Veteran Business Development Consultant with a top-level skills in Business, operations management and a career spanning 25 years, adept at Business Change, Retail and Commercial Banking, Business Development, Stakeholder Management, New Product Development, Cross Selling, Asset Creation and best practices in Banking Industry with a track record of generating leads, developing pipelines and closing of sales. Offering 25 years of identifying new revenue streams and potential clients to meet growth objectives.
A strong believer in sourcing funding and delivery of large ticket transaction for the benefit of all stakeholders, proven track record that demonstrates self-motivation, creativity and initiative skills to achieve both personal and corporate goals while managing clients of First Bank of Nigeria and that of Agile P3 Limited.
Career Achievement
· Increased company revenue by 85% through aggressive new market strategies.
· Built productive relationships with industry partners and competitors to support strategic business objectives.
· Devised new promotional approaches to boost customer numbers and market penetration while enhancing engagement and driving growth.
· Worked with department heads to address team needs and offer high-level support for everyday operations.
· Identified new revenue generation opportunities to maximum bottom-line profitability.
·Orchestrated sales and marketing activities wit diverse team of professionals to develop 2,000 agents across Nigeria.
· Delivered successful seed fund raising for Trans Bill Solutions as Central Bank of Nigeria licensed Agent Banking Coy.
· Successfully strategized the launch and development of EasyMoni App, an easy loan application solution, in 6 months which was later integrated with 3rd Party Application via APIs.
Career Achievement
· Effectively spearheaded the training and mentoring of 6,500 Project Management Professionals in Nigeria in 2017-18.
· Launched https://konnect.one– an e-commerce and personal development solution for professionals.
· Negotiated new annual contracts and service agreements with vendors to achieve prime pricing.
· Monitored sales forecasts and projected financial planning for organization to achieve revenue goals.
· Aligned department vision, goals and objectives with company strategy to achieve consistently high results.
· Spearheaded successful business development initiatives aligned with company's strategy and core competencies.
· Increased business profits by streamlining processes and trimming unnecessary positions.
· Sourced for deals for new deals for Agile P3 Limited and created a new product.
Career Achievement
1. Corporate Banking (October 10 – January 2016) Business Manager, Energy & Utilities (Keffi) Took over the team in October 2010 with a balance sheet of N20 Billion and grew same to over N100 Billion with just lean team members. Average annual revenue was over N6 Billion
2. Retail Banking SBU (October 04 – September 10) Relationship Manager, Retail Marketing Unit
3. Operations Unit, Retail & Consumer Banking Department (August 03 – October 04) Relationship Manager.
Career Achievements:
Client Relationship Management
Thesis
1. How can service providers optimize capacity utilization in the Hospitality industry in Nigeria? (MBA Dissertation, 2012)
2. Globalization of the Financial Industry (A Case Study of United Bank for Africa Plc) MBA Thesis, 2002
3.The impact of Computerization on Banking Services in Nigeria (A case study of Allied Bank of Nig. PLC). HND Thesis, 1992.