Experience

CropIT

• Nigeria
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Commercial Director

  • Aug. 2022 - –Heute



Entrelacer Limited

• Co-Founder

  • März 2018 - –Heute

  • Create linkages between players within the agriculture value chain;• Assist clients in sales and marketing of agricultural produce;• Assist clients with business planning, planning applications, government funding applications, legislative advice and new business ventures;• Organize and conduct field trials to find solutions to clients' problems; • Organize presentations, demonstrations, training and farm walks for clients, colleagues, partnership organisations, professional bodies and other interested groups.



Tree Crop Alliance Limited

• Nigeria
• Farming

• Director / Head of Operations

  • Jan. 2021 - Apr. 2022

  Tree Crop Alliance Limited (TCA) is an independent limited liability company and a subsidiary of Terra Agric Farm Future Limited. The company was incorporated in 2020 to aggregate the interests of farmers’ groups and existing farmers’ cooperatives within the tree crop sub-sector to provide more assured platforms for farmers to realize increased value from primary production.TCA’s concept is built around an impactful model that will seek to provide adequate solutions to the existing challenges the sub-sector is facing. Elements of this concept include:• Support for the production of tree crops and increase in yield;• Off-taking of produce off farmers with Transparency and adequate incentivization; • Promotion of sustainable farming system;• Provision of training on good farming practices;• Stimulation of organic and inorganic expansion of farmland;• Provision of monitoring and risk management services; • Encouragement of integrated crop and pest management strategies; and• Extraction of maximum value from international trading activities.



Terra Agric Farm Future Limited

• Nigeria
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head, Value Addition

  • Aug. 2019 - Apr. 2022

  Terra Agric Farm Future Limited is a subsidiary of Terra Agric International BV, a Dutch enterprise whose core business is farm development by exporting the knowledge behind the success of the Dutch farming sector, farm services, and commodity marketing for agricultural emerging countries farmers. Terra Agric Farm Future Limited is maintaining 7 grain Storage facilities with a capacity totaling 350,000MT in Nigeria. Terra Agric Farm Future Limited is a subsidiary of Terra Agric International BV, a Dutch enterprise whose core business is farm development by exporting the knowledge behind the success of the Dutch farming sector, farm services, and commodity marketing for agricultural emerging countries farmers. Terra Agric Farm Future Limited is maintaining 7 grain Storage facilities with a capacity totaling 350,000MT in Nigeria.



Novus Agro

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Operations

  • März 2018 - Juli 2019

  We organize smallholder farmers into accessible groups for all that want to transact with them. Using technology and a trained network of community-based facilitators, we profile and verify smallholder farmers on our platform and facilitate interactions between them and other stakeholders.We implement interventions that facilitate access to agricultural inputs, agro-advisory and premium markets for smallholders farmers. We organize smallholder farmers into accessible groups for all that want to transact with them. Using technology and a trained network of community-based facilitators, we profile and verify smallholder farmers on our platform and facilitate interactions between them and other stakeholders.We implement interventions that facilitate access to agricultural inputs, agro-advisory and premium markets for smallholders farmers.



GTBank

• Financial Services

• Team Lead, Agribusiness desk

  • Apr. 2017 - Feb. 2018

  Engage in value-adding consultative discussions with clients to understand their needs and sell other Agric Finance products and service offerings of the Bank;Carry out financial analysis of Agricultural related facility requests using credit skills; ratio analysis; balance sheet and cashflow analysis and projections, evaluation of collateral adequacy or otherwise and recommend qualifying proposals to management for approval;Identify and dimension risks associated with Agribusiness financing and provide appropriate solution-based risk management strategies to mitigate the risks to an acceptable level;Provide assistance to Business units within the bank on Agricultural Credit packaging/structuring (covering the entire value chain) and issues relating to the credit process in the Bank;Aggressively build the Bank’s Agribusiness Banking Brand by increasing awareness and market presence;Provide information on macro-economic indices through the analysis of markets, industry trends, environmental issues, social issues to the development of the Bank’s Agribusiness Finance policies and processes and meeting of client expectations;Constantly interacting with relevant Development Finance Institutions for partnerships, access to intervention funding for all players in the Agriculture value chain;Researching and keeping up to date with any relevant developments in Agriculture

• Relationship Manager, Maritime Group

  • Juli 2016 - Apr. 2017

  Was involved in coordination and effective leadership for maximum profit and superior customer service delivery to organizations in the Maritime Industry. Interfaced with the Ship Agents, the Liners, the Terminal Operators, Inspection agents, Vessel Owners and the Regulators. Interfaced with the bank’s Executives for involvement in profitable business activities within the sector. Organized relationship/business calls for top management of the bank and top level clients in within the Maritime Industry. Coordinate weekly and monthly performance reviews and recommend client loan for approval by top management. Support making relationship/business calls to existing clients and establishing new leads. Management the team’s income and expenses, ensuring the unit is profitable in line with the bank’s objective.

• Relationship Manager, Public Sector Group (Lagos)

  • Juni 2016 - Juni 2016

  I managed the bank’s relationship with various MDAs and Agencies of the Lagos State Government. Interphasing with the Directors of Accounts, Permanent Secretaries, Executive Secretaries and Commissioners.

• Relationship Manager, Public Sector Group

  • Aug. 2008 - Juni 2016

  As the Unit Head, I managed relationships with the various Federal Government MDAs located in Lagos State. I also organize relationship/business calls for top management of the bank and the top government functionaries of key Ministries, department and agencies within Lagos State. I grew the team’s balance sheet size from N2.6Billion to N7Billion, ensuring the team is profitable. I also managed the Bank’s FIRS collections, coordinating and driving the collection desk, growing collections to N76Billion in 2015. I was responsible for Business Development, developing strategies to capture the entire Federal Government value chain and establishing fresh relationships with various Government contractors and sub-contractors.



International Fund for Agricultural Development

• Italy
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Field Officer and Core Facilitator

  • März 2007 - Feb. 2008

  • Facilitate capacity training programmes for farmers and Subject Matter Specialists (SMSs) during nutrient omission trials• Supervise field data activities and surveys• Manage extension services to agric. sector stakeholders • Facilitate capacity training programmes for farmers and Subject Matter Specialists (SMSs) during nutrient omission trials• Supervise field data activities and surveys• Manage extension services to agric. sector stakeholders