- Kolapo Joseph was appointed as Chairman, joined by Davidson Oturu and Toun Tunde-Anjous, to drive the gifting firm’s enlargement alongside its founding household management.
For 37 years, Celebrations has helped Nigerians mark life’s most significant moments. Today, the legacy retail and company gifting model broadcasts the strategic enlargement of its Board of Directors, welcoming three extremely achieved unbiased members to information its subsequent part of nationwide progress.
To complement the deep operational expertise of the corporate’s founding members of the family, Celebrations has appointed Kolapo Joseph as Chairman of the Board, alongside new unbiased administrators Davidson Oturu and Toun Tunde-Anjous. This blended management group combines a long time of indigenous retail heritage with world-class monetary, authorized, and strategic governance.
With shops in Abuja, Lagos, and Jos, a rising on-line enterprise and a longtime company gifting division, Celebrations is positioning itself for daring, accountable enlargement.
“Our family built this brand on trust over nearly four decades,” mentioned Oladele Balogun, Managing Director of Celebrations. “Bringing in independent voices of this caliber gives us the governance and discipline to grow responsibly, and the ambition to grow boldly. For our customers and corporate partners, it means a brand that is stable, accountable, and always evolving to help Nigerians express their hearts.”
“Celebrations is a rare Nigerian institution that has successfully transitioned across generations,” mentioned Kolapo Joseph, Chairman of the Board. “My role, alongside my fellow independent directors, is to protect that immense brand equity while helping the business scale. We are focused on making the brand relevant to more Nigerians, in more places, for more occasions.”
Leadership on the Helm
Kolapo Joseph, Chairman: An funding banker and monetary providers skilled with almost twenty years of expertise throughout Africa. He previously led the Project and Infrastructure Finance division at United Capital Plc, which raised over $10 billion for purchasers. He co-founded Strom Infrastructure Investment & Management Company and sits on a number of boards, together with CEC Africa Investments and Emerging Africa Capital. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Davidson Oturu, Independent Director: Davidson Oturu is a General Partner at Nubia Capital, a US-based enterprise capital agency centered on African tech startups, and an energetic angel investor throughout North America and Africa. Formerly a Partner at AELEX the place he led the Intellectual Property, Startups, Innovation, and Technology observe, he’s an internationally acknowledged authorized skilled featured in prime directories like Chambers and Legal 500.
Toun Tunde-Anjous, Independent Director: Toun Tunde-Anjous is an revolutionary People and Culture Architect with 12 years of expertise in offering folks and tradition options to companies (startups and firms) throughout a spread of sectors in SSA. She is the Founder of The People Practice, a HR advisory agency that powers firms by way of folks, tradition, and expertise; collaborating with a variety of trade and startup leaders to translate company technique into folks initiatives that improve efficiency, engagement, and enterprise worth. She was beforehand the founding director of folks at Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), the place she led its folks operations throughout Nigeria, Rwanda, and Kenya.
A Foundation of Family Heritage
The expanded board continues to learn from the institutional information and dedication of its founding household administrators: Oladunni Oyinaka, Adunola Ige, and Omorinsola Alabi.
Full profiles can be found at https://celebrations.com.ng/pages/leadership-team
About Celebrations
Celebrations is a Nigerian retail and company gifting model with 37 years of heritage. With shops in Abuja, Lagos, and Jos, a web based e-commerce retailer, and a devoted company gifting group, Celebrations helps folks and organizations specific what issues, for each event.
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