Olabisi Sotunde, managing director of the BusyBee Group, has joined the list of professionals who were certified recently as Fellows of the Institute of Management Consultant of Nigeria (IMC).
Sotunde was among those who attended the investiture ceremony of the institute which took place at Lagos Airport Hotel recently.
Sotunde, who has a background in Chemical Engineering, and later event planning, is now by this development a certified management consultant.
She is a trained facilitator in events management, entrepreneurship and an event business coach.
She is an international mentor for the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN Nigeria), Tony Elumelu Foundation, Cherie Blair Foundation Road2Growth for Women and brand amabassador.
Sotunde explained that through her Events Academy, she has trained, mentored and coached over 800 event professionals through planning/decoration classes, master class workshops and mentoring programs.
“I believe so much in personal and business developments, which is why I invested so much in undergoing several trainings,” she said.
“I have been privileged to attend the Special Event Show New Orleans, IMEX Group Las Vegas USA, the Nigeria-British Chamber of Commerce, Women in Leadership, Fate Foundation
TFD series, WIMBIZ, Centre for Entreprise Management & Research amongst others.”
She is a recipient of the GoldMan Sachs scholarship and Cherie Blair Foundation Road to Growth at the prestigious Pan Atlantic University /LBS, among others.
She is a fellow member of the Institute of Management Consultants in Nigeria, International Live Events Association (ILEA Nigeria chapter), Association of Professional Party Organisers and Event Managers of Nigeria (APPOEMN), and Association of Event Vendors in Nigeria (ASSEV).
Sotunde sees herself as an inspiration to many women and is a female leading entrepreneur in the industry, celebrated on radio/TV shows, newspapers and magazine where she shares her success story as a young CEO and mentor.
