Professional of the Year:
(This is for the young person doing extremely well in the corporate world. That person must have a major job/assignment in a flourishing organization, or must have reached enviable heights/position.)
Full Name: Emmanuel Ugolee
Date of Birth (04-10-76)
How long have you worked where you are presently: 3years
How long have you been in this field:(Entertainment 7years, 3 of which were served in Glomobile)
Duties in past one year: Head, Entertainment Desk, Globacom
Responsibilities: Overseeing all entertainment sponsorship details and head entertainment activation at all events e.g Glo/Caf Awards, Product launches, etc
Impact in past one year: Repositioning of the brand to be more youth friendly and throwing corporate weight behind the struggle of the home grown art of music, comedy, fashion and dance.
Educational Qualifications/Professional Qualifications/Refresher Courses etc: OND Banking and Finance, Bsc. Economics and MBA Marketing
Any awards, commendations, recommendations etc: In House Commendations from the Communications Dept, Minaj Broadcast International Presenter of the year 3yrs in a row, Nomination for presenter of the year Fame Music Awards 2002/3, Top 50 Hip-hop world magazine Entertainment acts of the year for 2003 (all before the past one year)
Any other information: Produced the Glo show a thirty min. magazine TV show that had a 50/50 blend of hard sell Glo info and Entertainment on the NTA Network Service. Emma is also reputed for having been one of the very few that jumpstarted the current revolution in the music industry.
Why we chose him: Emma has always been taken seriously for his work, and it is even mote admirable that he has been taken even as seriously since he switched from
Full Name: Lola Talabi
Date of Birth: 1982
How long have you worked where you are presently: One year
How long have you been in this field: 5 years
Duties in past one year:
1. In September 2005, she worked as a Marketing Database Coordinator for Goodwin Procter, one of the largest law firms in Boston with over 600 attorneys, where her duties were organizing marketing data including daily management of over 50,000 contact/client information across the globe.
2. Since January 2006, she has been working as Marketing Information Manager at Cadbury Nigeria Plc. Her duties are to collect, collate, analyze, and audit information for all Cadbury brands and disseminate this information based on brand performance metrics.
Responsibilities:
3. Oversee all retail audit information through AC Nielsen
4. Brand performance measurement for all Cadbury brands and ascertain brand health based on certain brand numetrics.
5. Collate appropriately and disseminate Cadbury Nigeria brand audit information to relevant local, regional, and global management.
6. Some demand forecasting for our products.
Impact:
Coming into a newly created position in the company and making it work for all the stakeholders involved who were skeptical about the added benefits of marketing information management and a MIS (marketing information system). MIS is the fastest growing arm of marketing worldwide as companies realize the wealth of accurate data collation and availability and its importance in tracking brand performance. The quicker you can catch a decline/growth/slag, the quicker you can maximize opportunities in the market, the closer you can stay to your customers and your consumers. She has been able to bring these benefits to light at her organization.
Educational Qualifications/Professional Qualifications/Refresher Courses etc:
1. University of Ottawa School of Management – Baccalaureate in Commerce (B.Com) Double Major: Marketing & International Business
2. American Marketing Association
3. National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (Pending membership)
Other info: Some marketing consulting for entrepreneurs, published some poetry, ASCAP registered songwriter, Fundraise money for PANCAN for pancreatic cancer research and survivor support (2004/2007)
Awards: US President’s Academic Achievement Award, Founder – VISION Minority Mentorship Program (Brockton Public Schools), Who’s Who List (these are not within the last one year)
Why we chose her: Being successful in making an in-road into a firm like CADBURY and still carving a niche for herself
Full Name: STANLEY USIAHON AILUELOHIA
Date of Birth: NOVEMBER 12, 1976
How long have you worked where you are presently: 3 MONTHS
How long have you been in this field: 7 YEARS
Duties in past one year: Account Director in Insight Communications - primarily marketing communications for Gulder Brand
Responsibilities presently: Brand Manager for UBA Subsidiaries – Managing Brand and Communications issues for the following UBA subsidiaries - UBA Asset management: UBA Insurance, UBA Trustees, UBA Registrars, UBA Pensions, UBA Micro Finance, UBA Global Markets, UBA Private Equity
Impact: Revolutionalised local reality TV series, having been responsible for managing Gulder Ultimate Search 1, 2 & 3
Educational Qualifications/Professional Qualifications/Refresher Courses etc:
B.Sc Computer Science (1st Class Honors), University of Benin
MBA (Business School Netherlands, Nigeria) – in view
Why we chose him: The quality of his duties and responsibilities
TRAININGS/DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ATTENDED
1. Competitive Edge Series Introduction – CES Intro (Lagos, January 2001)
2. Competitive Edge Series 1 – CES 1 (Lagos, February 2001)
3. Segmentation Study Workshop (Research) (Lagos, May 2001)
4. Account Management Workshop (Lagos, July 2001)
5. Assessor Training Workshop (Human Resources) (Lagos, August 2001)
6. Research for Non-Researchers “THE BASICS” (Lagos, November 2001)
7. BATPROBE Training (Research) (Lagos, February 2002)
8. Advanced Retail Audit Workshop (Research) (Lagos, May 2002)
9. Product Appreciation Seminar (Basic of Leaf growing process to Cigarette manufacture) (Zaria, September 2002)
10. Effective Presentation and Business writing Skills Workshop (Phillips Consulting,
Lagos, October 2002)
11. Coaching Skills Programme (Lagos, November 2002)
12. Project Management Workshop (Lagos, November 2002)
13. Creative Thinking Programme (Lagos, November 2002)
14. Strategic Planning Workshop (Lagos, Sept 2004)
15. Account Planning & Briefing Workshop (Lagos, July 2005)
16. CRESTCOM Bullet-Proof Managers Training (Lagos, July 2005 - Aug 2006)
Full name: Owolabi Stephen Oluwaseyi
Date of birth: 5th May, 1976
How long have you worked where you are presently: 5 years
How long have you been in this field: 7 years
Duties:
Profit Centre Manager, GTBank Plc
Exploring new business opportunities and developing profitable banking relationship in Osun State.
Leading teams to implement his bank’s retail business strategy in Osun State.
Managing existing customers’ relationship and increasing his bank’s share of customers’ business.
Representing his bank at various business meetings etc with Osun State government in his capacity as Osogbo branch Manager and now, Ilesa branch manager, GTBank Plc
Generating more income by developing new profitable banking relationship/ business opportunities.
Developing new product/ strategy for efficient market penetration in Ilesa, as the branch manager of the newest and only new generation bank in Ilesa
Responsibilities: Pioneer branch manager, Ilesa branch, GTBank Plc
Business development manager and Team leader, retail banking, Ilesa
Impact:
Developed new business relationships for his organization and increased their percentage of customers’ business in Osun State.
Promoted professionalism and integrity in banking through active contribution and participation as member of Bank Managers’ forum in Osogbo.
Created new opportunities and changed banking services in Ilesa through introduction of e-banking and professional banking service.
Fostering cooperation among branch managers in Ilesa as a way of promoting professionalism and excellent customer service by banks in Ilesa.
Successfully managed and coordinated the business activities of two branches (Osogbo and Ilesa).
Educational Qualifications, Professional Qualifications etc: B.Sc Finance, 2nd Class Upper (Unilag), ACIB, ANIM
Other info: Career adviser/ Counselor, Youth Leader/ Pastor, Public speaker at Seminars, workshops etc, Member, ELAN, Supporting and leading a team of young professionals in nation building through entrepreneurship, Presently, the pioneer branch manager of the newest and only new generation bank in Ilesa, Youngest bank manager in Ilesa, Coordinator of a project on youth empowerment and re-orientation; and creation of a New Identity for Nigerian youth and on-the-job promotion
Why we chose him: The sheer width of his achievements!
Full Name: Modupe Adefeso
Date of Birth: 15 August 1978
How long have you worked where you are presently: One year
How long have you been in this field: 4 years
Duties in past year:
1) Oversee the internal and external operational activities of the company
Ensuring that client contracts are properly drawn up and signed
Ensuring that process management of each project is properly adhered to
2) Provide direction for marketing, operations and support staff
Ensuring that staff have clear understanding of their on-the-job roles
3) Lead the marketing function including prospecting for new business managing relationships between the organisation and clients, young people, public and private sector partnerships and government authorities
Prospecting for new business and/or opportunities in new business segment
4) Supervising quality control of internal and outgoing YDx documents
Ensuring that all procedures and documentation adhere to YDx international standards
5) Manage procedures for staff recruitment, training and retention and exit
6) Provide leadership for the company in the absence of the Managing Director
Impact: Establishing the marketing and operational function of West Africa’s first youth marketing solutions consultancy
Introducing and driving appreciation for the concept of youth marketing into the Nigerian business terrain
Helping marketers of youth brands (products and services) understand that the youth have an increasingly important voice in all spheres of the economy
Representing Nigerian as a youth ambassador and advocate at the 5th Commonwealth Youth Forum held in Malta in November 2005
Educational Qualifications/Professional Qualifications/Refresher Courses etc:
MA (Distinction) Education and International Development
BA Ed Educational Administration
Other info: She works with heads of governments, civil society organizations and youth councils and groups across the Commonwealth to plan, co-chair and facilitate the bi-annual Commonwealth Youth Forum (A precursor to the bi-annual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting)
She serves on the African Diaspora Youth Forum IMPACT Board, promoting the voice of Young Africans in Diaspora and mobilizing Young Africans in Diaspora towards promoting Africa’s Development. ADYF is currently the only Diaspora Organization established, developed and managed by Young People for Young People.
She serves as Local Liaison Mentor Oxford University (SAID) Business School Youth Business Plan Competition, leading the Nigerian team of young entrepreneurs
As a night-time job, she designs, produces and markets unconventional greeting cards
Awards:
Certificate of commendation for leading the Nigerian youth entrepreneurship team to the finals of the Oxford Business School Youth Business Plan Competition
Institutional commendation on graduating with the only distinction in the MA EID (Education and International Development) Class of 2005 of the Institute of Education, University of London
Outstanding Volunteer of the Year, Junior Achievement of Nigeria
Why we chose her: Building YDNX from scratch and being trusted with that awesome responsibility
