The Women in Management, Business, and Public Service has announced its new Board of Trustees members who will continue to ensure the organisation’s sustainability and maintain its performance.
They are Adebisi Adeyemi, CEO, DCSL Corporate Services Ltd; Dr. Olubunmi Aboderin-Talabi, Publisher, Clever Clogs Books; Chioma Afe, Head Marketing, and Communications, Access Bank Group; Aishah Ahmad, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Others are Rolake Akinkugbe-Filani, Chief Commercial Officer, Mixta Africa; Ebisan Akisanya, Contracts Advisor, Chevron Nigeria Ltd; Osayi Alile, CEO, ACT Foundation; Juliet Ehimuan, Director, Google West Africa; Dr. Celestina Eke, Branch Head, Quantity Surveying, Federal Ministry of Works & Housing.
Also included are Ngover Ihyembe-Nwankwo, Head Client Coverage, Rand Merchant Bank Nigeria Ltd; Furera Isma-Jumare, Director General, Jigawa State Investment Promotion Agency; Dr. George Nwangwu, Managing Consultant, Ratio Consulting Ltd, and Niyi Yusuf, Managing Partner, Verraki Partners.
The conference is the flagship event of WIMBIZ and is held in November of every year. This year’s hybrid event had in attendance over 2,800 female business owners, private sector professionals, public sector leaders, and social sector practitioners worldwide recording the highest number of people attending the conference since its inception.
The keynote speaker for this year’s conference was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, an award-winning author. In her speech, Adichie explained the audacity of trying and believing in oneself and not being afraid of failing or rejection, as the core factors that have helped her writing skills. In addition, she encouraged that dreaming should not only be based on having beliefs but also on having self-doubts that propel one to deeper levels of introspection.
Other notable speakers at the conference were the Conference chairperson, Mrs. Osaretin Demuren, UN Women’s representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Beatrice Eyong, the Lagos state commissioner of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Bolaji Dada, the ambassador of France to Nigeria & ECOWAS, Emmanuelle Blatmann, the Canadian deputy high commissioner to Nigeria, Teshome Nkrumah, and the U. S. consul general in Lagos, William Stevens, among others who served as discussants on various plenaries at the conference.
The focus of the conference was that women should evolve, impact the lives of one another, identify partners who are loyal to their causes, and continuously be innovative as they look forward and plan for 2023. WIMBIZ was presented with the United Nations ‘Outstanding Corporate Governance and Sustainability Award’ in recognition of her mandate to empower women to proactively build the future they desire against all odds. The award was announced at the conference.
