INGO has announced its list of eminent Nigerians to be recognized at the “Business, Investments & Country Showcase at the Commonwealth Games, Glasgow 2014, Scotland later this month.
The event which has received the confirmed attendance of the First Lady of Nigeria, HE Dame Patience Jonathan will add to the huge effort to set up a ‘Nigeria House’ at the Games for which the recognition and award night on the ‘Nigeria Day’ will be a climax.
Olufemi Awoyemi, CEO Proshare will be one of the distinguished persons receiving the Global Achievers / Nigeria Centenary Award in Glasgow.
About the Awardee
Olufemi AWOYEMI, Founder/Chief Executive Officer, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAN), Fellow of the Investment Advisors and Portfolio Managers Association (IAPM), Fellow of the Institute of Information Management (IIM), Fellow of the Institute of Credit Administration (ICA), Associate Member of the Institutes of Chartered Taxation (CITN), Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), Institute of Management Consultants (IMC), and the Institute of Directors (IoD) Nigeria.
Olufemi is a hands-on knowledge management professional with an impeccable portfolio of commercial and consulting achievements garnered during the course of over two decades of progressive responsibility and results with well known local and international firms including PricewaterhouseCoopers, UAC of Nigeria, Eterna Oil & Gas Plc, Phillips Consulting, Fountain Trust Bank Plc, Change Management Associates and British American Tobacco where he left as the Head of Treasury and Management Accounts.
He has contributed immensely to, and has been actively involved in many initiatives, associations, academia and commercial activities including roles as a member of the Membership and Publicity & Publication Committees of theNigerian-British Chamber of Commerce; Chairman Strategy Committee of the West African Bankers Association. Nigeria, Independent Board Member, Northwards Housing, Manchester City Council ALMO, UK; Technical Advisor, National Assembly House Committee on Capital Market till 2012; member Board of Trustees of Kingdom Life Ministries, former editorial board member of Financial Standard Newspapers, Lagos Business School Alumni Magazine and Brandfaces where he was the founding editorial board Chairman.
Currently he serves as a member of the esteemed Strategy, Research & Advocacy Committee to the Council of theChartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (since 2010) where he acts as the Chairman of the Advocacy Sub-Committee and member of the 2013 -2016 Strategic Plan Sub-Committee. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Value Fronteria, a competitiveness optimization firm that leverages the techniques of data mining, business research and economic science to provide robust insights that enable decision makers to achieve accelerated innovation and sustained competitive differentiation; an Independent member of the Investment Committee of Alternative Capital Partners Ltd (ACAP), a SEC registered Fund/Portfolio Manager and Corporate Investment Advisors; Entrepreneurship Consultant to the School of Post Graduate Studies, University of Lagos on Entrepreneurship; and has been a consultant/facilitator on strategic management practices and developments for several companies, think-tanks and intelligence entities, with a specialty on issues articulation, identifying future trends/impact and undertaking thought-led engagements.
He has over ninety (90) research publications and two published books; a recipient of numerous local and international awards including the “2013 Most Outstanding Business Executive of the Year” from the African Council of Chief Executives, Capita Finance UK’s “Best Capital Market Services & Solutions Team – Nigeria 2014”; and remains a proud alumnus of the prestigious Lagos Business School.
In the last six years of being in the Nigerian Market, she has sustained an uncommon focus on stock research, fundamental and technical analysis, revenue assurance, financial and feasibility reports; investor relations and share support services – all geared to delivering a quality business solution, much more important than the technology used to achieve it.