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The Management Consulting Conference is scheduled to hold on the 16th &17th of October 2019 at the Sheraton Hotel, Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos.

The conference is being convened by Lewis Partners Consulting (LPC) in collaboration with the Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria (IMCON) established in 1979 by the Centre for Management Development (CMD), the agency of government with the oversight function to regulate the practice and development of Management Consulting Practice in Nigeria.

Epiphany Azinge will be chairman of the occasion, while the Speakers include Tunde Adekola (World Bank specialist),  Nosike Agokei (Governance professional), Kemi Ogunmefun (Member of the Board of Access Bank), Ayo Olojede (Group Head Emerging Business, Access Bank;  Benson Uwheru (Partner, Business Advisory, Ernst n Young) and  Paul Ayim (Phillip Consulting). Others are Chris Itsede, former DG, WAIFEM, Baba Yusuf former MD NEFZA and Yomi Adebanjo.

The theme of the conference is ‘The Evolving Economy: The role of management consulting in the Public and Private sector’.

According to the organizers, the theme will address among other things, the standards and yardsticks to be put in place to manage the practice of management consulting.

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The event will further engage the questions of how better to professionalise the practice of management consulting across board, and the strategy and innovation that will be appropriate in benchmarking against international best practice and global demands.

In a press statement, Jacqueline Odiadi, publicist of the Conference, gave insight into the reason behind the event: “The current state of the Management Consulting sector in Nigeria calls for deep introspection; the understanding of the profession and practice of management consultancy portrays a lack of depth and skewed understanding of the subject matter.

“Notwithstanding, we have several ‘briefcase’ or ‘shadow consultants’ across all the sectors; all thriving within the same economic space. We need to come together and brainstorm on how to move the profession forward.”

 

Anthonia Obokoh