Management
Edith Ailemen
Edith Ailemen not only has excellent communication and interpersonal she also has commercial awareness and the ability to think strategically. a pleasing personality, patience, and organizational skills. Edith is an listeners with good deductive reasoning skills. Edith is a business development expert. She has an HND in Marketing and has attended several courses both here and abroad. Edith was a Managing partner at Kallback Nigeria Limited for 15 years and the General Manager of Polar-Afrique Consulting for 10 years. In these 25 years, she honed her skills and ex- pertise in business development, capacity building, HR and local and International clients’ servicing and development. Edith was the team member/lead in several projects for vari- ous organisations. Edith is the MD/CEO of R.E Unicorn Services Ltd, Business Develop- ment Consultant at P31 Consulting and Advocacy Ltd, and the founder/director of Green Strategy Initiative (GSI) an NGO dedicated to helping African communities and economic sectors cope with the disruptive and destructive impacts of climate change. She is also the President of African Women initiative against poverty violence drug abuse and unemploy- ment (AWIAPU).
Handley Dubam Blue-Jack (B.A., MBA)
H andley Dubam Blue-Jack (B.A., MBA) is a Member of Chartered and Conciliators (ICMC), a Fellow of Corporate Administrators (FCA). has a bachelor’s degree in business management, a Master’s degree in Administration (MBA). Handley also had a training course in Strategic Management of Regulatory Agencies and Enforcement at Harvard University, Handley became a Regulatory Specialist at the Institute of Public Private Partnership (IP3) in Washington DC, U.S.A in 2015. He joined the Defunct National Provident Fund (NPF) which metamorphosed into the present Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) in 1986 as an officer. He spent 20 years of his working career in this establishment and rose to the level of Principal/zonal Manager in Charge of North Central Zone, comprising of Abuja, Benue, Niger, and Kogi States. He was one time the Vice President of Association of Insurance Banks and Financial Insti- tutions (ASSIBFI), NSITF chapter for Eight years. Handley later joined the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in 2007 as an Assistant General Manager (AGM) in charge of Inter- Government and Agency Re- lations. He was indeed a bridge-builder and a stabilizer in his organisation. He was ap- pointed Deputy General Manager in charge of the Procurement Unit and Secretary of the Tender’s Board of the Commission (NERC) based on his transparency and leadership skill. Handley retired as a General Manager, in charge of Consumer Education and Enlightment in the Consumer Affairs Division of NERC.
Nnanna Kalu
N nanna, Kalu holds M. Sc. in Peace and Conflict Studies and B. Sc. in History & International Relations (Abia State University). He has a Certi- fication of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA) and Certification of Competency in Conflict Analysis (United States Institute of Peace). Kalu is a Proj- ect Management Professional (PMP) and PRINCE2. He has attended workshops in Creative and Critical Thinking, Human Capacity Building and Management and communication Strategies and Leadership Skills Development. He has worked as Marketing Manager and Training Facilitator for several consulting firms. Kalu is currently the General Manager in Wellington Consulting.
Ahman Labaran
Ahman, Labaran holds M. sc. in public Admin & policy Analysis, B. sc. in Sociolo- gy, a professional Diploma in Urban Search & Rescue. He is a crisis management practitioner and training facilitator with over 15 years post-graduation expe- rience in Crisis/Disaster Management, with vested interest in global Counter Terrorism efforts. He has attended several trainings at home and abroad, international seminars and conferences, simulation exercises and several responses to major incidences of flood, bomb explosions and humanitarian interventions in the Nigeria’s North East, Libya, Niger and Central African Republic. Labaran attended an international conference on Emergency Preparedness and Response to Disasters in Tel’aviv Israel, Crisis Management Seminar in Maryland USA, He has acquired certificates of competence in Critical Incident Man- agement, Mass Casualty Management, Camp Coordination & Camp Management, Incident Commanders Course, Inter-Agency Collaboration, Protection Mainstreaming, Disarma- ment, Demobilization and Re-integration amongst several others. He is currently the Coordinator of NEMA‘s Emergency Response & Ambulance Service in Abuja. A member of the United Nations Disaster Assessment & Coordination Teams, member presidential working group that drafted the National Counter Terrorism Crisis Response Doctrine at the Presidential Communications Command & Control Centre (PC4) under the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). f Consumer Education and Enlightment in the Consumer Affairs Division of NERC.
Ezi Beedie (PhD, MA, M.Ed., B.Ed.
Ezi Beedie (PhD, MA, M.Ed., B.Ed., PRINCE 2) is an international ment practitioner with a multidiscipline background spanning monitoring and evaluation, social policy, social protection, project ment, consulting, and voluntary/ humanitarian action. Her core values are integrity, competence, commitment, excellence, and teamwork. Ezi is strategically equipped to be a high value asset towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nigeria and the sub Saharan African region. She has over fifteen years research experience in social policy, education and de- velopment coupled with three decades of teaching, gender mainstreaming, project management, monitoring and evaluation, advocacy, consultancy and board and pan- el membership experience in the United Kingdom and Nigeria. She is currently a lead Consultant in P31 Consulting and Advocacy Ltd, and a di- rector in R.E Unicorn Services Ltd. Ezi is also an Executive Director of Beyond Mentors Community Care Initiatives (BMCCI) -an NGO devoted to the social, economic and educational development; counselling and mentoring of rural and urban communities in Northern Nigeria- and a co- founder of Women Community in Africa – an advocacy arm of BMCCI.
Abdullahi Iya, Khadijah LL.B,LL.M
Abdullahi Iya, Khadijah is a dedicated and proactive legal professional with significant working experience gained in financial, legal and media industries, complemented by a Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees in Law from the Universi- ty of Jos and Abuja respectively- She attended several other short courses in Nigeria and abroad. Committed to delivering excellent service and producing work of the highest qual- ity. Utilizes exceptional creativity in all spheres of Media contents, interpersonal skills, Corporate Governance and communicative abilities to build effective relationships with customers, colleagues and the wider community. She’s the founder/Editor In Chief of S.I Magazine – The Sl Magazine is a multimedia-in- formation technology company; devoted to the pulse of the community and all that affects community (humanitarian journalism); published via dual mediums – print and digital. Khadijah is also the founder/Executive Director of a non-governmental humanitarian organisation- Beyond Mentors Community Care Initiatives- conceived out of the need to address and prevent poverty from the cradle in Northern Nigeria. Khadijah was recently a recipient of the Innovation Award of Africa WELA 2014- Awarded by the China Europe International Business School. Her interests are in learning and teaching; she was lately involved with an affiliated partnership with Livity Africa sponsored by Google on training more than 500 youths on digital Marketing. She’s passionate about human and community development by making Nigeria as a whole her platform for change; she believes in Nigeria and looks forward to the day Nigeria would commit and understands the concept of community. She believes that everyone has a role to play to achieve that.
Haruna Emmanuel (MBA, FCA, FAAM,
Haruna, Emmanuel (MBA, FCA, FAAM, IAPPD) is a Fellow of the Insti- tute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), a Fellow of the Ameri- can Academy of Project Management (FAAPM) and a Certified Trainer (member of the International Association for People and Performance Association, IAPPD). He holds a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accountancy, Postgrad- uate Diploma in Education and a Master of Business Administration. He has 28 years work experience in Government, Manufacturing and Oil and Gas Industries; rising to become Executive Director, Finance and Administration. During these years, he had worked with Federal Ministry of Labour and productiv- ity, National Livestock Production Company, Gora Nigeria Limited, an Oil Servic- ing and Engineering Company, Global Gas and Refining Limited and Oil Offshore Combinations both in the Oil & Gas Sector. Emmanuel left paid employment to go into private practice. He created the firm of Emma Haruna & Co (Chartered Accountants) where he is the Managing Partner. He is also the Chairman of Imano Group, a group of family businesses involved in telecoms, property development, travel management and business consulting. Emmanuel is co-founded and Executive Director of Hachi Consulting, a firm that provides financial and business consultancy, Auditing, Taxation, Training, leader- ship development, and other solutions to individuals, corporations, government MDAs and International agencies.
David Okezie Chinwuba (BSc, ACCA)
David Okezie Chinwuba (BSc, ACCA) is a seasoned Administrative and Financial Expert and Tax Consultant with over 15 years of experience. He is a graduate of Accounting from University of Port Harcourt and an Associate Member, Associ- ation of Certified Charted Accountants (ACCA), Associate Member Chartered Institute of Loans and Risk Management (CILRM). He also holds a Diploma in Database Adminis- trator Professional from Oracle University, USA. David worked with Schlumberger (GeoQuest) Nigeria Limited (Oil servicing firm), Port Harcourt as Account/Admin Officer in charge of monthly returns (billing) and payment reconciliations for jobs done for the oil majors (SPDC, AGIP, Chevron), before moving over to Etco Nigeria Limited (Electrical and Mechanical firm) with responsibility for Payroll and liaison with FIRS on Tax matters for all the sites in the South-South region – Eket, Bonny, and various sites in Port Harcourt. He was deployed to Abuja as the Re- gional Accountant in charge of the Northern Region. He left Etco Nigeria Limited to established Havilah Global Investment Link Ltd (Havilah Consults), a Financial and Business Consulting firm, and became the Principal Consultant. The firm provides business, financial and tax solutions to its varied clients in both the public and private sectors of the economy. He also co-founded Hachi Consultants, a firm involved in Auditing, Taxation, HR, IT, Training, Consultancy and Leadership & Entrepreneurship development. David has a passion for youths and has pioneered several youth initiatives aimed at em- powering the youths in the society which led to setting up an NGO, Renewed Hope Foun- dation. He is the Managing Director of Hachi Consultants Limited.
David Oluwafemi Adewoye (BSc., MBA)
David Oluwafemi Adewoye (BSc., MBA) is Computer Scientist, a Database Administrator and an indoor/open IT inclined manager with 18 years working experience spanning consulting, private, government and financial institutions including: Aggy Computers, MBNET Com- puters, Firmament Ltd- Ceetie Computers, Haggins & Frames Consults, PRENTAS Techno-Economic Consultants Ltd, Schmitts Automations, National Open University (NOUN), and presently ASO Savings and Loans Plc a leading mortgage institution in Nigeria where he is presently the Group Head, ICT and the bank’s CIO. In the last four years, Femi has been overseeing IT units including: E-Channels, Networks and Telecom- munications, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Solutions, Service Desk and Enterprise Infrastructure. He was trained by XDS, a credit Bureau coy with CBN in Johannesburg, South Africa on Credit Bureau Operations/Administration. Amongst others, KPMG groomed him on the implementation of Enterprise Risk Management Framework and Credit Administration. Femi also had the opportunity of been exposed to Research and PMP-Project Management Professional and Executive Level PMO-Project Management Office and Business Driven PMO setup which he is currently putting into practice. Over the years, he has been exposed to three (3) different Core Banking Applications (Technical and functional) with the latest been T24 Temenos Core Banking Application. Also, has the knowledge of Jbase, Jboss and RedHat Linux. He has overtime been directly involved in two different Banking ap- plications upgrades/conversions and migration and recently integration of two different institutions as a result of M&A. Femi was the team lead that deployed the Israel based SYSAID Service Desk Application used by over 700 staff of the organization for both IT related incident management, change management and Assets Management in general.
Ure Nkere (BA)
Ure Nkere (BA) is a trained psychotherapist, coach and mentor, who is passion- ate about empowering people to self-actualise and maximize their potential. She hold a BA in Integrative Counselling Studies from Newham University Centre, Stratford, and a BA in Drama and Music from University of Ife, Ile Ife. Ure is a believer of the inherent potential in people, she enables them to achieve their goals and aspirations by increasing their self-belief, personal impact, visibility and psychological resilience. Her goal is to help clients develop a unique brand identity that embraces and accentu- ates their distinctive strengths. She ensures the empowerment of others by leveraging her enthusiasm and tenacity in motivating and communicating with people. One of the keys to her success lies in her reliability and sincerity throughout all her interactions, and her ability to remain calm under duress. Her work ethic is excellent; her devotion and ded- ication to achieving the most optimal result stems from her increasing awareness of the diversity of people’s values, cultures, and creeds. She adheres to the following ethical code: empathy, sincerity, integrity, resilience, respect, humility, competence, fairness, wisdom and courage. She has amassed years of personal and professional experience of overcom- ing issues that affect well-being, tapping into her high level of personal integrity and talent for human connection. Her background primarily lies in a varied range of relation- al-based employment, working on both an individual and group level to improve inter- dependent relations. Her in-depth understanding of the sickness of the mind enables her to explore a variety of client concerns (mainly home/work-related pressures), frequently managing teams and leading various workshops. Signature workshops include: • Psychological Resilience and Well-Being • Step Up and Stand out: Personal Branding, Impact and Visibility • The Power of the Mind • Networking for Success: Building and Relationships • Communicating Effectively with Confidence and Credibility • Mindfulness and Self-Awareness • Managing Your Career and Maximising Your Per- sonal Effectiveness
Umesi, Emenike (Ph.D., MBA, M.Ed., B.Sc)
Umesi, Emenike(Ph.D., MBA, M.Ed., and B.Sc) has over 20 years’ worth of knowl- edge and experience developing and conducting corporate, business and manage- ment consulting and training for a variety of industries, including financial services, marketing, government and retail. He is a Certified Emergency Manager, a Fel- low of both Emergency management body of knowledge of the Emergency management Academy, New York, USA and Certified Institute of Management, an Affiliate, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria and an Associate, Nigerian Institute of Management. His areas of core competence include but are not limited to Human Resources Manage- ment, Strategic management, Organizational Development and Emergency management. Emenike is skilled in bringing learning programmes to life, developing session plans and conducting and providing training to staff with varying levels of need including front line leaders. His presentation style is energetic, anecdotal and learner-focused, with a view not only to help participants improve their knowledge levels, but also to enhance their will- ingness and ability to apply what they’ve learned in a practical setting. As part of a national facilitation team, Emenike successfully delivered in excess of 70 cus- tomised disaster management/team building/ customer focus workshops over a 5 -year peri- od, to a major government agency, He is a convener and moderator of the Humanitarian Consultative Forum for Nigeria; member, International DRR working group of experts on Sendai framework, Geneva Emenike developed the national policies and plans for disaster management in Nigeria; he also initiated and host the South South Emergency management summit, Emenike was a team lead for development of business model mapping for a key multina- tional in the oil & Gas industry in Nigeria. He has been involved in the restructuring of over 5 major companies in Nigeria Emenike has been team lead and team member for major recruitment & selection projects for over 6 Category A companies in Nigeria including Guinness, Unilever, Reckitt and Benkisser, FCMB, Intercontinental bank Plc, Dangote Group.etc. He has attended sever- al relevant courses locally and internationally on areas such as Emergency management, Human Resource management, and strategic management.