About

Oluwasanmi Olawale OGUNYEBI

Brief info

Oluwasanmi Olawale Ogunyebi is a graduate of University of Ilorin, Nigeria. A Certified Professional
with over 25 years’ experience in Manufacturing, Quality, Security and Occupational Health Safety
and Environmental Care in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods Industry
He gained considerable experience in a multi-national company managing Quality in end-to-end
supply chain, executing, improving and providing technical quality support to teams for Quality
Management System compliance; deploying group Health Safety and Environmental Care (HSE) and
Security strategies across manufacturing and non-manufacturing sites at site, corporate and regional
levels. His international audit experience and wide travels across AFRICA has equipped him with the
ability and understanding to work with various cultures.
His last job was at Unilever where he was responsible for managing all compliance related work in
Occupational Safety for all manufacturing and non manufacturing locations across over twenty five
( 25) site-category combinations across AFRICA .
In addition to the above, he has over eleven (11) years’ experience in managerial positions spanning
various supply chain roles including managing manufacturing and packaging of detergent,
developing and managing over 350 hectare plantation and 2million seedlings capacity nursery and
sourcing, developing and managing out growers Scheme.
Olawale’s area of specialisation includes ;, HSE in Manufacturing, Waste management ( Zero Waste
to Landfill programs), Process Safety, HSE management Systems and Auditing, HSE Capability
Building programs, Executive Safety Leadership coaching and Behavioural Safety Program
development. He is a certified DuPont Behavioural Safety Super Trainer
He is a member of the Nigerian Industrial Safety Council, Nigeria Institute of Safety Professionals and
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (UK) -IOSH. He is happily married with children.

Francis Ibikunle

Brief info

Bola Ogunmade is a proven technocrat and seasoned professional with vast experience spanning over two decades in food and household items manufacturing, a period she spent largely in different capacities with leading Multinationals - Unilever Nigeria Plc & Reckitt Benckiser Nigeria.

Bola is a quintessential workaholic who believes that the combination of industry and intellect has the potential to provide answers to all major human challenges.

A Quality expert and Product differentiation specialist, Bola, through different stints at over five key segments in Unilever Plc, had the privilege of acquiring diversity and multiplicity of knowledge and experience, cutting across areas of Manufacturing, Marketing & Branding, Packaging, Safety and
Quality at several layers of managerial levels.

Bola holds a B.Sc. Biochemistry and M.Sc. Industrial Microbiology, both from University of Ilorin. She
also holds an executive MBA (Marketing) from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, an MSc (eqvt)
Packaging from School of Packaging, Michigan State University, Michigan USA and an MSc (eqvt)
Environment & Sustainable Development. She is a Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management,
Nigerian Institute of Marketing, Institute of Packaging, London, UK, as well as a certified APICS CIPM –
Basic Supply Chain Management and Execution & Control of Operations. A DuPont Trainer & Certified
Quality & Safety Auditor, She is an IRCA Trained ISO Auditor of Foods Safety Management Systems
(FSSC), Quality Management Systems(QMS) & Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems
(OSHAS). She is a Certified Trainer.

Bola is also a Fellow, Leadership for Environmental & Development (LEAD), London, an international
non-profit organization with the mission to inspire leadership potentials for sustainable world.

Kehinde Johnson

Brief info

Over 25 years’ professional experience in law, banking, journalism, environmental & social
sustainability and sustainable agriculture.
A graduate of the University of Lagos where he obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1987, Kehinde
also holds a Master of Laws degree in Jurisprudence from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland
(1990), and a Master of Science with merit in Integrated Environmental Management from the
University of Bath (2011).
He gained considerable senior management experience in a multinational FMCGwhere he was
responsible for developing and Implementing policy and strategyon corporate reputation
management, social and environmental reporting, andsustainable development initiatives in West
and Central African countries.
Kehindehas also worked in Nigeria’s banking sector, and later in the oil & gas industrywhere he
managed the resettlement process and livelihood restoration strategy of amajor LNG project
affecting over 2000 persons and 250 households in accordancewith World Bank/IFC Standards and
Equator Principles.
Kehinde’s areas of specialization include - environmental health & safety regulatorycompliance,
environmental auditing, Sustainable development, environmentalcommunication, environmental
reputation management, corporate socialresponsibility (CSR), community relations, stakeholder
planning and engagement.
In his capacity as the Corporate & Regulatory Affairs Director of British American Tobacco Nigeria
from 2000-2005, he managed the roll-out and implementation of the Social and Environmental
reporting process in Nigeria (2003-5), Gabon (2005), Burkina Faso (2005), Senegal (2005) and Mali
(2005) with an overall budget of US$800K. The process was independently verified by Bureau Veritas
using the AA1000 Principles developed by the Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability.

He also participated in the IFC Environmental Performance and Market Development Programme
(EPMD) Nigeria held from February-November 2013 and he is an IFC recognized consultant on
Environmental Social Risk Management.
Kehinde is an Associate Member of the Institute of Environmental Managementand Assessment (UK)

Catherine Mabale MALOA

Brief info

Catherine, a South African is a certified Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Practitioner with
both operational and executive experience spanning over 20years in various South African and
Multinational organisations. This experience was gained in Petrochemical (Sasol Synthetic Fuels), Oil
Refining (Shell and BP Oil Refinery) Steel Manufacturing (ArcelorMittal) companies, and most
recently FMCG (Unilever).
She started her career as Process Engineer, and continued to occupy roles in operations, project
management, water treatment, environmental monitoring and management, waste management,
stakeholder engagement, Occupational Health and safety, process safety, security assessments and
investigations,continuous improvement (World class manufacturing) etc.
In addition, she has also occupied Operational and Executive leadership roles with a specific focus on
developing ad coaching high performance teams.
Catherine obtained NHD in Chemical Engineering and completed a Management Advanced Program
at Wits Business school. She is currently busy completed a Master’s Program in Environmental
Studies. She has also recently been certified as Lead Auditor in ISO9001:2015 through an
international auditing institution.

Johnson Olaiya

Brief info

Johnson Olaiya is a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife. He started his working
career with Industrial and General Insurance Plc. (IGI) a foremost private insurance firm in the
Nigeria. From there he moved to an insurance broking firm - Mercyfaith Insurance Brokers as a
branch manager and he rose to the position of a Regional Coordinator in the same firm. From there
he moved to Gieoz Corporate Drivers Limited as a Senior Partner in charge of Business Development.
Johnson has attended several Executive courses on strategic business development, customer
relations and general management. As a management consultant per-excellence, he consults for
several organisations in that capacity. He is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Marketing and the
Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria. He is happily married with children.