Our Board Members

OYEBANJO Hannah Emanehi (MCIM, FISMN, rpa) is a notable industry icon with animpressive pedigree, a multi award winner at many levels who is passionate about developing people and organizations in Sales and Marketing Competencies as strong anchors of business growth. An international growth-oriented professional and trained expert in Sales, Marketing and General Management, she is the CEO Nigeria Republicom Group (an Integrated Marketing Solutions group) and also the Managing Director of Redwood Consulting (an outsourced marketing outfit with an international reach). She was Marketing Director, Colgate PalmOlive and GlaxoSmithKine (GSK) alongside other leadership roles in Advertising, Public Relations, Sales and Brand Management for over three decades, rising through the ranks and shattering norms. In her over 25 years of paid employment, she never searched for a job; all moves were through head hunt based on reputation and track record of excellence.

A prolific public speaker and trainer, Hannah has been a Marketing faculty with Lagos Business School, Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) and has trained for WIMBIZ, FATE foundation, Private and Public Sectors across Nigeria and beyond. A member of meritorious marketing and Strategic Development organizations and a qualified member of Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)Nigeria, CIM South Africa, CIM UK, Nigeria Institute of Public Relations, National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN), Fellow of Advertising Practitioner Council of Nigeria (APCON) and Fellow of Strategic Management Institute of Nigeria.

Hannah holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry and Master of Business Administration. An alumnus of Lagos Business School (LBS) and the University of Capetown, she is a Mentor to LBS and other independent organizations and individuals. Hannah has a fiery passion to give back to the society and does so through Hannah & Associates, Executive Diamonds; Weekend Out (EDWO) by supporting the growth,
leading professional ladies and women in corporate Nigeria to train, workshop to rediscover and reposition themselves and experience new concepts around Work-Life Balance

YUSUF Mojeed Adio is a serial problem solver and value driven agricultural expert. CEO of MD Farms, Kaduna state, founded in year 2000, his versatility, experience and unquenchable diligence have created a niche for MD Farms as one of the largest poultry farms in Kaduna state and Nigeria, housing over two hundred thousand birds with a robust work force and management team.

Prolific and prodigious, Mojeed’s expertise and experience in the agricultural and poultry industry are worthy of note as he has travelled to several countries in his quest for contrivance. He is a major contributor, advisor and decision maker at the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) and other relevant national and international agricultural bodies.

He holds a Higher National Diploma in Procurement and Supply Chain Management at the Kaduna State Polytechnic and has participated in several workshops and seminars that are furnished towards ensuring food security, anchoring the poultry industry and improving the lives of poultry farmers across Nigeria.

He is a Supply chain and procurement management expert whose commitment and contributions in ensuring food security in Africa cannot be wiped from the sands of time. Indeed, Mojeed is a full package of robust native wisdom, epigrammatic humour, enchanting humility and mesmerizing brilliance

YAKASAI Tanko Suleiman (MNIM) is an endorsed leader, corporate, marketing and organizational strategist whose expertise and experience span across several renowned private and public institutions. He rose through the ranks in the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) from an admin officer in 2003 to Personal Assistant to the Managing Director and then Senior Service Delivery Executive in 2016.

He holds a Bachelor degree in Political Science at the Bayero Uniersity Kano (BUK) a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) and Master in Business Administration(MBA) in the same institution. He is also a certified Program for Leadership Development (PLDA) holder from the Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts

Tanko has a telescopic mind and is always able to clearly identify opportunities in diversities. He has worked Afri Packs and Saby foods, both of which are free trade zones in Kano State and has made indelible impacts towards increasing capacity and yields.
Through the auspisces of Star Bright foundation, Tanko has established a sustainable programme for improving the girl child education especially in Northern Nigeria.

OBIOMA Tochukwu (CPA) is a certified public accountant and a result oriented entrepreneur. A graduate of accounting from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria with advanced certifications from the Kaduna Business School and Post graduate diploma in Management from the Nigeria Defense Academy (NDA) he has a demonstrably transferable astute managerial expertise.

With over 15 years’ hands-on top level experiences in business growth, accounting taxation, project management and Technical Consulting, Tochukwu is an accountant per excellence, treasury manager and business strategist.

His excellent financial analytical skills are evident in his membership and contributions to relevant bodies such as the Chartered Institute f Treasury Management (CITM) of Nigeria and Chartered Institute of Public Accountants (CIPA)

MEKUDI Shehu is the MD/CEO of Shal Mek Nigeria Limited, a company that is specialized in the production of locally fabricated agricultural, farm and processing equipment which ranges from ploughs, tractors and harvesters that are characterized by their durability and suitability for Nigerian soils.

Shehu is an avid traveler across nations in the world and has witnessed firsthand strategies around farm mechanization employed by countries like India and China to sustain food security, despite their huge population. He is on a mission to rejuvenate and simplify farming operations in Nigeria through farm mechanization to lessen farmers; burdens, improve their yields and reduce their losses.