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Adaeze Okafor
Senior Executive

Leading the business toward growth and results

+234 1 555 1461
linkedin.com/in/adaeze-okafor-exec

Senior executive with eighteen years in business leadership, the last six on the executive team of a consumer-goods company in Lagos, leading commercial operations across the region. Sets direction and delivers results — shaping strategy, leading large teams and budgets, opening markets, and being accountable to the board for growth and performance across the business. Grew the company's regional revenue strongly and led the turnaround of an underperforming division. Sets strategy and direction, leads senior teams and P&L, drives growth and operations, manages stakeholders, and reports to the board. Strategic, decisive and commercially sharp. Looking for a senior-executive or general-management role with a company ready to grow and willing to back the leadership to do it.

Work Experience
Lagos Consumer Goods Company - Lagos, Nigeria

Senior Executive (Commercial) January 2019 to Present 7 years & 10 months

Set direction and deliver results, accountable to the board for growth and performance across the business.
Grew the company's regional revenue strongly and led the turnaround of an underperforming division.
Shape commercial strategy, deciding which markets, products and priorities the business pursues to grow.
Lead large teams and budgets, setting the standard, developing leaders and holding the business to its targets.
Drive growth and operations together, balancing expansion with the efficiency and discipline that protects margin.
Manage stakeholders and report to the board, keeping investors and leadership aligned on direction and results.
Nigeria Consumer Brands - Lagos, Nigeria

Commercial / General Manager July 2010 to December 2018 8 years & 6 months

Led commercial functions and then a business unit, building senior leadership experience over many years.
Grew revenue, led teams and ran P&L, steadily developing the breadth an executive role demands.
Learned strategy, P&L leadership and team building on the job across more than eight years.
Gained the MBA and track record that led into a senior-executive role of my own.
Education
Lagos Business School

MBA (September 2008 to June 2010)

MBA covering strategy, finance, operations and leadership. The programme built the strategic and commercial foundation senior executive leadership requires. It accelerated the move from senior management into the executive team.
University of Lagos

BSc in Economics (September 2001 to June 2005)

Degree in economics covering markets, analysis and business, with a placement. The study built the analytical grounding a commercial leader is built upon. It led into business and a long management career.
Highlights
A leader the board relies on
Relied on by the board to set commercial direction and deliver growth, valued for growing revenue, turning a division around and leading the senior teams that run the business across the region.
Grew regional revenue
Grew the company's regional revenue strongly over several years. Sustained top-line growth across a region reflects strategy, leadership and execution working together, the core of what a senior executive delivers.
Turned a division around
Led the turnaround of an underperforming division. Fixing a struggling part of the business takes hard decisions and steady leadership, and is among the most demanding things an executive can be asked to do.
Activities & Interests
Education
MBA, Lagos Business School

Lagos Business School (June 2010 to Present)

Holds an MBA covering strategy, finance, operations and leadership, which built the strategic and commercial foundation senior executive leadership requires and accelerated the move from senior management onto the executive team.
Professional Skills
  • Strategy
  • Commercial Leadership
  • P&L Management
  • Revenue Growth
  • Team Leadership
  • Market Expansion
  • Operations
  • Turnaround
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Board Engagement
Langauges
English (UK)
Full Professional Proficiency
Personal Info
Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Nationality
Nigerian
Gender
Female
Notice Period
3 months
Date of Birth
1983-09-12
Personal Skills
Strategic Thinking
Decisiveness
Commercial Acumen
Leadership
Communication

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