
Leading the business toward growth and results
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.
Senior Executive (Commercial) January 2019 to Present 7 years & 10 months
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.
Commercial / General Manager July 2010 to December 2018 8 years & 6 months
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.
MBA (September 2008 to June 2010)
BSc in Economics (September 2001 to June 2005)
Lagos Business School (June 2010 to Present)
- Strategy
- Commercial Leadership
- P&L Management
- Revenue Growth
- Team Leadership
- Market Expansion
- Operations
- Turnaround
- Stakeholder Management
- Board Engagement