNOVATION SUNMIT. He is a prolific writer who has contributed to a number of articles in the Nigeria Newspapers and blogs. Segun also holds a number of awards in innovation and sports development

Segun attended the Federal Polytechnic ADO, University of ADO, Oxford Brookes University, MIT SLOAN School of Management, Hult International Business School, London School of Economics, NYU Stern Business School, HEC Paris Trium Global EMBA.

Professor Anthony Bamgboye
Chairman Board of Advisors

Prof. Bamigboye Anthony Akinloye was born on May 03, 1961, in Ire Ekiti, Ekiti State. He is married with four children. He attended St Patrick Primary School, Idanre, Ondo State (1968-1973), Aquinas College Akure, Ondo State (1973-1978), and Christ School, Ado Ekiti for Higher school certificate (1978-1980). He holds a Bsc and MBCHB from the University of Ife (1980-1984, 87). He did his Internship at State Hospital Ado Ekiti and general Hospital in 1987. Prof Bamigboye also went for international training abroad-Coronation Hospital, Johannesburg /University of Witwatersrand, South Africa (1995-1998), Hammersmith Hospital/Imperial College London (1999-2000), University of the Witwatersrand, Department of Obstetrics /Gynecology South Africa (1996,2011).

He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (obstetrics and Gynecology) from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (2012), Fellow of the College of Medicine of South Africa (2000), Master of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (2002).

Prof Bamigboye had over thirty years of working experience. He started his working career at the State specialist Hospital Ado Ekiti in 1987 (where he did his internship). Chief Medical Director, Louis Med Specialist Hospital Lekki, Lagos, Director –Tropical Paradise Hospitality and Tourism, Director – Bamigboye Incorporated Johannesburg, Visiting Professor, and consultant, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, sitting member, Scientific committee South Africa Medical Research. Ag Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Medical Sciences, Ondo. Scientist WHO Reproductive Health, Geneva, Switzerland (2002). To mention but a few.

Prof is also a registered member of Nigeria Medical and Dental Council, Botswana Medical Council, South African Health Professional Council, and General Medical Council, UK.

He is the President, of Nigeria’s Diaspora Organization, and South Africa. Director and Owner, Tropical and Bamigboye Inc, South Africa. Foundation Dean of Clinical Sciences, UNIMED. Founder Alpha Club Ire.
Life Patron, Nigeria Student Association, South Africa. Just to mention, a few

Julio Cezar Jana

Julio Cezar Jana is a high-performing trilingual change leader with over 16 years of experience in the Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) and B2B industries.  During his career, Julio commercially managed both Food Service and Retail segments for Cargill Inc., with financial accountability of $1.1 billion in annual sales while managing the company’s largest customer; Walmart Inc.  Julio now serves Griffith Foods Inc. as a Business Development Director for Retail & Protein Processors divisions.

Julio holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Economics along with and International Business & Agriculture certificate from Texas A&M University.  In addition, Julio completed the TRIUM Global Executive Master of Business Administration MBA program in 2017 and holds a Master’s Degree from New York Stern School of Business (NYU), a Master’s Degree from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Master’s Degree from Paris School of Management (HEC), ranked in the top global executive programs, according to the Financial Times’ Global Executive MBA ranking.

Julio currently works in the International Strategy team of Walmart.

Julio retains dual citizenship of Brazil and the United States and is currently residing in Bentonville, AR ,USA, along with his wife.

Gabriel Ukachuckwu
Member

Is a seasoned Accountant and a Financial Advisory consultant. With over 15 years of cognate experience spanning FMCG, Logistics, Healthcare, and Consulting. He is a recipient of the Prestigious Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership award.

Education

INSEAD (Business School of Fontainebleau, France) MBA, Lagos Business School – SMP

University of Lagos – MBA, Federal University of Technology Owerri-  B.Eng

Professional Qualification

Certified Financial Analyst- CFA, Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria  FCA, Associate, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, A member of the Harvard Business Review

Gabriel is presently the Managing Partner and Team Lead at GCU Consulting Limited, a special purpose vehicle for business incubation and strategy where he provides strategic direction; He is also the Senior Partner at John Pearl Consulting Limited, an Accounting firm with the Love for SMEs. He is also the Chief Investments Officer of Lead Innovative services Limited owners of Co’venti a firm in the virtual reality industry.

Prior to venturing into private practice, he worked with one of the big 4’s and rose to become a team lead in Advisory,  Consulting, and Taxation for the Nigeria market.

He has worked in various capacities in birthing start-ups that have today become a household name in Nigeria and West Africa. He also leads a team of consultants working to reform Tertiary education in Lagos State.

Furthermore, he is married to the Love of his life, Uchenna Ukachukwu, and blessed with 2 lovely children who he always describes as his support system.

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Sylvester Ater

Sylvester Tunde Atere is an experienced development communication expert. He cherishes initiatives, encourages honesty, and appreciates hard work with the belief that pulling together creative energies and potentials will improve service delivery for the betterment of beneficiaries and the satisfaction of partners.

He has extensive work experience in multicultural and multidisciplinary international organizations and has provided programmatic, operational, and communication support for multimillion-dollar funded projects in Africa and Europe. With communications skills and experience of over 25 years, he has worked in the media industry as a top journalist and later as a communications expert with the United Nations. First as a Communications Specialist with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and later with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as an overall communication leader; strategically building support, raising awareness, strengthening relationships with projects and Country’s Office partners and stakeholders and impacting public opinions about projects and specific issues.

Princewill Amadi

For over 20 years, Princewill has served in the Banking Industry and has worked in several organizations. He is presently the Group Head, Sales & Marketing for Resort Savings and Loans Plc. Before joining Resort, he was the Group Head, Sales, and Marketing at Abbey Mortgage Bank.  He was also the Regional Head, South for ASO Savings and Loans Plc., where he was responsible for the mortgage business for Cooperatives, Small Businesses, and Institutions in the South. In this capacity, he assisted several individuals through their corporate organizations and cooperatives to actualize their dreams of owning their personal homes. One of the most notable achievements was the successful sale of Duplexes in ASO Grove Estate, Maitama worth over N7,500,000,000 (Seven Billion, Five Hundred Million Naira ).

As Branch Manager in some UBA Branches, he managed several HNI’s and handled accounts of successful businessmen. He also headed the retail market of FCMB in Abuja. He was later the Group Head, North at the First Guarantee Pensions Ltd, one of the foremost Pension Funds Administrators (PFA), and was responsible for all the northern operations and marketing.

He has attended several executive training courses and seminars, which include the International Housing Finance Program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Furthermore, he is an alumnus of the Business School of the Netherlands and a Fellow of the Institute of Loan & Risk Management, Nigeria (FILRMN).

He is a professional speaker, who specializes in Customer service Delivery, Leadership, Sales, and Marketing. He has organized training and courses, delivering papers that have changed the lives of a lot of people. Furthermore, he has also trained middle and senior executives at organizations of repute.

He is happily married with two wonderful children.

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