The retired
Country Managing Director of Accenture, Mr. Adedotun Sulaiman has been named as
the chairman of the Lagos Angel Network (LAN) 7-man board of directors, reports
ITRealms.
This
was one of the outcomes of the inaugural meeting of the Board of Directors made
up of seasoned industry experts and professionals.
Sulaiman
who is a renowned management consultant and expert in organizational
development, enterprise transformation and business process reengineering
retired from Accenture in 2005 and currently chairs the board of several companies
with a major emphasis on the emerging electronic payments industry and
companies in the entrepreneurial stage.
Also,
the Executive Vice Chairman of Signal Alliance Limited, Mr. Collins Onuegbu was named the Director in
charge of Partnership & Sponsorship. Onuegbu is the
founder of Signal Alliance Limited, a leading player the Nigerian technology
industry. He is also founder of SASWARE, a technology
investment company that provides seed investment to early stage startups in the
technology industry.
Others are Messrs David Richards, Dipo
Adebo, Tokunboh Ishmael, Segun Olukoya and Tomi Davies.
ITRealms recalls that David Richards named Director, Memberships is a professional
banker with several decades of experience across Africa. He co-founded Midas
Merchant Bank and was its first Managing Director and was also the first
Finance Director of the Niger Delta Exploration Company a position he held until
his retirement in 2008. He is a
specialist in raising venture capital for the manufacturing, mining, and oil and
gas industries.
Mr Dipo
Adebo was given the responsibility on board to direct network’s processes, procedures and compliance
with best practices. He is a respected architect and founder
of DAA Architects, which specializes in hospitality and retail design who has
undertaken several major hotel management chains including Accor, Golden Tulip,
Rezidor, and Hilton.
Equaly,
Mr Tokunboh Ishmael was given the responsibility for the network’s Financial Management
practices is a co-founder and Managing Director of
Alitheia Capital, an investment management and advisory firm. She has advised
on several acquisitions and also successfully raised over USD50m in funding in
her previous roles as Managing Director of Avante Capital and Country Partner for Aureos Capital.
Joining
the board as programme director is Mr. Segun Olukoya with responsibility for co-ordinating the LAN Secretariat.
He is a partner and member of the founding team at
Nextzon Business Services who specialises in corporate and competitive strategy
development, business planning and setting up with a focus on corporate
governance and organizational restructuring. He is a member of the Investment
Committee of the Vantage Guaranteed Income Fund and also sits on the Board of
One Credit Limited.
’Tomi Davies is the Director
responsible for Awareness, Education and International Relations. He is the
founder of TVC Labs, a technology business incubation organisation and has been involved in the
world of information and communications technologies for over 30 years. He sits on the Boards of various companies including Sproxil Nigeria, Baas
Online Properties, MBO Capital, Strika Entertainment, TechnoVision
Communications, MoMo Academy and PeoplePrime. He is also the founding President
of the African Business Angel Network (ABAN).
Commenting
on this development, the chairman of the board, Mr Sulaiman, noted they have pulled together a unique team of pioneers
who will bring their knowledge, practical experience, passion and networks to
support the realisation of LAN mission.
“We are in this for the long haul and have no doubt that
our efforts will lead to the emergence of several transformational Nigerian businesses
that will go on to become pan African champions in their chosen fields,” he
said.
A press statement from Moses Briamah
says the Lagos Angel Network (LAN) is a “not for profit” entity that was
formally incorporated in May 2015. It has been set up for the purpose of
organizing individual Business Angels to collectively invest in the most
promising start-up businesses in Lagos. It is the first organised members’ only
network in Nigeria specifically created to provide entrepreneurs with funding,
mentoring and access to business networks.
Additionally, he said, LAN is also member
of the Global Business Angels Network and the National
Lead Member for Nigeria.
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