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Maureen Ngwu Appointed As The New Media Seal MD

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The Board of Media Seal Limited, a leading media independent company, has just announced the appointment of Mrs. Maureen Ngwu as the new Managing Director.

Prior to now, Maureen was the Business Director.

A hands-on media expert, Maureen has almost 15 years 360o media knowledge that transverse research, strategy, planning, negotiation, buying and control, efficiency gain modelling and overall business management. This rich background have adequately prepared Maureen for success in her new role.

Maureen would be deploying her deep understanding of Media and sound leadership skill in building on the dependable and robust heritage of Media Seal that has spanned over two decades of professionalism and best-in-class practice.

Media Seal, a World wide Partners (WPI) media agency in West Africa, has a strong reputation for client retention and excellent ratings among multinational clients on business process audit. A strong integrity score among clients and media partners.

The Board of Media Seal is proud to welcome Mrs. Ngwu as the new Managing Director, as this would open new vistas in media engagement and brand building for our current clients and prospects. The appointment takes effect from April 04, 2022.

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Kari Tukur Joins DLM Capital Group’s Board Of Directors

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Prominent Development Investment Institution, DLM Capital Group, has appointed Ms. Kari Tukur, Vice President of products at Mastercard Sub-Saharan Africa, to its board of directors.

Kari brings to the board an extensive background of product development and management, multi-channel, and multi-market product distribution as well as digital banking. For the past three years, she has led the product and implementation of Mastercard’s SSA Core Products, and the Customer Solutions Centre for East and West Africa.

Prior to her role at Mastercard, Kari was Country Head, Consumer Banking and Privilege at Access Bank as head of consumer banking and had spent 5 years at Standard Chartered as head retail products and digital banking. She has also worked at Stanbic IBTC, Santander and other notable institutions. She was recently named among the ‘2022 Business Day 50 Inspiring Nigerian Women’.

“Kari brings a wealth of relevant experience to our board and will be a tremendous resource as we continue to grow our customer base and expand our products and services into the digital banking space,” said DLM Capital Group’s GCEO/GMD, Sonnie B. Ayere.

“I am excited to work with her as we continue our growth and fulfill our mission to provide readily accessible financial solutions to the needs of all Nigerians, irrespective of class, gender, religion or location.”

“I am inspired by DLM Capital Group’s mission and very eager to work alongside Sonnie Ayere and the other directors to guide the company’s continued growth and success” Kari remarked.

DLM Capital Group comprises of subsidiaries in investment banking, trustees, securities trading, FX, digital banking, asset management, and corporate lending.

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Kemi Nanna, Newly Appointed Immigration Comptroller

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Kemi Nanna Nandap has been appointed as the new comptroller to resume the duty of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos command

She replaced Abdullahi Dalhatu, the immediate past comptroller of the command who retired from service earlier in the year.

A statement by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command, Louisa Amadiokoro, said until her appointment, Nandap served as comptroller in charge of Plateau State Command where she “left indelible marks of infrastructural and human capital development.”

The statement hinted that the new comptroller had served as the Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) in charge of Zone C.

Born on June 3, 1966 in Zaria Kaduna State, she had her undergraduate studies at the University of Ilorin where she bagged a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry.

Nandap had previously served in many commands and in different capacities including Officer-In-Charge (O/C) Investigation and Compliance, O/C Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and African Affairs and second in command Nasarawa State Command.

Others are Lagos, Ogun, and Anambra states commands, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the service headquarter in Abuja.

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11 female advertising trailblazers emerge APCON Fellows

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A symbol of hard work, resilience and professionalism, 11 female advertising trailblazers have been inducted as Fellows of the Advertising profession in Nigeria. This was at the just concluded APCON induction ceremony which held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos.

The inducted amazons expressed that the newly donned Fellowship hat is a representation of their quest to be at par with their global counterparts, to enable them for strategic positioning in building an outstanding and sterling career amidst male dominance and gender stereotypes in the advertising industry.

Some of these amazing and accomplished practitioners who have made notable contributions in the industry include:

Temitope Jemerigbe, Chief Executive Officer, DKK Nigeria; Betsy Iheabunike, Chairman/ CEO Betex Communication Ltd & MISHAB IDEALS Ltd; Margaret Olele, CEO/Executive Secretary, American Business Council;Ifeyinwa  Onukwuba, Managing Director, Nigeria Advertising Service, NAS; Julia Jacks, Head Consultant, Julia Jacks Consulting; Hannah Oyebanjo, Managing Director, Redwood Consulting; Ijedi Iyoha, Director at APCON; Ifechukwude Kagho Manages Customer Loyalty Programme for MTN; Martha Onyebuchi, Deputy Director, Sourthern Region, APCON; Funke Nwankwo, General Manager, Human Resources, NDPHC; Omowunmi Owodunni, Chairman of APCON’S Advertising Standards Panel, (ASP).

The ad experts agreed, that the mantra to succeed in the highly competitive space is through constant up-skilling and upgrading of career status in the industry to help reach the top of the corporate ladder.

Sharing the happy news of elevation of status, Temitope Jemerigbe, Chief Executive Officer, DKK Nigeria, one of the leading lights who have carved a special place for herself in the hallowed portals of advertising, said she is glad to be reckoned with APCON’s highest industry status, as an inductee, describing it as a thing of honour.

“It is recognition of the experience and contributions of individuals who are being conferred with the induction of which I am one, and I am really glad for this.”

Hannah Oyebanjo, Managing Director, Redwood Consulting, with pride and prestige over the new feather placed on her cap, said it will go a long way in promoting Nigerian advertising’s brand positioning.

“With a lot of changes currently occurring within the industry both locally and internationally, Nigeria must be at the forefront of leading change. Attaining this for me is like saying: hey! Get up again and see how much you want to add to the industry to grow generally”, she proudly stated.

Betsy Iheabunike, CEO, Betex Communication Ltd & MISHAB IDEALS Ltd, a passionate advertiser and marketing expert, applauded APCON for creating such a recognizable industry platform that places emphasis on women’s contribution. “I am happy that I am one of the people inducted by the highest regulator in the country, APCON. It is a great honour which will continue to speak well for the industry both home and abroad.”

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Kwara State Government Appoints Mopelola Abdulamalik As Commissioner For Women Affairs

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Mrs Mopelola Abdulmalik has been appointed as the Kwara State commissioner for Women Affairs.
The newly appointed Honourable Commissioner for Women Affairs in Kwara State , Mrs Mopelola Abdulmalik-Bashir has set what she described as a Progressive agenda for the ministry, upon assumption to office this week,even as Hon Gbenga Olawepo Hashim commended the appointment of the fearless activist.
Mopelola in a statement made available to Vanguard in Ilorin who commended Governor AbdulRazaq for the appointment,also said that the ministry shall work with others to actualize the SDGs global goals, Agenda 2063 by Auda Nepad, Human Capital Development amongst others,as it relates to women in Kwara State.

She said, “I must appreciate His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for finding me worthy of appointment as commissioner and for entrusting into my hand, the Ministry of Women Affairs, being the ministry that overseas the affairs of all women related issues in Kwara State.
Giving details of the direction the ministry would take under her leadership, she said, “Under my direction and supervision, the Ministry of Women Affairs shall focus on key issues such as,” To work on modifying existing mandates of the ministry in line with the global trends in woman issues.

“To structure the mainstreaming of women into public and private spheres of endeavour and to create global platforms for all activities of the ministry in line with the pacesetting agenda in female gender mainstreaming of the present administration in the state.”
Other key areas include, “To leverage on the existing national template of inclusive gender participation in virile and Sustainable economic activities.

” To Engender open door policy and ensure that the ministry functions as a one stop shop for female gender related activities.”
The Commissioner further noted in the statement that, the ministry of Women Affairs shall be working inline with,” Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Gender Equality, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Reduced Inequality, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions and Continental Agenda 2063, Auda Nepad Goals, Democratic values, practices, universal principles of human rights, justice and the rule of law entrenched among others.

According to Mopelola, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals or Global Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all, intended to be achieved by the year 2030.”

She added that,”Auda Nepad Agenda 2063 on the other hand calls for a more inclusive society where all the citizens are actively involved in decision making in all aspects and where no child, woman or man is left behind or excluded, on the basis of gender, political affiliation, religion, ethnic affiliation, locality, age or other factors. Aspiration of Agenda 2063 calls for “an Africa, whose development is people-driven, relying on the potential of African people, especially its women and youth, and caring for children.”

The Commissioner affirmed her openness to partner and work with others, both within government and outside of it to advance the agenda of the ministry, saying, that,” the ministry of Women Affairs under my leadership shall be working with all relevant offices, persons or organizations to fast track the actualization of these goals, especially those related to the wellbeing of women in our society.

” We shall also be working to assist all women in public offices in other to understand their challenges and providing them needed support to achieve better results in their respective areas of responsibility.

“We shall also be initiating different policies and carrying out various activities to drive Kwara State towards maintaining its leadership role in women issues, as already pioneered by our progressive governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, through the appointment of over 50% women cabinet members and sponsoring of the gender composition bill, which is one of the best and most courageous action in the world”. She concluded

Meanwhile a prodigy activist turned politician and a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC)Hon Gbenga Olawepo Hashim has commended the appointment by the governor, describing it as a round peg in a round hole.

According to his statement made available to Vanguard, “many Chief Executives dare to give cabinet offices to independent minded figures with activism background, especially now that bootlicking is one of the recruitment criteria for such offices.

Olawepo said in the statement that ,”In nominating Mrs Mopelola Abdulmalik-Bashir as commissioner, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has shown that he is not afraid of appointees, who will be able to tell him the truth he needs to know. He needs those who will tell him not only what he wants to hear, but what he needs to hear.”

He described the appointee as,” a daring communicator of truth, fearless and educated, whose determination to add value to governance is inspiring.

“Mopelola is the gender issue coordinator of “Kwara Must Change”, chaired by one of my young protégés in Kwara, who is a first class patriot and humanist: Abdulrazaq Hamzat.

“Kwara Must Change” is an enlightened, principled and new generation youth group, which took ownership of Kwara’s journey to political liberation, realized through the Otoge political revolution in 2019.

“The group became the source of light, during Kwara’s darkest moment and inspired thousands of other young people to believe in the possibility of a successful political revolution.

“Mopelola is one of those young people who provided leadership.

“After the success of Otoge political revolution in 2019, especially when many Kwarans were still in celebration mood, Mopelola and her colleagues at “Kwara Must Change” were busy setting agenda for the new government, starting with their advocacy on youth and gender inclusion.”The statement said.

“She chaired the group’s organizing committee for the first women summit in Kwara State, the resolution of which demanded 50% cabinet positions for women, an advocacy graciously adopted by Governor Abdulrazaq, the Progressive Governor in Kwara State.

“Mopelola has also been a prominent voice on Kwara Must Change’s popular radio program, “Etowa” (Our Rights). The program, which provides sensitization for the public, especially on rights and responsibilities of citizens, allowed her to demonstrate her depth of knowledge, courage of conviction and her verity communication skills. She didn’t only communicate truth, with clarity of thoughts and conviction, but did so without fearing whose horse is gored. This is a quality known with all great women in history.”

“I have no doubt that Mopelola will break new grounds as Commissioner through her innovative ways of thinking. I pray for God’s guidance and protection for her in the new assignment.”
Olawepo said.

Mopelola was born on the 22nd of December 1976 in Laduba, a district village in ASA local government area of Kwara State, to the family of Sheikh AbdulRaheem AbdulMaliq Alawiye.

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Women Taking The Lead. Fifty percent of Chile Women Holds Ministerial Appointment

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Women are globally taking the lead.
Fourteen of Chile’s 24 new cabinet ministers are women, while several are former student protest leaders.
Chile’s left-wing president-elect, has announced his first cabinet, giving a majority of the posts to women and several to former student protest leaders.

Fourteen of the 24 new ministers announced on Friday are women, including Defence Minister Maya Fernandez — a granddaughter of socialist President Salvador Allende, who was overthrown by a military coup in 1973.

The interior ministry that oversees domestic security will go to Dr Izkia Siches, who was recently head of the national medical association.
“We have formed this team with people who are prepared, with knowledge, with experience, and committed to the agenda of changes that the country needs,” Boric said.
The cabinet announcement comes after Boric, who will turn 36 before taking office on March 11, won the presidential election last month.

He ran on a platform to modernise Chile’s public health sector, which serves 80 percent of the population, replacing the now-privately run pension system while raising benefits and increasing the minimum wage.
Social disparities in the South American nation had sparked widespread protests in 2019, lighting the fuse for the political rise of the progressive left and the redrafting of the country’s dictatorship-era constitution.

“This Cabinet’s mission is to lay the foundations for the great reforms that we have proposed in our programme,” Boric said after unveiling his ministers, adding that it would look to drive economic growth while cutting out “structural inequalities”.

“We are talking about sustainable growth accompanied by a fair redistribution of wealth,” he said.

Communist Party legislator Camila Vallejo, who like Boric rose to prominence as a student leader, will be the government spokesperson.

The finance ministry goes to Mario Marcel, whose term as Central Bank president was widely praised by financial analysts. He had earlier worked at the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and in previous centre-left Chilean governments.

Boric’s pledges during the election campaign to enact major reforms to Chile’s market-led economic model, rattled investors, though he has moderated his tone since, boosting Chile’s markets and currency.

Boric’s cabinet includes at least six ministers under the age of 40, including those who led a wave of rallies in 2011 for improved, free education. That includes Congressman Giorgio Jackson of Boric’s own Broad Front coalition, who was named secretary-general of the presidency.

But his coalition has only 37 of the 155 seats in Congress, so to pass legislation he will have to work with other centre-left parties that he has criticised in the past for being overly accommodating to conservatives.

His term will coincide with a public referendum on a new constitution that is being drafted by a constituent assembly, potentially changing the shape of the political system as a whole.

The current constitution was adopted under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, who led the coup against Allende.

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Coca-Cola Appoints Bunmi Adeniba As Marketing Director

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The Coca-Cola Company has appointed leading marketing professional, Bunmi Adeniba as its new Coca-Cola‘s Marketing Director.

Bunmi is currently the Acting President of the Advertisers’ Association of Nigeria (ADVAN) and the Regional Vice-President for Africa of the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA).

In her new role at The Coca-Cola Company, she will be overseeing the marketing activities of the carbonated soft drink (CSD) giant, ensuring that they win consistently in this highly competitive market.

She is also one of the leading amazons in Nigeria’s branding and marketing industry.  She is an experienced marketing professional and commercial operator with cross-functional experience in brand building, new category development, innovation management, and quality management.

She also has a strong passion for people, coaching, and building high-performance teams.

Bunmi has worked in multinationals such as Cadbury Nigeria Plc, Mondelez International, Reckitt, among others where she has contributed to the growth of the brands

Commenting on her career path and how she ventured into branding and marketing industry, Bunmi said she actually did not choose branding and marketing at the onset. I think my natural inkling to curiosity and deep thoughts steered me to it.

“Starting off at the Quality Control end of things, I was genuinely intrigued at the number of goodies I knew some of the brands I was then accountable for packed in their formulations. I used to wonder if the consumers really knew what we had ‘loaded’ into these products”

“These thoughts stayed with me a while and quickly morphed into ‘perhaps we are not giving them what they really want?’ ‘Are we gold-plating when all they want is this minimum viable offering?’ ‘Do we really understand the consumer expectation?’ Then I went into another season of questioning whether consumers really wanted basic products or if they wanted a fusion of social needs and shared values expressed by their brands”

“I finally decided to do something about all these thoughts and ponderings. I took a career break, went off to study, and came back to the support of the organisation and visionary leaders at the time who supported my career switch and helped me thrive.”

She said she started off at Cadbury as a management trainee and with glee, I still describe my one-year stint as a solid mini MBA, both in class and off class during the rotational stints.

 

 

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Dentsu International Hires Nnenna Ilomechina As New COO

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Dentsu International has hired Nnenna Ilomechina as its new global chief operating officer. She will join the company in May, taking over for the retiring Neil Gissler.

Ilomechina comes to dentsu from Accenture Strategy, where she has been managing director and partner, head of communications, media and high tech (CMT) strategy practice for the U.K. and Ireland since 2016.

Dentsu is tasking Ilomechina with driving and supporting profitable growth for the business globally. The internal role will also find her accelerating dentsu’s ongoing digital and organizational transformation efforts, according to the company. Ilomechina will work with global CEO Wendy Clark and the international leadership team to operationally unite dentsu’s capabilities across its three service lines—media, creative and CXM.

“Nnenna’s proven capability and rich experience leading transformative outcomes across digital, technology, media and business services make her the perfect addition to our global executive team,” Clark said in a statement. “She’s an exceptional leader with the rare combination of business savvy, operational know-how, cultural sensitivity and a deep understanding of people and their motivations.”

Empowerment and mentorship

Ilomechina joins dentsu with over 20 years of leadership experience, with a focus on driving digital transformation across digital, technology, media and services. Prior to Accenture, she was a senior director at AlixPartners, a performance advisory firm, and before that was a senior manager at Sapient. She has received accolades including being a senior professional services finalist at the 2020 Black British Business Awards and one of Cranfield’s 50 Women to Watch in 2019. She is a member of the development advisory board for Music Masters and mentor for Women in Cable and Telecoms.

Dentsu also stated that Ilomechina is a strong believer in empowered employees and is a longtime mentor of minority leaders; she will continue to do so at her new company.

“Wendy has set an ambitious agenda to become the most integrated agency network,” Ilomechina said in a statement. “I am energized by the opportunity to work together with the exceptional talent within dentsu, across media, CXM and creative to create an environment and operational infrastructure that will enable dentsu to seamlessly offer a truly integrated client experience, making our teams successful and delivering long-term value for dentsu.”

Ilomechina’s hiring follows several key executive hires by Clark, including Michael Komasinski as global CEO of Merkle, Fred Levron as global chief creative officer and Alex Hesz as global chief strategy officer.

 

 

 

 

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Chanel Appoints Leena Nair

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Chanel, the world-renowned fashion house has appointed Leena Nair, an executive from Unilever, as its new global CEO. Nair who until this appointment was the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and a member of the Unilever Leadership Executive (ULE), the highest management body in Unilever brings immense knowledge and experience to her new position.

The group said Nair, who at Unilever oversaw 150,000 people, would join at the end of January and be based in London. It added that the new appointments would ensure its “long-term success as a private company.”

The recruitment of Nair, who rose through the ranks of Unilever having started out as a trainee on the factory floor, comes as the fashion industry is under pressure to show a more inclusive approach.

A British national, born in India, Nair is a rare outsider at the helm of the tightly controlled family fashion house, known for its tweed suits, quilted handbags and No. 5 perfume.

The 52-year-old follows U.S. businesswoman Maureen Chiquet, who came from a fashion background and was CEO of Chanel for nine years until early 2016.

French billionaire Alain Wertheimer, a 73-year-old who owns Chanel with his brother Gerard Wertheimer and had originally taken on the CEO job on a temporary basis, will move to the role of global executive chairman.

Chanel was founded in 1910 by fashion legend Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel as a hat boutique on rue Cambon in Paris and grew to become a byword for French chic.

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Linquorose Unveiled As Brand ambassador for Fitness Wear company, as she Bags Her first Endorsement After BBNaija 2021

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Liquorose Brother Naija (BBNaija) Shine Ya Eye finalist,  has bagged a deal as a brand ambassador of a fitness wear company, Deshapeables.

The reality star made the announcement about her new deal via a post on her verified Instagram page.

The deal is her first after leaving the BBNaija show and fans have trooped to her page to congratulate her on the achievement

Liquorose shared a crisp video of her unveiling on Instagram and expressed his excitement about joining the company.

She declared in the caption of the post that it is the brand or nothing:

“I am super excited to join the @deshapeables family, as a Brand Ambassador. Deshapeables offers the best products and it’s about to be an amazing journey.

Join me as we bring you premium products only.”

The company also welcomed her with a beautiful message:

“We’re proud to be welcoming the best into the best family it will surely be an amazing ride with you.”

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