ABRIDGED FACT FILE: JUDGE FOR YOURSELF, NO SENTIMENTS
1. Primary Education – Oron, Ikot Ekpene & Sokoto
3. Secondary Education – FGC Warri (1981)
4. Post-Secondary Education – School of Basic Studies, Akamkpa CRS (1981/82)
5. Tertiary Education – University of Calabar (B Sc Political Science, Second Class
Upper, 1986)
6. NYSC – Lagos State, 1986/87 (Bordpak Premier Packaging Division of UAC)
7. P
ost Graduate Education – University of Liverpool (MBA in Leadership)
8. Professional Memberships – Fellow of the Chattered Institute of Marketing of
Nigeria (CIMN), Member of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria
(APCON)
9. Awards - Citation for Marketing Excellence (CIMN, 2005); Distinguished Alumnus
of UNICAL (2003)
10. Professional Experience (abridged to last 10 years):
Executive Portfolio:
• Director, Client Services (DDB Advertising, Nigerian affiliate of the largest Global
Advertising Agency Group, OMNICON)
• Strategic Planning Director, Insight/Grey, Largest Indigenous Marketing
Communications Organisation
• Chief Marketing Officer, VMobile (Now Airtel)
• Chief Operating Officer, New Markets (Globacom)
• Executive Director, Marketing Communications (Globacom)
• Executive Director, Special Projects (Globacom)
• Chief Commercial Officer (Mobitel)
• Group Managing Director (Quintessentially Nigeria affiliate of the Global
Quintessentially Group)
Non – Executive Portfolio:
• Chairman, Capital Logistics Services Limited (Logistics & Property Industry
Operator)
• Chairman, Greensprings Water Bottling Company Limited (Bottling Industry
Operator)
• Chairman, Southern Polymer Industries Limited (Plastics & Allied Industry
Operator)
• Chairman, Expetro Energy Limited (Oil & Gas Sector Operator)
• Chairman, QV3 Media Services Limited (Marketing Communications Industry
Operator)
• Chairman, Bond Services Limited (Wine & Champagne Imports Sector)
11. Value & Skill Competencies:
• Strong human capital development and management skills acquired through 26
years of exposure and experience in ultra-large multinational operations
• Substantial international and national business management exposure and
experience with strong profit results across a broad range of industry categories
• Established corporate governance and administration competency through
successful and profitable management of complex multi-ethnic, multicultural and
multinational organisations
THIS MAN IS A ROBUST INTELLECTUAL, AN ACCOMPLISHED MANAGER OF RESOURCES, A RESULT-DRIVEN ENTREPRENEUR AND AN EXTREMELY COMPETENT DEVELOPER AND MANAGER OF HUMAN CAPITAL. ARE THESE NOT THE CREDENTIALS WE NEED TO SUSTAIN THE UNCOMMON TRANSFORMATION OF HIS EXCELLENCY GODSWILL AKPABIO INTO THE ERA OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH FOR OUR DEAR STATE? JUDGE FOR YOURSELF!!!
