Board of Insight Publicis, a creative consultancy and marketing communication company in West Africa, has announced its first non-founder as managing director/CEO, in its almost four decades history.
The founder/chairman of the Board of Insight Publicis, Biodun Shobanjo, described Feyisola Olubodun as the new leader of the organisation.
“This is the lap for the millennials and the Generation Z. It is an era of connecting mobile digital communication to the socket of complex business needs. Feyi will now lead a successful team that continues to deliver communication solutions that assist our customers to have profitable interactions with their audience,” he said.
Feyi now becomes one of the youngest managing directors/CEOs, among the A-rated marketing communication firms in Nigeria.
Prior to his new role, he led the business to rapid growth, first as its Strategy and Planning Director and latterly as General Manager/Chief Operating Officer.
“The vision of our Board of Directors is clear. We shall allow others to follow us as we continue to lead at interpreting what today’s customer’s chat about. It is an honour to lead Nigeria’s most talented marketing communications company at this time in the history of our organization”, enthused Feyi Olubodun.
Feyi Olubodun has been a member of Insight Communications since 2009. He is a graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and an alumnus of both the Pan-Atlantic University and the Duke University – The Fuqua School of Business. He has over a decade’s experience in leading business negotiations and profitably managing projects.
He also advocates on business ethics and corporate governance standards in Nigeria Insight Publicis (formerly Insight Communications), is West Africa’s largest creative consultancy and integrated marketing communications company. The organisation had earlier announced that its previous Managing Director, Jimi Awosika, is now the Group Managing Director of Insight Redefini; a group of six integrated marketing communication companies that Insight Publicis is a part of.
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