Civic Centre, Victoria Island,
Lagos, Nigeria
9th July 2024
9.30am - 3.30pm
But it also poses substantial negative disruptive risks for various industries and regulators. Handling these risks effectively is critical for market stability, business and economic growth, sustainable resilience, optimising opportunities and achieving corporate goals. Organisations in the public and private sectors that must achieve their goals and create long-term value amid disruptive technological change require optimal risk governance and leadership.
Nigeria is faced with enormous socio-economic and political challenges. Nevertheless, the country’s tech ecosystem has become the most attractive for the biggest global venture capital funds. Four Nigeria-based firms, Interswitch, Flutterwave, Opay, and Andela, have achieved unicorn status after exceeding valuations of $1 billion. Technology has enhanced communication during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and improved service delivery.
But it also poses substantial negative disruptive risks for various industries and regulators. Handling these risks effectively is critical for market stability, business and economic growth, sustainable resilience, optimising opportunities and achieving corporate goals. Organisations in the public and private sectors that must achieve their goals and create long-term value amid disruptive technological change require optimal risk governance and leadership.
Nigeria is faced with enormous socio-economic and political challenges. Nevertheless, the country’s tech ecosystem has become the most attractive for the biggest global venture capital funds. Four Nigeria-based firms, Interswitch, Flutterwave, Opay, and Andela, have achieved unicorn status after exceeding valuations of $1 billion. Technology has enhanced communication during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and improved service delivery.
The understanding and application of risk governance and leadership concept is a crucial competency for Nigerian businesses, government departments and not-for-profit organisations that are striving to use technology to drive performance and efficiency, in a post-covid world. To help business and political leaders, and other stakeholders in leveraging technology to improve decision-making process and optimize business goals, the 2022 Nigerian Risk Awards and Summit (NRA) will be exploring:
This year’s NRA is the 6th in the series, following five successful editions we have held over the past eight years. The NRA will also recognise and reward organisations and individuals who have achieved measurable results through the effective implementation of good governance, internal controls and risk management systems.
Objectives of NRA Summit:
Support business leaders and public officials with the tools for improving decision-making and enhancing collaborative leadership
Engage participants on how Nigeria can leapfrog to the Fourth Industrial Revolution to empower citizens and become more competitive.
Assess the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation on business and governance.
Provide practical knowledge on how organisations (private and public) can leverage digital technologies to accelerate innovation, increase resilience and boost performance.
Discuss how to manage and optimise the changing landscape of work as caused by Covid-19 shocks, demographic shifts and new technologies.
Improve understanding of risk leadership and its effect on performance outcomes.
Provide tools for managing technological disruption to create new markets and expand opportunities
GMD, SAHARA POWER GROUP
Kola is a consummate entrepreneur with experience that traverses the academia, finance, energy, trade and diplomacy. He’s a Director at Sahara Group, a leading international energy (power, oil and gas) and infrastructure conglomerate with operations in over 38 countries across Africa, Asia, Middle East and Europe. Kola currently leads the vision of Sahara Power Group aimed at bringing energy to life by deploying diversified power sources to light up lives, businesses and sustainable interventions in Nigeria and across Africa. Kola specifically oversees the Group’s affiliates including Ikeja Electric, the largest privately owned power distribution business in South Saharan Africa (SSA), Egbin Power Plc – the largest thermal plant in SSA (with 1,320MW installed capacity with ongoing expansion plans to increase the capacity over two-fold, providing a quarter of the total generating capacity in Nigeria) and First Independent Power Limited. Kola combines his years of management and business diplomacy experience into creating and executing innovative strategies for governments across sub Saharan Africa in the energy sector. Kola is a much sought after resource person on energy related issues, especially the power sector in Africa and is also a frontline speaker at conferences across the globe. He is passionate about empowering young people and takes great pride in mentoring youths to seek creative ways of galvanizing their energies for sustained excellence and productivity. Mr. Adesina is a pan-Africanist, a seasoned entrepreneur and avowed promoter of the Pan African Dream of regional integration and trade. He holds a B.SC (Insurance), M.SC. (Business), Masters in International Law and Diplomacy and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Insurance.
MD/CEO, (FITC)
Chizor is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Financial Institutions Training Centre (FITC). She has over two decades of professional experience that cuts across marketing, business process re-engineering, market growth strategy, reputation management and business consulting.
Chizor has led various strategic and transformational projects in the financial services sector, local and international, in strategy, product marketing, electronic banking, retail, wholesale, private banking and brand repositioning.
She was a Founding Partner and CEO at Brandzone Consulting LLC. She led the firm’s Consulting practice serving major international and indigenous organizations of repute while creating thought leadership to advance businesses.
Chizor holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) with specialization in Marketing. She is a member of several professional associations including Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), London, Chartered Institute of Marketing, Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIBN), Institute of Directors (IoD). She is an Executive Education Alumna of the London Business School, UK and the Columbia University, New York, United States.
Due to her exceptional work, Chizor has won several awards for Leadership Excellence and Innovative Marketing. She won the award for Marketing Personality of the year 2016 and the African Leadership Excellence Award 2017. She was nominated in 2019 by REBRAND™ USA, as a Jury Board member on the REBRAND 100® Global Awards Board, the only member from Africa. She was recently nominated by CNBC for the “Africa Rising Woman” 2020/21 Edition and was a finalist in the 2020 “Inspirational Leader” Award category at the International Business Excellence Award (IBX). She is also a recipient of the Nigerian Icon Awards 2021.
Chizor is a prolific and respected international speaker. She has developed and facilitated several training courses in reputable institutions such as Lagos Business School, Financial Institutions Training Centre (FITC), and Brand Platform Academy. She is passionate about impact, enterprise and family.
MD/CEO CONRAD CLARK
Joachim is a competent and forward thinking enterprise risk, strategy and performance management professional with the ability to provide leadership, guidance and direction to achieve set goals. He is a certified fellow, trainer and a former executive director of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) in the UK. He has over 25 years of risk, governance and strategic management experience spanning the financial services and non-financial services sectors, health sector, public sector, consulting and academia. Having won recognition in the UK & Europe for his approach to risk management, Joachim is now a keen promoter of the performance-based Enterprise Risk Management approach across the globe.
CEO BUSINESS DAY
Frank is a journalist and publisher of BusinessDay newspaper, which he co-founded in 2001. He began his journalism career at the Guardian and moved on to Vanguard where he rose to the position of editor of all the titles of the newspaper. Frank served for many years as the Lagos correspondent of the Associated Press, AP.
Mr. Aigbogun holds a degree in Mass Communication and is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School.
He was a member of the vision 2010 committee that was tasked by the federal government with drawing up a long term economic vision for the country and served as alternate rapporteur for the sub-committee on competition and deregulation. He has also served on the governing board of Nigeria’s National Competitiveness Council.
PROFESSOR - CHITKARA BUSINESS SCHOOL
Dr. Kiran Sood is a Professor at Chitkara Business School, Chitkara University, Punjab, India. She has received her Undergraduate and PG degrees in commerce from Panjab University respectively in 2002 and 2004. She earned her Master of Philosophy degree in 2008 and Doctor of Philosophy in Commerce with a concentration on Product Portfolio Performance of General Insurance Companies in 2017 from Panjabi University, Patiala, India. Before joining Chitkara University in July 2019, Kiran has served four organisations with a total experience of 18 yrs. She has published various articles in various journals and presented papers in various international conferences. She serves as an Editor of the refereed journal, particularly the IJBST International Journal of BioSciences and Technology and International Journal of Research Culture Society and The Journal of Corporate Governance, Insurance, and Risk Management (JCGIRM). 2021.
Her research mainly focuses on regulations, marketing & Finance in the insurance , management of insurance , economics and management of innovation in the insurance .She has edited more than ten books with various international publishers such as emerald, CRC, Taylors & Francis, AAP, WILEY scrivener, IET, Rivers Publishers , IEEE are few of them.
MD, NASD PLC
Bola is a highly versatile investment and financial adviser with over 20 years’ cognate experience in the finance industry both locally and internationally. He trained as an accountant in Ernst & Young and as a stockbroker in City Securities Limited where he headed Stockbroking operations. He expanded his research and financial advisory skills at Agusto & Co where he was a Senior business consultant. His international exposure includes various project and investment advisory work at Manulife Financial and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board both in Canada.
Bola read Economics at the University of Leeds (UK). He is a Fellow and member of Council of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and a Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (CISI UK) where he is the inaugural National Advisory Council President.
He sits in a non-executive capacity on the Boards of directors of several non-public companies and is a Trustee of the Association of Securities Exchanges of Nigeria
PROFESSOR
Dr. Alfred Attuquaye Botchway, a man of the intellectual stock from Canada Model (A) Branch in the Trobu Constituency was appointed as a member of the 2020 NDC’s regional campaign team and party research directorate. He was also the leader of the special purpose vehicle (SPV) for a number of constituencies of Greater Accra, which ensured increasing of parliamentary seats in the region. Again, He was involved in mobilizing resources (printing T-shirts, buying of touch lights for our polling agents, Covid-19 items, donation of cash and fuel support) for training appointed research officers in all the 16 regions and the that of 275 constituencies. Dr. Alfred Attuquaye Botchway recently brought a financier for the Review, Restructure, Restrategize and win more seats for 2024 program for the Greater Accra Regional party executives, and parliamentarians and parliamentarian candidates. Recently, He also supported newly built constituency office in SHAI-OSUDOKU with cash donations and Air Conditioners. He was involved in organizing Development Challenge (DC) hour with professor Kwesi Botchwey ( The long serving finance minister of Ghana).
A finance man, Prof. Dr. Alfred Attuquaye Botchway has led many teams of multidisciplinary professionals from many countries in many different undertakings.
He holds a BSc. Banking and Finance degree from the Central University College, MSc. In Finance from Universidad Empresarial De Costa Rica. A Ph.D. in Strategic Financial Management from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and technology, Kumasi. He also holds a Professional Certificate in Strategic Networking from Universidad Empresarial De Costa Rica among several other academic qualifications obtained from all the world.
Some of his most extensive works are in corporate management, academia, Banking and Investments as well in Oil and Gas. He is a consultant for many remittances companies including BFC Exchange of the United Kingdom of Bahrain, Atlantique Financials services, Unitylink and Expresslink International Services all of them from London.
From Ghanata Secondary School and Accra Academy where he did his Ordinary level and Advanced level papers respectively, Prof. Dr. Alfred Attuquaye Botchway has risen to hold several positions through which he has impacted his nation, the African continent as well as the world.
He has served as the African representative for the E-teacher learning software for Haoxuebao Technology Company Limited Guangzhou, China, and the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) Limited for eight years.
Prof. Botchway has also been at the helm of affairs as the Director of the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy (Berlin, Germany) and Director of Financial Engineering and Allied Services at the Regent University College, Ghana; a position he continues to hold up to date on consultancy basis.
He has also worked extensively with Barclays Bank Ghana and Africa in various senior positions spanning a period of fifteen years.
His international exposure and wealth of knowledge and experience continues to make him a priced assert of our party and the nation.
MANAGING DIRECTOR - CRC DATA & ANALYTICS LIMITED
Ademola led the team that setup CRC Credit Bureau Limited’s infrastructure/solution in 2008. He was also charged with the responsibility of ensuring that the company obtain the bureau operating certification/license from the Central Bank of Nigeria at inception.
He was the General Manager in charge of the Operations & Technology function of the organization till December 2021 following which he was appointed Managing Director of CRC Data & Analytics Limited in January 2022.
He is charged with the responsibility of setting up the new entity to provide data services.
His experience spans over twenty-nine (29) years in the fields of Consulting (Strategy and Business Process Design), Technology (Design, Implementation & Management), Financial Auditing, Business Development, Data & Analytics and General Management working for the following organizations: PriceWaterhouse, TELNET, Accenture, HEIRS Technologies & Systems Limited, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc and CRC Credit Bureau Limited.
Part of his work experience was in the Oil & Gas industry where he spent about three and a half years working (on contract from TELNET) for Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited and Chevron Nigeria Limited providing technology support services.
He obtained a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (Second Class Upper Division) from the University of Lagos (in 1992) and a master’s in business administration with specialization in management from Enugu State University of Science and Technology(ESUT) (in 2000).
He is an alumnus of the Lagos Business School (LBS) following the completion of the Advance Management Program (AMP) in 2015 and attended a leadership program at Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University) in November 2019
He obtained a Credit and Credit Risk Analysis Professional Certificate from New York Institute of Finance (NWIF) in September 2020 and completed an “Executive Data Science” specialization course organized by John Hopkins University in October 2020.
He has a certification in Information Technology Service Management (ITSM). He is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Lagos Chapter.
MD JUMIAPAY NIGERIA
Adedamola Giwa has worked with some of Africa’s largest banking and fintech organizations for over 17 years in business leadership, strategy, and innovation. He has worked in the banking and fintech sectors of the economy before joining JumiaPay.
At Interswitch, he was the Group Head, Verve Digital and New Business, where he was in charge of Verve’s digitalization, innovation, and new business strategy across Africa.
As the Group Head of Verve International Issuing and Acquiring Business, he also oversaw the company’s pan-Africa expansion.
He previously served as the Head of Acquiring and Head, eBusiness Service Management for Stanbic IBTC Bank (a member of the Standard Bank’s Digital Banking group).
He also oversaw teams in the Bank’s Retail Banking, Stockbroking, and Investment Banking divisions in project management, service management, and business operations.
Giwa graduated from the University of Ilorin and Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) respectively. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Accountants as well as the Nigerian Chartered Institute of Bankers. He’s also certified in Business Agility, IT Service Management, Lean Six Sigma, and Project Management, among others.
DIRECTOR, ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TALENT MANAGEMENT
Ejemen is the Director, Organizational Development and Talent Management for IHS Towers Limited Nigeria. One of the largest
independent owners, operators and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world. Prior to joining IHS
Towers, she was the Founder/Managing Partner of Vel Triplum Limited, an HR start-up advisory firm focused on building healthy
and human centric organisations one leader at a time to deliver business outcomes in a never normal world of work. Until recently,
she was also the Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO) and Head, Corporate Services for Chapel Hill Denham-West Africa’s
preeminent independent investment bank and has over 25 years of experience across consulting, investment banking, digital
industrial, fast-moving consumer good and commercial banking sector.
As an Organization & Talent Development professional and intellectually curious global leader, she is passionate about developing
talent especially for Africa. In this regard, Ejemen has developed key competencies in HR Culture and Strategic Alignment,
Performance Development and Coaching, Change Leadership, Career Development and Succession Planning, Talent Acquisition
leveraging assessment/development centers and Global Leadership Acceleration/Development Programs from graduate to
executive level to achieve localization and commercial targets. She is a Certified HR Director from the Industrial Labor Relations
School (ILR) Cornell, New York, Certified Change Practitioner-Prosci, Accredited Practitioner in Organization Culture- Hofstede
Insight, Society for Human Resources Management-(Senior Certified Professional- US-SHRM- SCP) and certified with a
Professional Assessment of Competence- Chartered Institute of Personnel Development UK- MCIPD.
J gained rich HR experience after spending 5 years in General Electric Africa (GE) in a variety of Sub-Saharan Africa regional roles
and at the time of her leaving was part of the faculty of the widely acclaimed global corporate university – Crotonville, New York.
Prior to GE, she worked in a global manufacturing company, British American Tobacco Nigeria –BAT for 9 years in both generalist
and specialist roles as HR Business Partner and Area Head of Talent & Organizational Effectiveness. Both organizations had simple
to complex matrix reporting structures and HR processes from startup to mature businesses focused on delivering shareholder
value whilst creating a winning culture across diverse markets in Sub Saharan Africa. Both experiences provided her an in-depth
view of best practices for embedding an integrated talent management & leadership philosophy that considers the context of
our regional and local environment to create sustainable growth.
Ejemen’ s experiences as an HR Business Partner and CHCO proved quite invaluable in terms of building a balanced sense of
empathy, drive for alignment and execution for the organizations goals vis a vis the individual, team and functional aspirations.
Her international exposure includes an expatriate assignment in London and involvement in several regional global talent and
leadership projects. Over the last few years, Ejemen has ventured into the field of coaching to build expertise as an executive and
career transitions coach and given the nature of the evolving digital world we live and work in has gained exposure into the world
of digital marketing leadership to understand what type of leaders will thrive in the future.
Ejemen studied Biochemistry and graduated with magna cum laude. She is available as faculty for leadership development
programs such as Strategic Business/HR Alignment, Culture Transformation Projects, Change & Team Leadership, Executive
Development and Coaching, Career & Succession Planning, Domestic and International Assessment & Development Centre
Workshops, Mid-Career, Graduate Development Programs Design, HR Due Diligence/Audit and Performance Management
Projects.
Residing in Lagos, Nigeria, J has extensive experience working and living throughout Africa, especially in West Africa. Her favorite
pastimes include traveling, reading, and learning about global culture through comedy satire shows and documentaries. Ejemen
also contributes to her local community by working with church and not for profit organizations, especially those that focus on
children and women.
CO-FOUNDER/CEO CAPSA TECHNOLOGY INC
CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER, ATIVO
Nene Obichie is a Marketing and Communications executive who currently functions as the Chief Growth Officer for Ativo Nigeria, a leading technology company established to deliver innovative payment products to create sustainable economic development. Prior to joining Ativo she headed the Sales and Marketing Department of PayAttitude Global, Nigeria’s first digital only payment scheme and has over 15 years’ experience across multiple organizations and industries which include Wakanow, Zenith Bank and Simba Technology.
Her academic and professional qualifications include a Master’s Degree in Media and Communication from the School of Media & Communication, Pan-Atlantic University, a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication from Madonna University and several certifications.
She was recognized by Brand Communicator Magazine’s 40 under 40 Women in Marketing and Communication in 2021 for her contribution to the profession in Nigeria.
Nene is a women in STEM advocate, child mental health promoter and is married with two young children.
MANAGING DIRECTOR, VFD MICROFINANCE BANK (VBANK)
Gbenga holds a degree in Mathematics from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) ife and has developed specific skills in business process and technology management on various client projects across several industries. He has over 8 years’ experience in the advisory division of KPMG. Notably, Gbenga acted as the program manager on a systems implementation project for a large manufacturing company across 8 countries in Africa and 10 project locations. He has worked on various business process/technology issues with numerous clients across a number of sectors including the public sector, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and financial services.
SR. REGIONAL CSA- SECURITY, MICROSOFT
Somi has about a decade of technology experience and works in Microsoft Global Partner Solutions as a Solution Architect. She has extensive technical and business experience in cybersecurity risk management strategies through many years of working with customers and partners in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East to enhance their security practice, architectures, technical skills and security operations.
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