The Retail Leaders Conference (TRLC), Nigeria 2016

IBUKUN AWOSIKA

IBUKUN AWOSIKA is the Chairman, Board of Directors, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria's premier and most valuable banking brand. She is also the founder and CEO of The Chair Centre Group. The companies in the group include: The Chair Centre Limited, Sokoa Chair Centre Limited, Furniture Manufacturers Mart, TCC Security Systems and Cubes and Boxes Limited. These companies are involved in manufacturing, retail and bank-way security systems services.

Ibukun chairs a number of corporate and not-for-profit boards amongst which are: House of Tara International and Afterschool Graduate Development Centre (AGDC), a facility which she promoted to help address youth employability and enterprise issues in Nigeria. She sits on the boards of Digital Jewel Limited, Cadbury Nigeria Plc., Convention on Business Integrity (CBI) and the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority. She was Chairman, FBN Life Assurance Limited, FBN Capital Limited and Kakawa Discount House Limited.

Ibukun is a graduate of Chemistry from University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Nigeria; an alumna of the Chief Executive Programme of Lagos Business School; the Global Executive MBA of IESE Business School, Barcelona-Spain; and Global CEO Programme of Wharton, IESE and China European International Business School (CEIBS).

PETER ESHIKENA

PETER ESHIKENA is the Managing Director of Frieslandcampina Africa. He has previously been the Managing Director of FrieslandCampina Wamco Nigeria.

He also served as the Sales Director and Deputy Managing Director of FrieslandCampina WAMCO.

Peter joined FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC as Shift Production Manager in Can Factory Department before moving up as Logistics Manager in the Logistics Department. He later became the Project Manager of Total Quality Management in the Quality Assurance Department. Due to his dexterity and resourcefulness, he moved to the Commercial department as Sales Admin & Logistics Manager. He served as the Distribution Manager in the Supply Chain Department and later moved to the Sales Department as Sales Manager.

He thereafter rose to become the Sales Director and Deputy Managing Director until he was appointed the company’s Managing Director.

Peter is by profession a Mechanical Engineer and has an Executive MBA from the International School of Management, University of Navarra in Spain. He is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School.

ADENIKE OGUNLESI is the founder & CRO of Ruff 'n' Tumble, a children's clothing line in Nigeria. From a tiny shop, she turned Ruff 'n' Tumble into an instantly recognizable brand. She has built a reputation for being one of the best manufacturers of children's clothing in Nigeria, with a brand that can compete with any clothing line globally.

In her second year as an undergraduate law student at the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Adenike opted out of school unsure of what to do with her life. She then reluctantly accepted her mother's invitation to work in her women’s tailor shop. That experience helped her to discover who she was and what she wanted to do.

Today, Ruff 'N' Tumble, this proudly Nigerian brand operates a ware house, factory with distribution in Nigeria and along the West African coast. She is now a formidable employer of labour with branches in key cities in Nigeria.

Adenike was featured in the Africa Open for Business documentary and was recognized as the FATE Foundation Model Entrepreneur in 2005. She is a mentor to Junior Achievement of Nigeria and the Fate Foundation.

She is a Director of Lafarge Africa Plc.

TEMITOPE OSHIKOYA

TEMITOPE OSHIKOYA, Founder, CEO/Chief Economic Strategist, Nextnomics is a seasoned economist, policy analyst, chartered banker, and certified management accountant. He served as Director-General/CEO of the West African Monetary Institute, appointed by the Authority of Heads of States of Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and The Gambia; and worked with governors of Central Banks and Ministers of Finance.

He has also served as Group Head of Public Sector at Ecobank Transnational Incorporated covering 35 African countries, pioneer Chief Economist at Africa Finance Corporation; a Director at the African Development Bank, and a consultant to the World Bank.

Temitope has also served on the Board of Directors of several organizations in Africa including ARM Securities, East African Development Bank and African Capacity Building Foundation; and as First Vice President and member of the Governing Council of Nigerian Economic Society.

Temitope holds a PHD in Economics and in addition, he also has an MBA in Finance and Management. He is a chartered banker and certified management accountant. Temitope has attended various local and international courses including INSEAD, UCLA Extension Program, and Euromoney. He is a member of the National Association of Business Economists.

Bukky George

BUKKY GEORGE is the Founder and CEO of HealthPlus Limited and CasaBella International. She is a registered pharmacist with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria. She shares the benefits of focus, knowledge, networking and going the extra mile to succeed in life and business.

Bukky fondly referred to as the Queen of Retail in Nigeria based on the steady success of her pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies started her career with May & Baker and worked for a little while as a medical representative and then Smithkline Beecham still as a medical representative.

She resigned her appointment as an Assistant Manager to find and pursue her true passion and fulfill her purpose in life. She would later on establish HealthPlus Limited and CasaBella International with both companies growing to become household names in Nigeria and beyond.

Bukky holds many prominent corporate positions outside her businesses. She is Chairman of Sanofi Pharamcy Advisory Board, and a member of the Pharma Strategic Committee which maintains the well-being of the pharmaceuticals industry in Nigeria, as well as an associate member of WIMBIZ.

She was invited to be a panelist at the IFC Euro Finance Week in Frankfurt, Germany in 2012.

Bukky was selected for the Fortune 500 Global Women’s Mentoring Program, and she is the first recipient of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria Board of Fellows’ Award for Excellence in Community Pharmacy.

NNAMDI EZEIGBON

NAMDI EZEIGBO is the founder and CEO, SLOT Limited, one of Nigeria's biggest phones and gadget outlets. Nnamdi started SLOT Limited a small space in Lagos-Ikeja computer village in 1998 as a sales and maintenance company for computers, computer accessories and other electronic gadgets.

With the advent of GSM in Nigeria, Nnamdi later pioneered GSM sales in Nigeria with more than 43 outlets across the country with huge employee. Today, SLOT has become a house hold name and one of the biggest phones and gadget sales company in Nigeria.

As part of his contribution to the development of the society, SLOT Systems Limited has trained about 20 teachers from the Lagos State Technical College on some cutting edge technologies required for present age Telecoms industry.

Nnamdi has indeed secured a slot in the Nigerian technology industry, one wide enough to accommodate his rocketing ideas and advancements; while adding substantial value to the lives of Nigerians.

Nnamdi has received various awards and recognitions that include; Business Man of the Year, by Hall of Grace Awards, Nigerian Telecom Awards, Mobile Phone Dealer of the year, 17th City People Awards of Excellence, Best Mobile Phone Retailer, Global Leader of Integrity Merit Award, Distinguished SME partner Award by Fidelity Bank (2014); Nigerian Telecom Awards, Mobile Phone Dealer of the year (2012) and Nigerian National Integrity Award (2009)

Nnamdi holds a degree in computer science and an MBA from Lagos Business School. He is an alumnus the Harvard Business School.

RAPHAEL AFAEDOR

RAPHAEL AFAEDOR is the Co-Founder & CEO - Supermart.ng. Supermart.ng is a 3-hour grocery delivery service based in Lagos, Nigeria.

With over 50,000 products, Supermart.ng is grocery and everyday essentials retailer in Nigeria, stocking inventory from fresh meat and vegetables, local ingredients, household and office supplies, and more. Supermart partners with all the leading supermarkets in Lagos.

Raphael is a pioneer of internet retailing in Nigeria as the Co-Founder & former Managing Director of JUMIA.com.ng.

He was also previously the MD/CEO of Sestava Group; Head of Marketing & Business Development & Head of Sales (for West, Central & North Africa) of Notore Chemical Industries; Investment Manager (Summer) of Goldman Sachs; and Senior Manager, European Products, European Product Manager & Software Engineer of Monster.com.

He holds a BSc, MSc (Computer Science, Czech Technical University in Prague), Masters, Marketing/Marketing Management, General (IUKB -- Switzerland) and MBA (Harvard Business School).

He holds a BSc, MSc (Computer Science, Czech Technical University in Prague), Masters, Marketing/Marketing Management, General (IUKB -- Switzerland) and MBA (Harvard Business School).

SAMUEL EJEH is the Founder/Chief Executive Officer of Grocery Bazaar Limited, a leading Nigerian grocery retail business.

An entrepreneurial by nature, has worked in various capacities in the oil & gas, banking, software and FMCG industries.

Grocery Bazaar Limited ("GBL") was founded to fill the grocery shopping needs of underserved markets in Lagos and across Nigeria.

Samuel is now leveraging his unique understanding of the hard discount retail concept to exploit the opportunities in the Nigerian grocery retail industry.

He has a first degree in Petroleum Engineering from University of Port Harcourt and an MBA from Babson College (Massachusetts, USA).

FEYI OLUBODUN

FEYI OLUBODUN is the General Manager/Chief Operating Officer at Insight Communications, an Executive Board Director. He leads the Account Management team and is actively driving the Digital revolution within the Agency business.

Feyi was formerly the Associate Planning Director, Head of Account Planning, Chief Strategy Officer for the Agency, and a member of the Executive Committee.

He is a marketing and strategy professional with extensive experience in data analysis, consumer insight management, account planning and strategy management.

Hei helps develop the capabilities, both in clients’ organizations and within Insight communications.

Feyi a graduate of Psychology. He holds an MBA and he is an alumnus of the Pan-Atlantic University and the prestigious Duke University –The Fuqua School of Business.

Deola Sagoe

DEOLA SAGOE is a haute couture fashion designer and Founder of Deola. She is the leading lady of African haute couture and the first black woman to present a collection at AltaRoma, Rome's celebrated fashion week.

Deola is a fashion visionary with a unique approach to her craft that has endeared her to fans and followers all over the world. She uses African fabrics, hand-woven materials, and by contemporizing almost-lost traditional African techniques, Deola’s designs present a unique vision and attitude for the modern woman.

She is a regular exhibitor at different collections at Cape Town Fashion Week, South Africa Fashion Week, ARISE, New York Fashion Week, the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Africa and more.

Deola is a winner of the “Africa Designs” and the MNET/ Anglo Gold African designs awards and Nigerian representative at the United Nations World Food Program “Catwalk the World: Fashion for Food.”

Deola, who has famous fans such as Oprah Winfrey and Will Smith, has several achievements such as winning the “Africa Designs” and the MNET/ Anglo Gold African Designs 2000 awards.

She studied at the University of Miami and University of Lagos with a Masters in Finance and Management.

Solomon Itegboje

SOLOMON ITEGBOJE is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The BOSS Group that is into Sales, Marketing and Strategy consulting company as well as providing cutting edge business and marketing engagement solutions. The Group consist of: Nigerstrat Limited, Centrum Marketing Limited, Marketing Services & Research Limited 3D Impact Marketing Limited Africa.

Solomon has more than 27 years' experience in Sales, Marketing and Strategic Management.

He was previously the Country Head/Director of Marketing of Coca-Cola Hellenic for Nigeria. He combined this role with that of Coordinating Commercial Director for the 4 Commercial Regions/Directorate of Coca-Cola Hellenic/Nigeria Bottling Company. He was also the Head of Channel & Customer Marketing and Key Accounts for the Nigeria Equatorial Africa Division of The Coca-Cola Company covering Nigeria and most of West Africa (9 countries).

He pioneered a lot of marketing practices for the Coca-Cola system in Nigeria that have become Industry Best Practices in Nigeria including Strategic Supply Depots, In-Outlet Look of Success, Globalscore Merchandising Ratings. He is a respected Sales, Marketing and Business consultants and has authored a number of Marketing and Sales practise articles.

He is a pioneering Alumnus of Ambrose Alli University (B.Sc Economics). He also studied at Unilag (M.Sc Economics) and Lagos Business School (SMP and EMBA). He has attended executive courses in Sales, Marketing, Key Accounts, Customer Marketing from 23 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe.

Solomon ItegbojeCHARLES IMUZEZE is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Gr8 Measures Media Network. Having spent over 15 years in the marketing communications industry and is versed in media planning, strategy, buying, control & compliance.

He has worked on several accounts such as Cadbury, Interswitch, So Klin, So Klin Protect, Good Mama, and Society for Family Health (SFH), Redbull, Vlisco etc. and he always has a driving desire to meet and exceed clients' expectations Charles is a member of the Institute of Planning Nigeria, Full Member, and Advertising Practitioner Council of Nigeria (APCON). He has over the years attended several courses such as Building Brands (Lagos Business School), Emotional.

Intelligence Workshop, Project Management Programme and recently completed the DMSRetail District Management Workshop in Phoenix, USA.

He previously worked at Mediacom, Peapco Mediashop, LTC-JWT, Media Supermart.

He holds a Second Class Upper degree in Computer Science from the University of Benin and an Alumnus of Lagos Business School (SMP).

Joseph Ebata

JOSEPH EBATA is the President/CEO of the Bervidson Group, a leading retail & brand consultancy, training and development Group.

Joseph is a co-founder of 3D Impact Marketing Limited, a full Marketing Services support to discerning and leading brands across English Speaking West Africa.

He was former Deputy President/COO of 3DIM, an Assistant General Manager and Regional Business Controller at Intercontinental Bank Plc and Lecturer at the Ambrose Alli University.

Joseph has in the last few years, consulted and/or trained, and provided platforms of benefit to leading and reputable organizations and businesses in Nigeria, including fortune 500 companies with great success.

He is the Convener of The Retail Leaders Conference that brings together the very best of local and international thought and Practice Leaders From Retail Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Banking & Other Financial Institutions, other Service providers to Retail and Government to speak, hear, brainstorm, discuss and align on the key issues, challenges and opportunities of the Nigerian Retail Industry and importantly how to drive sustainable growth for the Industry to the benefit of all stakeholders.

Joseph has over 25 years in Lecturing, Banking and Executive Retail and Brand support.

He is an Alumnus of Ambrose Alli University (B.Sc Economics), University of Lagos (M.Sc Economics) and Lagos Business School (SMP). He was the Best Graduating Student of the Department of Economics and also the Best Graduating of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. He is a member of the Certified Pension Institute of Nigeria (CIPN).