TOLU DEVINE ALIMSON
(W.E.I.R.D.O TEAM: MD/CEO – PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT)
He describe himself as an unfulfilled Microbiology student of the Federal University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa state, who found his fulfillment in his active participation in the Entertainment Industry for over Twenty-One years and still counting.
His participation has empowered him with various skills and competences forming the basis of his operations in Events/Shows and Event designs and activation, Creative Content Development, Tour Management, Project Management, Artiste Management and Productions, with a Certificate in Directing from the Independent Television Association of Nigeria (ITPAN).
He is regarded a “W.E.I.R.D.O” because of his Creative extensions and abilities.
Apart from the three directors and founders of RedSTRAT/The Future Project, some other members of the Central Working Committee are:
Ohimai Atafo
Ohimai is a senior marketing executive with one of the nation’s leading international brands. He is also one of the most in-demand designers in the country, with a string of A-list events and the highest profile clients especially in entertainment and celebrity circles with his Mai Clothing.
Dewunmi Aisha Alugbin
Dewunmi is one of a new generation of Nigerian designers and stylists committed to competent business structures. And she comes well equipped for this, working for three years as a systems auditor for PricewaterHouseCoopers. With a degree in Economics, and a Masters in Economic Policy, Dewunmi is on the way to making her label, Toni Couture, founded in 2006, one of Nigeria’s foremost style brands.
Chris Ihidero
Chris is a film and TV director as well as a freelance journalist. The Masters Degree holder whose credits include The Guardian and Made, where he was editor, is also a radio presenter with Top FM.
Alexander Yangs
Alex is one of the country’s foremost music talent managers, a sought after music producer and ideas developer under his company, Testify Music Limited. Initiator of the successful Naija Facebook Carnival, Alex’s work as a music producer and director has found a string of high profile corporate clients including Coca Cola, GSK, Interswitch, Virgin Nigeria, Sprite and a host of others.
Tolu Devine Alimson
He describes himself as an unfulfilled Microbiology student of the Federal University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa state, who found his fulfilment in his active participation in the entertainment industry for about two decades.
His participation has empowered him with various skills and competences forming the basis of his operations in Events/Shows and Event designs and activation, Creative Content Development, Tour Management, Project Management, Artiste Management and Productions, with a Certificate in Directing from the Independent Television Association of Nigeria (ITPAN).
He is the Principal Consultant and CEO of W.E.I.R.D.O; a company formed, according to him, as recognition of their “creative extensions and abilities”.
Shade Ladipo
Shade is one of the leading travel consultants in the media and entertainment industries. Before this, she has worked in leading branding and events companies including Bluebird Communications and No Surprises events. Shade’s charity, Eat So They Can, also pioneered an innovative way of powering charitable causes.
Adebayo Omisore
This former editor of Hip Hop World and Soundcity Blast, both the premium entertainment magazines when he directed their affairs, is presently one of the entertainment industry’s most prominent publicists and managers – with clients now including 2face Idibia and Lami.
