The Industry Newspaper organisers of ‘The Industry Summit/Awards’ has revealed some distinguished marketing communications professionals to be conferred with awards at this year’s event.
The year’s award which is scheduled to hold on Friday, March 31st, 2023 in Lagos is looking at the performances of 2022 and the top winners include Sir Steve Bamidele Omojafor, Chairman, STB-McCann Limited, Mr. Steve Babaeko, Group Chief Executive Officer, X3M Ideas, Dr. Felix King Eiremiokhae, CEO MABISCO/Oracle Experience, Mrs. Nkechi Ali-Balogun, CEO NECCI, Mrs. Bridget Oyefeso-Odusami, Head Marketing & Communications, Stanbic IBTC, Mr. Anthony Chiejina, Chief Brand Officer, Dangote and Mr. Adedayo Ojo, CEO Caritas.
Others are Mr. Rotimi Bankole, CEO of SBI Stagwell, Mr. Olugbenga Victor Afolabi, CEO GDM Group, Chief Charles Azu Chijide, CEO of Charella Group, Dr. Olalekan Fadolapo, Director General Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), and Mr. John Ehiguese, CEO Mediacraft Limited.
The Industry Lifetime category was renamed ‘The Industry ALL STAR’ and winners emerged after a painstaking evaluation and analysis of each recipient over the course of 10 years and above on their roles in advancing the growth and development of the IMC industry.
According to the organisers, these practitioners were carefully chosen. They represent some of the brightest practitioners who have made a huge impact in the industry and deserve to be rewarded with this laurel.
“This is the first time the category would be honouring 10 practitioners and there are other categories ranging from corporate, individual, brand and legacy categories,” they added.
Speaking on this year’s event, the convener, Mr. Goddie Ofose stated that despite several challenges faced by businesses last year, IMC organisations have continued to hold their ground and sustain the high standard occasioned by digitalization and technology.
His words: “Professional, individual, corporate and product brands deserve to be celebrated at the time because to whom much is given much is expected.”
The keynote speaker for the 2023 summit is Tolu Ogunkoya of OMG WeCA and co-speaker is Ekuma Eze of Nigerian Bottling Company. Both would be speaking on the papers: Data to Action: How Marketers Can Rationalize Performance Measurement & Drive Efficiencies with Intelligence’ and ‘Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG): Impact of Government Policy Shift on the Industry, Consumers respectively.