Faculty Update
Aderayo Bankole and Toluwalope Omoyeni
LBS Dean, Enase Okonedo receives Accelerator Award Lagos Business School Dean, Professor Enase Okonedo has been named a recipient of the Junior Achievement Nigeria Accelerator Award for her outstanding contributions to the non-profit organisation. The Junior Achievement Nigeria is part of the world's largest network of organisations dedicated to empowering students on financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship through experiential, hands-on programmes. Presented at JAN's 20th-anniversary event held in Lagos, the Accelerator Award seeks to recognise individuals who through their organisations, have been actively and positively involved in the affairs of the NGO and has supported in the achievement of its goals. Lagos Business School has partnered with JAN since 2001 to host its annual Venture in Management Program (ViMP). Through the ViMP, both organisations prepare youth corps members for the business world as managers and entrepreneurs by exposing them to the responsibilities,
opportunities and demands of a career in management. Typically described as a 'mini-MBA', the ViMP engages participants in classroom sessions, case study discussions, study groups and panel sessions led by members of the LBS faculty. Describing the partnership with LBS as “constantly evolving and symbiotic”, Executive Director, JAN, Simi Nwogugu said, “The ViMP is purposed to get the students to have a feel of a business school and to learn like managers and executives. LBS provides the environment needed to achieve our goal.” Other recipients of the JAN Accelerator Award include CEO, FATE Foundation, Adenike Adeyemi; Managing Director, The Education Partnership Centre, Modupe Adefeso-Olateju; CEO, Bestman Games, Nimi Akinkugbe CEO, ACT Foundation, Osayi Alile, among others. LBS is in partnership with organisations, multinationals, and institutions whose objectives align with its mission of changing the face of business locally and globally, by developing business professionals with high standards of business ethics and professionalism.
LBS Faculty, Chris Ogbechie joins the Research Area of the Financial Centre for Sustainability among stakeholders in the Nigerian financial markets.
Strategy Faculty and Director, LBS Sustainability Centre, Professor Chris Ogbechie has joined the Research, Education and Engagements (REE) Thematic Area of the Financial Centre for Sustainability, Lagos, a platform that aims to accelerate the expansion of green/sustainable finance in Nigeria.
Speaking on the achievement, Professor Ogbechie said, “It is deeply important for us at Lagos Business School that we provide support to initiatives such as the Financial Centre for Sustainability especially in the area of research. Through our Sustainability Centre, we proffer solutions to critical sustainable business challenges and this provides us yet another platform to do this”.
Launched in 2019 by the FMDQ Securities Exchange, the mission of the Financial Centre for Sustainability (FC4S Lagos) is to position Nigeria as a leading market in sustainability principles through investments, innovation, partnerships and capacity development.
Other members of the Thematic Area are Tolu Aina, KPMG Nigeria; Bankole Oloruntoba, Nigeria Climate Innovation Centre; Tunde Balogun, SustyVibes; among others. The team is led by Dr Andrew Nevin of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) and member, LBS Advisory Board.
The admission of LBS' representative into the REE Thematic Area of the FC4S Lagos would support in providing insights and thought leadership on local sustainability issues, enhance key research and data building capabilities critical to resolving complex climate change related challenges. It will also provide an opportunity for knowledge-sharing and building capacity
LBS Sustainability Centre supports business and organisations in mainstreaming, integrating and assessing their sustainability strategies and initiatives, based on cutting-edge sustainability thinking and Centre-led research findings.
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