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Dr. Ezeilo holds a degree in Mathematics from the University of Benin, a Master’s in Systems Engineering from the University of Lagos, a Diploma in Law from Lagos State University and a Doctorate in Computers and Information Systems Security from Northcentral University, Arizona, USA. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and holds over a dozen professional certifications in accounting, auditing and information technology.

Over the last twenty-five years he has practised in financial services, corporate planning, computer and network security, systems audit, forensic investigation, public finance management and audit. He has consulted for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, the Financial Institutions Training Centre, the World Bank, the European Union and the UK Department for International Development.

He is the founder and President/CEO of Forensic and Digital Support Limited, and Technical Adviser to the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly, Abuja.

Dr. Kwapong is Director, Ghana & Francophone West Africa at WABS and Chief Executive Officer of HR Perspectives Ltd, Ghana. He is an HR practitioner with over 30 years’ experience in leading companies including Volta River Authority, Ashanti Goldfields Company, Ghana Commercial Bank, First Merchant Bank of Malawi and Trust Bank of The Gambia, and has consulted for the UNDP in Sierra Leone and International Bank, Liberia.

In 2011 he was honoured with the HR Leadership Award at the Global HR Excellence Awards in Mumbai, India. He studied at the University of Ghana and Solihull College, Birmingham, and was called to the Bar in 2000 after studying at the Ghana School of Law. His specialty is Labour Law.

He serves on boards and councils including the Governing Council of the Ghana Institute of HR Management Practitioners and the Grievance Review Committee of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, Ghana.

Obasi Ngwuta is a veteran of the financial services industry, having worked in the consulting, stock broking, insurance and banking sectors for 25 years. He is the Founder and Chairman of Africa Bancassurance Academy and the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of West Africa Business School, a foremost regional training institution for business, leadership and management education in Sub-Saharan Africa.

He was at various times Head of Bancassurance and Relationship Manager, SME Banking at Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria; Group Head, Business Solutions Development at UBA Insurance Limited; Head, Products, Branding & Marketing Support at UBA Metropolitan Insurance Limited; Head, Corporate Planning & Risk Management at Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc; and General Manager, Operations at Intellbank Consulting Ltd.

He is a graduate of the University of Science and Technology, Enugu (ESUT), where he obtained a B.Sc. in Insurance & Risk Management, and Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, where he obtained his MBA. He is a long-time member of the British Project Management Professionals (BPMP), the Centre for Management Development (CMD), the Nigerian Institute of Management, the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investments (UK), as well as the Risk and Insurance Managers Society of Nigeria (RIMSON), where he chaired the technical and education committee for many years.

He is the author of many books, including the 546-page bestselling professional insurance book “Modern Insurance Business Management”, published by the Nigeria Insurers Association (NIA) in 2007.

Professor Ikokwu is Executive Director of Programmes and Lead Faculty for the Green Business and Sustainability Solutions Programmes at WABS. He brings more than twenty years of experience in business and international development management, education, training and capacity building.

He received the award of Professor of International Education in 2009 from Ternopil Ivan Pul’uj National Technical University, Ukraine, and a Gold Medal Award from Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science the same year. He was Nigeria’s National Correspondent at the Malta-based United Nations Future Generations Programme from 1996 to 1999, and has served as a resource person to the Global Risks Forum since 2006.

He has served as Executive Staff Consultant to the Nigerian Senate Committee on Environment and has consulted for Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies including the National Automotive Council and the Nigerian Academy of Science.

Mr. Mambouray is Regional Director and Head of The Gambia, responsible for the leadership, management and supervision of all learning and development operations in The Gambia and other English-speaking West African countries.

He retired in 2014 as Chief Administrative Officer of the West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) after 13 years of service. Before that he served for 17 years as Director, Foreign Exchange Department at the Central Bank of The Gambia, which he joined in 1978 as an Economist.

Princess Onyemaechi is an educationist and professional teacher of many years’ experience, and Acting Director of Human Resources, Administration and Corporate Services at WABS.

She joined WABS in 2004 as Administration and Computer Operations Officer, rising to Director in 2014. Earlier, at British American Insurance Company, Lagos, she was a member of the project team that implemented the Complete Insurance Business Application Software (CIBAS).

She holds a National Certificate in Education from the National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna, and studied Business Education at the National Open University of Nigeria.

Alan Power first entered operations management in 1989, when he was invited to set up a new, centralised mortgage operation for the UK’s TSB Bank. He had previously been Director of HR and Quality for Mortgage Express Ltd, where he launched a successful quality management programme. The success of that programme led directly to his appointment as General Manager of the new operating company, TSB Homeloans.

The new company was set up with a strong focus on operational excellence, using tools and techniques that would today be recognised as Lean Thinking and Six Sigma, and the approaches collectively known as Business Excellence.

Dr. Power has been a visiting tutor at the University of Warwick (UK), where he lectured on operations management on a senior management MBA programme, and at the University of Leicester (UK).

Expertise: Leadership Development (Equine), Change and Transformation, and Global Human Resource Management. Having held many senior strategic human resources roles in the financial services and retail industries across Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia, Europe and the USA, she is well equipped to help individuals and teams to unlearn, learn and transform. Her current focus is helping people understand their leadership roles in their own unique circles of influence.

Her international experience gives her a comprehensive understanding of what it takes to succeed in today’s multinational and virtual business world, a world filled with complexity, ambiguity, volatility and uncertainty.

Having successfully run her own consultancy for the past 12 years, Yolanda has shown her versatility as a professional facilitator and her entrepreneurial competence. She has developed a blueprint for her unique offering in South Africa, Dubai, Qatar, the United Kingdom and Kenya. She is highly skilled in transformation and the associated changes required to establish great cultures, and her method for individual and organisational transformation is unique: she uses equine partners as part of the learning intervention, providing authentic experiences and feedback on the effectiveness of communication styles.

She has applied her learning to develop Emirati women in the Middle East and has published her first book, “Power in the Paddock”. She is a Leadership Circle Qualified Assessor and a Results Coaching Systems Executive Coach.

Jenny Jeftha is an experienced leadership facilitator, governance practitioner and organisational development consultant with over four decades of professional experience across the public, private and civil society sectors. She holds a Master of Arts in Sociology from Roosevelt University (Chicago), where her research focused on the women’s movement and its impact on violence against women, providing a strong conceptual foundation for her work on women’s leadership, power, identity and social transformation.

Her facilitation work focuses on leadership identity, emotional intelligence, resilience, influence, ethical leadership and legacy. Through her consulting practice, she has designed and facilitated leadership development, gender mainstreaming, values and culture, governance and organisational transformation workshops for executives, senior managers, boards and emerging leaders.

She has held senior executive roles, including Executive Head of Human Resources at the South African Reserve Bank, where she led organisation-wide people, leadership and culture initiatives. She is a Chartered Director (SA) and an experienced Independent Non-Executive Director, having served on multiple boards and board committees, including as Chair of Remuneration and HR Committees.

Jenny currently serves as Chairperson of the Don Mattera Legacy Foundation and is actively involved in advancing ethical leadership, good governance and social justice. Her facilitation style is reflective, inclusive and experiential, creating safe yet challenging spaces for women to explore their leadership journey, translate insight into action, and lead with confidence, authenticity and impact.

Mouhsine Lakhdissi is an expert in digital and IT with extensive experience in business, training and teaching. He is also an entrepreneur and investor, with expertise in the telecom industry, insurance, banking and the public sector.

His skills include digital marketing, IT strategy and management, entrepreneurship, business intelligence and big data.