Olayemi Cardoso, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN); Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State governor; Patrick Njoroge, former governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, and Olubunmi Oluwasauen Kuku, managing director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) will speak at the 15th edition of BusinessDay CEO Forum today.
Other speakers at the CEO forum include: Stella Okotete, executive director, business development at Nexim Bank; Sam Abu, country senior partner, PwC Nigeria and regional senior partner, West Market; Opeyemi Bamidele, Senate leader, and Bolanle Austen-Peters, director at Terra Kulture.
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This exclusive, invitation-only event will gather the nation’s top chief executive officers and business leaders for a day of transformative discussions and unparalleled networking opportunities.
Scheduled to be held today by 9:30 am at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, it is themed, ‘Leadership in Tough Economic Times.’
Effective leadership has never been more crucial in a period marked by economic uncertainty and rapid change. This year’s theme, ‘Leadership in Tough Economic Times,’ will be addressed by some of the most esteemed minds in the industry, including Catherine Duggan, director, Business School at Cape Town University.
Since its inception in 2009, the CEO Forum Nigeria has become the country’s gold standard of leadership events. Over the past 15 years, it has brought together over 2000 of Nigeria’s most influential CEOs to deliberate on the future of the private sector through lessons in leadership, innovation, and transformation.
Highlights of the forum include: keynote presentations; insightful talks from industry leaders on navigating economic challenges; CEO Conversations; dialogues with top executives sharing their experiences and strategies, as well as panel sessions.
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There will be expert panels discussing latest trends and solutions for business growth and sustainability.
The CEO Forum has a rich history of featuring global leaders such as Jeffrey Sachs, an American economist and public policy analyst, professor at Columbia University; Akinwunmi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank; Dominic Barton, global managing director of McKinsey & Company; Rich Lesser, global CEO of Boston Consulting Group; Professors Peter Tufano and Paul Collier of Oxford University; Professor Hal Gregersen, director of the Innovation Centre at MIT, and Ralph Mupita, group president of MTN.
