Board of Trustees

 

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Ayodele holds a first class Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering from University of Ibadan, subsequently trained as a professional accountant with erstwhile accounting firm Arthur Andersen, and is now a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).

In 1991 he joined other young Nigerian entrepreneurs to start up one of Nigeria's GSM telecommunications networks -Econet Wireless Nigeria (later known as Vmobile Nigeria, and then Celtel Nigeria),as a shareholder, Head of Finance Operations, Head of Procurement, Logistics and Warehousing, Head of Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management, and finally Chief Officer - Billing and Administration. Ayodele worked in the Venture Capital company - Ventures & Trusts Ltd between January and September, 2009, as an Executive Director responsible for Business Development. He has since returned to Econet Wireless as a Consultant in its recent acquisition activities, with specific responsibility for target telecom assets in West Africa.

Ayodele seeks to be involved in contributing positively to the development of society, and has had the opportunity to serve at high levels in the following not-for-profit organization/associations:

  • Member of the Audit Committee - Ikoyi Club 1938.
  • Member of the Board of Trustees - Vmobile Staff Cooperative Association.
  • Member of the Board and Central Working Committee - Apostles in the Market Place (AiMP).
  • Member of the Board of Directors - Institute for National Transformation (INT).
  • Most importantly, Ayodele is a Christian, and seeks to encourage all within his sphere of influence to know the Christ of the Bible, and to actively live by His principles for the redemption of the earth.
  • Ayodele is married to Oyeyimika, and they are blessed with 2 daughters and a son.

 

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Bola Akingbade a veteran in Corporate Management, with particular interest in Marketing. He holds a Masters Degree in Biochemical Engineering from the University of London. He also holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Obafemi Awolowo University.

He started his post-graduation work life in 1976, as a Trainee Brewer in Nigerian Breweries. He was at various times a Marketing Executive in Unilever UK (1990 - 1991), Head of Marketing and subsequently Marketing Director in Nigerian Breweries (1992 - 2001); Business Development Manager, Heineken Netherlands (2001 - 2004); Corporate Affairs Director, Nigerian Breweries (2004 - 2005); ànd Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, at MTN Nigeria (2006 - 2012).

Upon retirement in June 2012, he took on the role of Chief Executive at BRANDVILLE, a Marketing Consultancy with special focus on Business Strategies and Value Proposition Development.

He is married with Children and Grandchildren.

Ben Akabueze, a pastor of Redeemed Christian Church of God has a first class degree in Accounting from the University of Lagos and a postgraduate degree in Business Administration and Management from the Lagos Business School.

Banker and administrator, Pastor Ben Akabueze was elected the Chief Executive Officer of NAL Bank Plc in 2000 a post he retained till its merger in 2005 to become Sterling Bank Plc. He was thereafter in 2007 appointed as the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget by the Lagos State Government till 2015.

In February 2016 he was appointed as Special Adviser to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on National Planning and was made the Director General for Budget office in June of the same year.

Pastor Ben is the Pastor-in-charge of Lagos Province 39 of the RCCG. He is happily married to Ngozi and they have two daughters.

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Bimpe Eskor-Mfon founded the Pastor Eskor Mfon Foundation in April 2009, as a means of ensuring that her husband's dreams for Nigeria's youth would live on. She received her university education at the University of Ife where she studied German and French and graduated with a B.A (combined honours).

Mrs. Eskor-Mfon worked briefly as a producer in the French department of the Voice of Nigeria and later became a banker with Societe Generale Bank Nigeria where she worked for many years. She subsequently left her career in banking to start her business, Morning Glory Cards and Gifts Ltd., which she presently runs.She also serves as the Chairman of TIE Communications Ltd. and as the Managing Director of Altaschith Press Ltd.

She is an author and an ordained pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God As the wife of Pastor Eskor Mfon, Pastor of RCCG City of David, Lagos, she played the role of able supporter and helpmate to her husband, and loving mother of their three children.

Ernest Chukwudi Ebi is a banker of many years standing who has risen to the peak of his career.  He holds an undergraduate degree and an MBA from Howard University, USA.

He has held different position in the financial sector including Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director at New Nigeria Bank Ltd., Chief Operating Officer & Deputy Managing Director at Diamond Bank Plc, Executive Director-Corporate Banking at African Continental Bank Plc, Assistant Vice President at Federal Savings & Loans Association, Chairman for Unic Insurance Plc and Deputy Governor at Central Bank of Nigeria.
He was once the Chairman of AIIco Pension Managers Ltd.,

Mr. Ebi currently serves as Chairman for Beloxxi Industries Ltd., Chairman of Agrited Nigeria Ltd. and Chairman for Fidelity Bank Plc. He is also on the board of Dangote Cement Plc and The Venture Garden Group Ltd.

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Pastor Ituah Ighodalo is an accountant, a Pastor, an entrepreneur and a writer.
He was the founding Partner of Ighodalo and Co. (a professional public accounting firm that had over 100 staff) and presently the Managing Partner of SIAO a professional service firm.

He is also on the board of several companies, and chairman/trustee of various NGO's.
He is fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and the Chartered Institute of Taxation. He is also a member of the Nigeria Institute of Management. He is presently the Editor-in-chief of Timeless Newspaper and the Executive Producer of Courage Centre Television Programme.

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Idowu Iluyomade attended the International School University of Ibadan and trained as a Lawyer at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) Ile-Ife and the Nigerian Law School and was subsequently called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982 and has since been in private Legal Practice. He has practiced widely in various states of the Federation with a bias for Commercial Law Practice. In addition to this, he is also a businessman and a Pastor. These three activities can be said to be woven into one as his vocation and avocation.

Idowu, is an astute businessman with particular interest in oil and gas amongst others. He is a Director of a number of Companies and act as the Chairman of some of these Companies and a Managing Director of one of them.

DIRECTORSHIP/BOARD MEMBERSHIP

* Visible Assets Limited - Chairman

As a Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Idowu presides over the City of David Parish of the Church. He is the Special Assistant to the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God on CSR and also a Regional Pastor in RCCG and the head of the Apapa Family of the Church which has more than two thousand parishes worldwide with over a thousand of these parishes situated in Nigeria. The City of David is known to have grown tremendously under him with new parishes in far a field as the Philippians, USA, Britain and Mainland Europe.

Idowu seems to leave a very busy life but a meeting with him will show a very relaxed person whose ability to take on added tasks with attention for details is second to none. He is currently the Vice Chairman Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye Endowment Fund University of Lagos and University of Ibadan and on the Board of Trustees of the Redeemers University (RUN).

As a Lawyer, he is an advocate who enjoys the essence of advocacy and attends Court regularly representing high net worth clients and blue chip Companies. His interest also lies in commercial practice and in particular International Trade Finance, Mergers and acquisitions, and International Joint Ventures, Energy Law, Commercial Law, Shipping, Corporate, Registration of Foreign Judgements, Receiverships, Trade Marks and Patents, Banks, Banking, Litigation, Construction Law, Insurance, General Litigation, Debt Recovery.

He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, International Bar Association and Ikoyi Club 1938.

He has attended various International Seminars on leadership and training, different areas of the Law and on businesses, new frontiers, the ideal executive, and the essential of growing businesses, marketing, amongst others.

He is happily married and has three children.

He enjoys reading, playing golf and traveling. He also appreciates good food.

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Pastor Ghandi Olaoye is a visionary leader, motivational speaker, and entrepreneur. He is fondly called "Pastor G" and is known for his servant's heart and leadership skills. He has been in Ministry since 1992 and he presently pastors Jesus House DC a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). He is the Coordinator-in-charge of special events and projects that organizes national events and conventions for The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), North America, also he directly oversees the development of over 600 acres of real estate land (into a Christian Retreat, Housing and University Campus) in Floyd, Texas. He sits and is serving on boards of various Management, Consultancy and Non-profit Organizations and his experience traveling and speaking internationally has helped shape his commitment to show-casing a ministry where people from a multi-cultural back-ground worship God in a loving and caring environment.

He is CEO of Peculiar People Management (PPM), which is a Management and Consulting Company committed to bringing the best minds world-wide in business and leadership, in a conference style setting to educate, train and empower Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs in Africa. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Corporate Initiative Group (CIG) which is a world-class management consulting and best practice solutions organization for human capital and resource management.

His commitment to his calling has been recognized not only as a Pastor but also as a community leader. In December 2008, Pastor Ghandi was invited to serve as Council Member on the Council for New Americans by the Maryland State Governor, Martin O'Malley. The Council, on which he has four years tenure, will assist the Governor to form policies on immigrant integration into the state of Maryland. He is an Associate of the International Third World Leaders Association (ITWLA) chaired by Dr Myles Munroe a forum created for the exchange of cross-cultural ideas.

He is an Associate of the International Third World Leaders Association (ITWLA) chaired by Dr Myles Munroe a forum created for the exchange of cross-cultural ideas.

Pastor Ghandi was born and raised in Nigeria, from where he migrated to the United States fourteen years ago. He graduated in 1982 from the prestigious ObafemiAwolowo University in Nigeria with a BA Hons in English and Literary Studies; he also holds a Master's degree in Industrial and Labor Relations with emphasis on Human Resource Management from Nigeria's premiere University, University of Ibadan. He loves and has visited numerous countries in Europe, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, the Americas and Africa. His other interests include sports, swimming and playing scrabble. He is married with two children.

Mr. Ade Ogundeyin is, the founder and Group Managing Director of Olakleen Holdings Limited, a group of companies with over 10 subsidiaries.

He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos and is a COREN registered Engineer.

He is an astute entrepreneur and industrialist with over 33 years experience.

He successfully steered O’la Kleen Nigeria Limited into a Holding Company, with interests in steel manufacturing, vehicle assembly plant, real estate, etc.  The Company is one of the fastest growing conglomerates in Nigeria, and was recently celebrated with a Top 100 Businesses in Nigeria award by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

In recognition of his achievements, especially in support of the Nigerian economy, the Federal Government of Nigeria appointed him a member of the Nigerian Industrial Policy and Competitiveness Advisory Council on May 30, 2017.

Mr. Ogundeyin has attended several international trainings and has been guest speaker at various seminars on Entrepreneurship, within and outside the country.

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Jim Ovia holds a B.Sc. degree in Business Administration from Southern University, Baton Rouge, U.S.A and Master’s degree in Business Administration from University of Louisiana, Monroe, USA. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School.

A banker per excellence, Jimi Ovia represents success in banking with his pet project, Zenith Bank plc.

Under his leadership, Zenith bank grew and is recognised as the largest financial service provider in Nigeria and Anglophone West Africa.

Zenith Bank is listed on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) as well as the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The bank also has subsidiaries in Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, South Africa and China.

Banker, author and philanthropist, he has the Jim Ovia Foundation with four arms: The James Hope College, Jim Ovia Scholarship, Jim Ovia ICT Entrepreneurs Programme and Empower Youth Program.

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Apostle Wilson has been Senior Pastor of Valley Kingdom Ministries International for over 25 years. Apostle accepted the responsibility to diligently lay the proper foundation as directed by the Holy Spirit, to unifying the body of Christ in faith and knowledge of the Kingdom of God and the systems of this world.

Apostle Wilson has traveled throughout the United States as well as internationally to such places as Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Singapore and various other nations; establishing the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus to have rule, dominion and authority on the Earth until Christ returns.

Apostle is the Founder of Maranatha Ministries, Inc., where he tenaciously teaches and imparts the message of the Kingdom and its life-changing principles through CDs, DVDs and books. He is also the Founder and CEO of The Cause Worldwide Outreach, Inc., a faith-based, non-profit organization established to raise awareness and provide funding to fight the pandemic HIV/AIDS throughout the United States and Africa. Apostle Wilson serves on the executive counsel for the International Coalition of Apostles (ICA) under C. Peter Wagner, Illinois State Director for Christian United for Israel (CUFI) under Pastor John Hagee as well and he is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Community Impacting Business Network Foundation (CIBN) headed by Prophet Bill Hammond.

As an end-time Apostle with vision, leadership skills and compassion; Apostle Wilson is also CEO of Kingdom Entertainment Group whose mandate is to produce films, documentaries and theatre productions to impact a generation through media.

Apostle H. Daniel Wilson is married to Beverly L. Wilson who serves with him in ministry as Pastor of the Women's Ministries at VKMI. They have 2 children and 4 grandchildren.