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John Momoh
John Momoh is a household name in the broadcast media industry in Nigeria and indeed
the world; in his early 50s, John Momoh has more than 30 years experience in the
media business…he rose from the humble ranks of radio and TV presenter, reporter,
news anchor, and news editor for the Nigerian Television Authority - the biggest
broadcast network in Africa to occupying an enviable position as the owner of
Channels Television, a burgeoning broadcast media outfit respected terrestrially and
internationally.
He is well-travelled. His analyses of any proposed business
provides aspiring entrepreneurs with an itinerary for attaining great heights in
business. He reeks with the aura of a motivational speaker-challenging and inspiring
any young mind by the virtue of his meteoric rise through the ladders of a highly
politicized industry. John is a member of the International Academy of Television
Arts & Sciences based in New York, U.S.A and his Television station, was the first
in Nigeria, to be nominated for an international recognition under UNICEF’s entry
for the International Children's Day of Broadcasting.
Alexander Amosu
Alexander Amosu is a digital age entrepreneur who became a multi-millionaire at the age
of 24 for a mobile-phone driven technology presented on a platform of entertainment.
His passion for music and I.T encapsulated in a synergy of wealth and prominence made
possible by his dexterity in running a cutting edge 21st century mobile-technology
service delivery company.
He has appeared in several TV shows including, GMTV, Channel 4’s Flash documentary, an interview on Ruby Wax’s daytime programme and BBC2 Documentary “Mind of a Millionaire” accompanied with a published book. Alexander Amosu is an exponent of inter-personal skills, upholding the belief that your product or idea is only as good as your personality. Alexander Amosu is considered Britain’s first ringtone millionaire. He is famous in the den for his eloquent and witty remarks.
Chris Parkes
British descendant Chris Parkes is a brand name in the marketing communications
industry with over 35 years experience in the African advertising environment. He
spent eight years in the UK with top agencies and had his own partnership in London,
where his clients included American Express International Dollar Card & TC’s,
MasterCard, Securicor Granley, and Browning. Chris Parkes spent fifteen years in
South Africa with Lintas and then ran his own business, working on Levers, Standard
Bank, SAA, SAR, Allied, KFC and Kimberley Clarke. Later he moved to Madagascar where
he set up an ad agency, an import export company and finally a billboard company for
a South African agency.
He has over eleven years experience in Nigeria, six of them
building Tequila from scratch to become one of the largest BTL (Below-the-line)
company’s through his management. A new generation entrepreneur, with a fresh
approach to emerging business challenges. Chris Parkes has
amassed so much wealth and success by positioning his advertising company as a
company devoted to providing unequalled and unrivalled leveraging platforms for its
clients to reach the core of their target, and generate great revenue from doing
so. He is very persuasive, and upholds the virtue of compelling and convincing
persuasion. When you meet him-be sure to observe the cardinal rules of advertising.
Chris Parkes is the managing director of Chris Parkes Marketing Solutions with
operational base in Lagos.
Tokunboh Ishmael
Tokunboh has over 17 years experience spanning investment banking, private equity investing, technology and new business development in the USA, Europe and Africa. She is currently a Managing Director at Alitheia Capital, an investment and advisory firm. Alitheia Capital manages funds for corporate private equity investments and private equity in real estate.
Previous roles include Nigeria Country Partner, for Aureos Capital where she successfully raised funding from local Nigerian investors to complete a $50m fundraising exercise for the Aureos West Africa Fund (AWAF) and sourced private equity investments; Fund Manager at Sussex Place Ventures where she managed a fund, which focused on commercialising leading edge technologies; M&A Investment Banker at Salomon Smith Barney where she advised on over $4bn worth of transactions; and Managing Director of Avante Capital Ltd where she led the secondary listing of Oando Plc on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (the first ever dual listing by a Nigerian company and the first inward listing of an African company on the JSE);
In addition, Tokunboh worked at Obongo, a successful silicon valley start-up acquired by AOL Time Warner, where she managed and monetised the company’s partnership with the largest banking institutions in the USA. Furthermore, Tokunboh’s operational experience includes a number of technology consulting roles in various companies such as Amerada Hess, Reuters and ING Barings.
Tokunboh is a director of the board of the African Venture Capital Association. She is a CFA charterholder; holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the London Business School, a Masters (MSc) degree in Advanced Computing Methods from the University of London, and a First Class Bachelors (BSc) degree in Computer Science and Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Nigeria.
Femi Tejuoso
Femi Tejuoso is a prince whose last name inspires awe and respect for the business
savvy associated with his lineage. Let’s say he inherited a well-seasoned ability to
make fortunes. Young and successful, with a background in engineering, and an
expanding experiential resume in investment and portfolio management, Femi Tejuoso
represents the new breed of African entrepreneurship with many business pies on his
dining table.
Femi Tejuoso is an operating partner for Helios Investment, partner of
a private equity firm with over 600million under management in investments across
the African continent. He currently serves on the board of Directors of Helios
Towers Nigeria Ltd and is a member of the National Council of the Manufacturers
Association of Nigeria and the Vice Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee of
MAN.
Femi Tejuoso also holds executive membership in both the Nigeria Society of
Engineers and the Nigerian Institute of Business Management.
Ibukun Awosika
Ibukun Awosika is a daring entrepreneur who ventured into the furniture business, a
sector hitherto controlled by the masculine gender, but being a woman in the
furniture business did not deter her from establishing The Chair Center Ltd., a
company that is now valued at over a billion naira. She was graduated from the
Chemistry department at the University of Ife, and began her career as a showroom
manager. In 2006, she established the Furniture Manufacturers’ Mart in Ikeja, Lagos.
Based on the effective management of her firms, she was appointed the MD/CEO of
Sokoa Chair Centre Ltd, a joint-venture company she promoted with Sokoa S.A of
France, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, The Chair Centre Ltd, and some local investors
after the ban on importation of furniture by the federal government of Nigeria in
2005. Ibukun Awosika is a God-fearing business woman, whose calling has been to
impact upon business persons the ethics of conducting business based on the word of
God. Her motherly persona resonates in her analyses of the business ideas presented
by aspiring entrepreneurs on the show. Ibukun Awosika is the current Chairperson of
the Board of Trustees of Women in Management and Business (WIMBIZ). And in the den,
she believes that numbers must always add up in order to attract an investment.
