Group Head IT Infrastructure Services & Business Partnering

• Oct 2021 - Present

Head, Innovation and Commercialization

• Oct 2019 - Oct 2021

Led and managed the product innovation process from concept to execution to deliver both long and short-term objectives in line with business revenue growth strategy. A member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) responsible for analyzing/proposing strategies for top management decisions.Key Accomplishments:• Led a team of cross functional subject matter experts to launch over 40 new product launches between 2017 till 2021 which delivered €200m in Revenue (Full Year 2020).• NBC team lead on innovations, commercialization, and brand conversations with The Coca-Cola Company • Developed a 5-year innovation pipeline driven by consumer and business insights to renew category advantage and support growth story.• Designed a product optimization matrix for tracking low performing products with the aim of accelerating their performance and manage portfolio rationalization.

Head, New Business Development

• Apr 2017 - Sep 2019

Partnered with The Coca-Cola Company and Monster Energy Limited to identify new business expansion and opportunities within and outside Nigeria. Key Accomplishments:• Grew business sales volumes and revenue by establishing an Export business relationship that continues to thrive.• Started the discussions that led to the planned launch of a new category in Nigeria in 2021.• Implemented a robust business process for identifying and onboarding new opportunities.

Category Manager - Eva Water & Monster Energy Drink

• Oct 2015 - Mar 2017

Championed and led the development and implementation of a category-based marketing strategy which maximized and maintained market leadership for Eva Water in its category. Acted as key integral partner to internal Commercial team by providing category and customer insight that helps shape strategies & tactics, including external/internal information strategy.Key Accomplishments:• Launched Monster Energy Drink in 2017 in Nigeria that delivered €10m Revenue in 2020. • Grew Eva sales 11% higher versus 2016. • Developed a robust Revenue Growth Framework for the Water & Energy Business for 2017 to 2020. • Drove Eva Active Healthy Living events to build brand equity and awareness of a healthy lifestyle.

Head, IT Operations

• Apr 2012 - Sep 2015

Managed end to end responsibility for a team of over 40 service desk analysts, team leaders & Infrastructure team members for the delivery of IT services within the business in accordance with budget and domain plans to over 2,500 users spread across 72 locations in Nigeria.Key Accomplishments:• Reduced overall IT OPEX cost with a savings of 21% vs BP without compromising on service quality.• Achieved 98.15% SLA resolution of tickets logged ranking us in the top ten countries of 28 Coca-Cola Hellenic countries.• Led the optimization of business process applications, change management and migration of about 2,400 end users to SAP platforms.• Achieved 3.15 Customer satisfaction survey vs Target of 3.• Redefined and re-engineered the Service Desk team, responsibilities and working hours.

IT Consultant

• Aug 2009 - Sep 2011

Processed, examined, and managed system directories, apps, and OS. Provided all hard and software support. Processed, examined, and managed system directories, apps, and OS. Provided all hard and software support.

Test Manager/Business Analyst

• Feb 2008 - Jul 2009

Responsible for the UAT testing phase of the Video on Demand Project which is now one of UK’s most popular video on demand sites and this led to the successful launch of the project in July 2008. Designed a scalable download store that can easily accommodate a vast amount of programme content with appropriate tools for content discovery and to provide programme content to users via a variety of business models, including ad funded free programmes, subscription, and a variety of rent or download to own licenses.

Senior Test Consultant

• Jul 2007 - Jan 2008

System Test Consultant

• Jan 2007 - Jun 2007

Manual Web Test Consultant

• May 2006 - Dec 2006