Our Facilitators

Dr. Laila Jean St. Matthew-Daniel

Dr. Laila Jean St. Matthew-Daniel is a Transformational Growth & Development Strategist, Executive Coach, Emotions/Mental Health Therapist, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) & Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Counsellor.

She has organized training programs on work habits for all levels of staff in organizations, to bring about the change that is required for human wealth empowerment that leads to increased performance and productivity. She has also coordinated workshops, retreats and seminars/trainings on work/life integration, team bonding dynamics, leadership principles, coaching, and emotional intelligence for both corporate and private sectors for over 25+ years. Her training consultancy has also taken her to countries in East and West Africa – for Corporate and Executive Judiciary Clients.  She also offers personal Executive Coaching for CEO’s of various medium/large corporations, as well as High-Level Executives to assist them walk the path of their leadership stress laden portfolio.

She has written books on empowerment, some of which are: The Self Empowerment Handbook, Overcoming The Storms Of Life; Change Your Beliefs, Change your Life; The Art of Self Confidence; and Overcoming the Dangers of Domestic Violence and Abuse; and is a contributor to various personal development Magazines. One of her online courses – Anger Management, is enabling people to understand and take control of their emotions which is core to all areas of one’s life.

Dr. Laila’s expertise as a prolific speaker on issues of self-mastery and self-actualization has led to her being in demand as a Conference speaker and facilitator on issues to do with Leadership and Entrpreneuralship dynamics at various local and international women leadership conferences; and hosts free “REINVENTU” seminars to empower women in business skills, and self-development.

She has conducted various sensitization seminars and workshops on domestic violence, abuse and trafficking and other related issues for the Lagos State Women Affairs Ministry, American Embassy, MTN, Women’s Professional Bodies, various NGO’s, and has worked with the Common Wealth on Gender Conferences.

Laila St. Matthew-Daniel holds an honorary ‘Doctorate in Humanities’, and has won many awards in appreciation/recognition of her relentless work. She sits on various boards where she lends her expertise in business diagnostics and profiling.

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Oluwatosin David has over 25 years experience in the financial services industry (including UBA and Citibank). Her span has covered Credit, Investment & capital market activities, as well as Human Capital Management and administration.

 She has an M.Sc in Management Studies- Durham University Business School; a B.Sc. in Politics , Philosophy and Economics( University of Ile Ife ) and a Diploma in Labor Studies ( Polytechnic of North London). She has attended various international development programs including The Advanced Management Program at Wharton- USA. Tosin is a Certified Trainer; Coach; and NLP Practitioner.

She currently operates as an Independent Management Consultant where she coaches, facilitates and consults in the areas of Personal & Organizational Effectiveness ( including management , leadership, HR, soft skills, personal financial planning & sales and marketing).Tosin likes to write and outside work she plays golf and is engaged in charity work.

She has served on the Board of a number of schools, an NGO and a Hospital among other organisations. She was a member of the council of Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria [CIPM] from 2009– 2016 as Chairperson of the Research and Publications Committee. © OAKD

Olumide Ajomale

Is a Chartered Accountant, NLP Master Practitioner, Certified Trainer, Capacity Building Consultant as well as a Personal Development Skills Coach – with over 20 active training years of experience behind him. He is a foremost Adult Learning Experience (ALE) practitioner and has featured in numerous training sessions and consulting assignments in and out of Nigeria.

His career and professional experience covers – Capacity Building Consulting, (FTSL), Organizational and Personal Development Training; (HR Indexx Limited); Lotteries Management (NSL LMC) Telecommunications (Intercellular & Glo Mobile) Oil and Gas (Mobil Oil & Addax Petroleum); Audit, Investigation, Financial and Management Consulting  (Coopers & Lybrand)

He has successfully handled seminars, workshops and retreat sessions for top corporate organisations, professional groups, as trainer, facilitator and coach. His presentations have covered various topics including Organisational Development, Corporate Strategy, Corporate Governance, Change Management, Leadership, Team Development, Personal Effectiveness, Customer Service and Call Centre Strategies, Service Excellence, Etiquette, Ethics and Personal Grooming.

Between 2007 and 2012, Olumide was engaged as Capacity Building Consultant by World Bank for a capacity building intervention for Lagos State.

He is currently Master Trainer for Great Place to Work Inc and has successfully led and run its training programmes in Nigeria. No fewer than 3,000 managers, in the last four years, have benefitted from his immense experience in understanding workplace best practices.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and a Fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Training and Development

Okey Okere

Is an experienced Knowledge Services Professional with competencies in Strategy & Planning; Learning & Development; Business and Economic Research; Macroeconomic / Industry / Company / Finance / Credit Risk Analysis; Business Process Design; B2B and B2C Selling; ICT Solutions Implementation; Programme Management; Project Management and Change Management.

He obtained a B.Tech degree in Transportation Management Technology from the Federal University of Technology Owerri. He also has an MBA (Masters in Business Administration) from Business School Netherlands where he was awarded as the First Magna cum Laude from Nigeria and MBA Graduate with the Highest Score from the English-Speaking World by the Business School Netherlands (BSN). He is currently working on his Doctorate Degree programme (Doctor in Business Administration, DBA) and is scheduled to be completed in 2019

Some of the roles he has functioned in the past include Part-Time Lecturer at Graduate School of Administration (GRASCA); Analyst, Facilitator at Agusto & Co. Ltd; Business Development Manager at MTS First Wireless Limited; Advisory Executive/Business manager at Nima Capital Advisory Partners Limited; Head, Projects/ Faculty Resource Personnel at knowledge Capital Limited; Head, Project Management Office (PMO), Oracle Implementation at Food Concepts Plc; Head, Group Business Solutions & Strategy at Food Concepts Plc; Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Kelsey & Valdez Professional Services and till date He is the Chief Operating Officer at Agusto Consulting Limited.

His passion for learning, sharing knowledge and traveling enables him to deliver value for his clients and business associates. He also draws upon his creative side (as an avid musician) to bring uncommon perspectives and solutions.

Some projects Okey has worked on include:

  • Loan Portfolio Reviews (Specialized Credit Consulting in view of the client’s implementation of Basle II Accord) for First Bank Nigeria Plc.
  • Nigerian Bank Directory project
  • 50 Most Admired Companies’ Report project (assessment of Nigeria’s largest corporate entities)
  • National Health Insurance Scheme Project (Health Management Organisations‘ assessment)

He also Prepared Client-specific research reports or position papers for:

  • Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) – SME segment
  • Zenith International Bank Nigeria Plc: “Building Materials Industry Review” (2003)
  • MTN Nigeria Limited – “The Impact of Reforms in The Power Sector on The
  • Telecommunications Industry in Nigeria” (2004)
  • Dangote Group Nigeria – “Nigerian Cement Industry Survey” to support fundraising efforts for the Obajana Cement factory (2004)
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Adeola Ogunyemi

Holds a B.Sc./Ed Economics degree from Lagos State University as well as M.Sc. in Global Marketing from the University of Liverpool, UK.  She spent over twenty years in Guaranty Trust Bank before leaving in September 2018 as a Deputy General Manager, Head of Retail and Divisional Head, Retail Lagos Island to pursue her personal entrepreneurial interests. While at Guaranty Trust Bank, she held various leadership positions of increasing responsibility and complexity including head of Retail (her last role), Head of Credit Administration and Risk Management.

Her banking experience covers areas including Risk Management, Institutional Banking, Public Sector, Commercial Banking, SME as well as Retail. She also served on the bank’s intermediate banking school board, strategy committees as well as IT steering committee and management credit committee amongst others. Adeola has competencies in talent management, business development, business process improvement, strategic leadership and driving profitability.

In addition, Adeola anchors various training programs as an independent consultant to various financial institutions covering Risk Management, Ethics and Leadership, Budgeting, Credit Analysis and Macroeconomic Analysis. She is a fellow of the Institute of Credit Administration, honorary fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers as well as a member of the Risk Managers Association.

In her personal space, she likes to contribute to people development and thus mentors many younger colleagues; she is also an avid reader and life long learner.

Olufemi Oludare

Is a Chartered Certified Accountant with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA Member), is currently registered as a Level 2 Candidate of the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA Institute) and holds a BSc. degree from the Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics University of Lagos.

He has worked in different industries as an accountant and worked as project team lead in all the companies he has served, Olufemi has 11 years industry experience.

He started his career as an Accounting lecturer for the ACCA qualification and is mostly recognized in the Banking and Audit industries as he has trained many Chartered Accountants and supported them on their way to the top of their careers. He also trained students who went ahead and won ACCA global prizes in Management Accounting and other papers in the ACCA qualification.

He resigned as Senior lecturer at Synergy Professionals, the Leading ACCA tuition provider in Sub-Sahara Africa, after refusing an offer to join the board in order to pursue his vision, thus avoiding any conflicts of interest.

A few years into his career, Olufemi joined the prestigious IBFC Agusto Training LTD now IBFC Alliance, as a consultant and facilitator and has been a most sought after facilitator since joining and even after resigning, because of his unusual teaching approach.

As a consultant he has led many consulting engagements ranging from Mergers & Acquisition advisory, IFRS Conversion, Cost Reduction, Research, Business Valuation, Recruitment and financial due diligence assignments.

As a result of his passion for doing things differently and trying out uncommon ideas, he decided to set up a different type of consulting firm with a few like-minded colleagues.

At Nayzer Consulting, Olufemi provides visionary leadership and he is the team lead for the diverse training function (technical and soft skills) and the lead adviser for the financial advisory team, he works with a team of indispensable and passionate trainers and consultants who have vast experience in their chosen areas of interest.

Yeshua Eden R

Is a dynamic consultant with an international consultancy background in multiple sectors. He is an expert trainer that has developed and implemented highly successful training events. Yeshua’s forte is business strategy and enterprise development. He has acted as an independent consultant to the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) where he developed and delivered remarkable trainings on Leadership Management and Oil and Gas Asset Management System.

Yeshua has developed and implemented impactful Technical and Vocational Training and Events to empower hundreds of citizens. He has acted as Technical Advisor – Business Development to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) where he provided strategic support to a $95 Million project in the areas of improving women and youth business activities in specific value chains. He has also  developed and implemented training systems for entrepreneurs as well as promotion agents and structured multiple investment  mechanisms suitable for the agribusiness value chains.

Yeshua has acted as a Team Leader in the World Bank GEM Project, leading a professional team to provide assessment, intervention, mentoring and financial advisory support  to multi-sector businesses in Nigeria. He has worked on projects funded by IFAD, UN, UNDP, World Bank, Department for International Development USA, USAID, CDC, and Global Philanthropy Alliance (GPA). Yeshua has acted as Business Development Consultant to NLPA USA, the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. He has also developed and managed various successful market research and survey projects for international clients.

Yeshua brings 19 years of high-level consultancy expertise to bear on assignments with impressive results. He is also a Microsoft Fellow for Good.

Director

Remi Banjo

Is a Modern Languages graduate from the University of Ibadan.  Her banking career started when she went through the National Youth Service programme at a 2nd generation bank in Kaduna where she gained experience in Treasury Management. She continued her banking career in Lagos where she consolidated her knowledge of Treasury activities which was a precursor to her joining the Investment Management Company Denham Management Limited, now Chapel Hill Denham Limited. There she participated in the co-structuring and management of a Global Investment Fund aimed at medium and long-term investors. She was also involved in creating diverse products from core investment vehicles to meet the objectives of high net-worth clients.

After over 10 years of Investment Management experience, she resigned to pursue other interests and now sits on the board of Pemberton Limited, amongst other companies.  Remi has attended courses locally and internationally and holds a Project Management qualification from the Management and Strategy Institute, USA.