Gwamcee News
The Women in Management, Business, and Public Service announced its new Board of Trustees members who will continue to ensure the organization’s sustainability and maintain its performance.
The announcement came at the 21st annual conference held in Eko hotel and suit Lagos on November 3 to November 4, 2022 with the themed, ‘Firing Forward: The Future in Focus’
The new members 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.
Speaking at the conference, the keynote speaker, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie disclosed that 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 – Ambassador 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.
ABOUT WIMBIZ
The Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ) is a non-profit organisation that implements programs that inspire, empower and advocate for more excellent representation of women in leadership positions in public and private sectors.
Since 2002, the organisation has collaborated with credible indigenous and international global organizations to deliver programs influencing over 304,037 women. As of August 2022, WIMBIZ had a contributory associate pool of over 1,562 accomplished women and about 28,787 women in its database.
