Experience

CoAmana

• Nigeria
• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Climate and Impact

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  At CoAmana, my role as Director of Climate and Impact revolves around: Climate Resilience: Championing strategies to bolster our operations and affiliated farmers against climate challenges. Adaptation & Mitigation: Identifying and countering potential climate threats to our agricultural processes. Data-Driven Insights: Using data analytics to understand and address the climate impacts on our agricultural operations. Energized to steer CoAmana's drive for sustainability and resilience through innovative, data-backed strategies. Show less



Office for Strategic Preparedness and Resilience (OSPRE)

• Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

• Special Advisor - Climate and Energy Security

  • Jul 2022 - Present



Impact Pointe

• Nigeria
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  Impact Pointe is a social impact consultancy that helps organisations in the private, public and NGO sectors scale social impact solutions by maximizing access to financial and technical assistance and providing bespoke strategic advice. Impact Pointe is a social impact consultancy that helps organisations in the private, public and NGO sectors scale social impact solutions by maximizing access to financial and technical assistance and providing bespoke strategic advice.



Domineum Blockchain Solutions

• London, England, United Kingdom

• Chief Operations Officer

  • Oct 2020 - Sep 2021

  Distributed Ledger Technology Company providing Blockchain-as-a-service solutions. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, responsibilities included business development, developing business cases and pitches for prospective public sector clients. Major Achievements >Presented several blockchain-based solutions including Central Bank Digital Coins (CBDC), Identity Management, Land Registry and Cargo Tracking to the Ambassadors to the Governments of Gambia, Tchad and Central African Republic. >Developed product development strategy for the integration of identity verification solutions for government agencies, enabling automated KYC during the provision of government services. >Established a Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence Foundry in collaboration with a major university. The foundry serves as a focal point for the blockchain and artificial intelligence community across West Africa where ideas are incubated towards raising seed capital investments for entrepreneurs Show less



Rio Tinto

• United Kingdom
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Capstone Project, Researcher to Senior Leadership Team

  • Jul 2020 - Oct 2020



Neem Foundation

• Nigeria
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programme Lead - Economic Reintegration

  • Jan 2017 - Jul 2019

  Nigeria’s pioneering Non-Governmental Organisations in the field of Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism. Programme Lead for the Yellow Ribbon Initiative, the largest rehabilitation and reintegration programme by a National NGO in the North-East of Nigeria in partnership with UNICEF. Programme Lead for Policy Development. Major Achievements > Established a Farmer Cooperative’s Skills Acquisition and Economic Empowerment Programme for the purpose of developing livelihoods for 750 Internally Displaced Persons and Returnees in Borno State, Nigeria. >Developed and implemented a comprehensive programme to rehabilitate and reintegrate 1,500 Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (CAAFAG) across 4 LGAs in Borno State. >Currently implementing a Managing Conflict in Northern Nigeria Programme in Borno State for the purpose of preventing violence within communities in conflict in collaboration with the European Union and British Council. >Represented Nigeria as an invited speaker to the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum (GCTF) and presented the use of socio-economic interventions in preventing violent extremism to representatives from 29 countries in Algiers, Algeria. >Developed the logical framework and monitoring & evaluation plan for assessing the impact of the Yellow Ribbon Initiative in reducing the vulnerability to violent extremism of Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (CAAFAG) >Delivered training on Data Collection Methods for field researchers for a UNDP funded project. Show less



PwC

• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Consultant - Strategy and Operations Management Consulting

  • Feb 2015 - Jan 2017

  Major Achievements: > Discovered several revenue stream leakages, inefficiencies and areas for innovation and made recommendations for improvement after conducting a nationwide feasibility study to create an intervention fund for a major federal body involved in broadcasting in West Africa. > Facilitated the buy-in and execution to a new strategic plan for a major telecommunications industry player by analysing corporate strategy goal dissemination and implementation and providing recommendations. > Developed Nigerian pension industry inclusion strategies by constructing a survey framework to target the under-represented informal sector following primary research conducted via interviews with the small and medium businesses association. Show less



M-Resource

• Nigeria

• Strategy Director

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2015

  A commodity trading and real-estate firm which provided capital to local traders sourcing and processing cash crops in large quantities. Major Achievements >Captured a larger segment of the value chain by creating a direct route to market for cash crops through agreements between local farmers and large manufacturing companies. >Facilitated the development of a shopping complex in Abuja's premium shopping district as well as several residential buildings while accessing additional sources of capital by buying and selling Nigerian real estate. Show less



Ludic Group

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Innovation Intern

  • Jul 2011 - Oct 2011

  A consultancy that utilises the latest methods in business model innovation and design thinking to help clients solve their most challenging business problems. Reporting to the Director, responsibilities included working in a team comprised of client and subject matter experts to identify and solve business challenges within their existing online platform. Major Achievements: > Defined a statement of strategic objectives for one of the UK's largest banks by analysing their business platform with the latest research methods including business model innovation and radical service innovation. > Helped the client develop a strategy to grow their customer base through customer segmentation while simultaneously adding a new revenue stream. > Improved the customer experience by working closely with the client to produce a business solution with corresponding business model and functioning prototype before presenting them to senior management. Show less



The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Open Innovation Challenge Winner - LSE Open Innovation Lab

  • 2011 - 2011

  An organisation focused on strategies to help companies acquire new technologies, product ideas and intellectual property from outside the company. Reporting to the Course Director, responsibilities included working in a team to develop a strategy for social capital management for one of the world's fastest growing social-enterprises. Major Achievements: > Facilitated the client's community engagement and awareness campaign by leading the creation and implementation of a semi-autonomous online social media management system which attracted 2,180 online visits from 61 countries within two weeks. > Won best Open Innovation team at the end of the project after presenting recommendations for an open innovation strategy to the client's senior management. Show less