Roger Bettles
Roger Bettles is a former chairman and Pro-chancellor of the University of Leicester. He comes from a background in the National Health Services, was once head of the British Dental Association, and is passionate about the environment.
Advisory
Board
TEXEM’s advisory board comprises of several renowned business experts who contribute valuable insights and years of experience. With their input, we provide world-class services in training, management consultancy, and research.
Professor Rodria Laline
Visiting Professor Insead and IESE and formerly at Harvard.
Prof Roger Delves
Professor of Practice in Leadership Associate Dean Ashridge Executive Education at Hult International Business School.
Frank Aigbogun
Journalist and publisher of BusinessDay newspaper,
Clive Carpenter
International banker with a proven track record in management at board level
Professor John Peters
Royal Air force fighter, former prisoner of war and previous chair of association of MBAs
Eur Ing Professor Andrew D Chambers
Eur Ing Professor, BA, PhD, CEng, FCCA, FCA, FBCS, CITP, FRSA, FIIA
We will show you how to do succeed and optimise your impact.
We partner with some of the world’s finest learning institutions to design and deliver programmes that address organisations’ specific needs within a business or public administration context.
If you are a corporate leader or senior public servant, our programmes will fuel your career and add value to your institution. By exploring the best management practices, we will prepare you for a higher level of leadership and performance in highly competitive environments.
To ensure our learning programmes give you the best possible chances at success, TEXEM works with some of the world’s best academicians in their respective fields. Our courses guarantee the best results.
We also host board retreats, custom training programmes for senior executives, research courses, and corporate training events. To get notified of new events sent to your inbox, subscribe, or contact us to discuss your needs.
Liadi Olagoke Salami, Accountant General of Oyo State and a delegate on one of our past programmes discusses the need for on-the-job training and continual professional development.
TEXEM’s advisory board comprises of several renowned business experts who contribute valuable insights and years of experience. With their input, we provide world-class services in training, management consultancy, and research.
Claire Young
Many will recognise Claire from the BBC1 hit show, The Apprentice. Claire now runs a successful consultancy and is a regular appearance on the motivational speaking circuit. She has worked on many projects involving young people, including National Apprentice Week, the Council for Graduate Entrepreneurs and the Make Your Mark campaign.
DIRECTOR, SUSTAINABILITY MERCHANTCANTOS, BRUNSWICK GROUP
Stine Osterholt Jensen
Stine is a management and communication specialist who has worked with sustainability management for many years, providing strategic advice to businesses on the benefits of sustainability and how to communicate these benefits to their stakeholders. She has worked in the Danish national parliament, the EC and as a sustainability manager in a FTSE 100 company.
DIRECTOR, CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS WELFARE BOARD, FCTA, NIGERIA
Dr L.Z. Gaza
With a doctorate in geography from Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria and a master’s degree in public administration and rural development studies, Dr Gaza has held senior roles at the Abuja Municipal Area Council and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). He holds the distinction of being the first elected Honourable Member of the House of Representatives for Abuja Municipal Federal Constituency in Nigeria.
Tim Wright
Tim is a highly experienced IT director who has been developing innovative approaches to creating knowledge-focused organisations for the past 20 years. He has worked as a consultant, practitioner and senior manager with a number of global organisations, including Egon Zehnder International and McKinsey & Co, and holds a MBA from University of Leicester.
HEAD OF SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
Professor Simon Lillely
Simon a Professor of Information and Organisation has a PhD from Edinburgh University for his work on the impact of computerisation on oil refinery management. He has taught at the universities of Keele, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Lancaster, as well as at the International Business School, Budapest, and the Manchester School of Management, UMIST. Simon is currently editor of the journal, Culture and Organisation.
Ken Wilson
Ken began followed a long civil service career in central London, working in policy, IT and management services roles before leaving his position as HR Director at Longbenton and executive board member of the Contributions Agency to found his own company providing interim management and consultancy services to government departments, including the Inland Revenue, Ministry of Defence, Home Office and the Department of Transport.
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, E-BUSINESS AND HEAD OF ICT, THISDAY MEDIA GROUP
Danboyi Victor Ojogun
Joining THISDAY in 2001 as an IT Trainee, Danboyi soon became Head of IT, obtaining a technology degree from the Federal University of Technology in Nigeria. He went on to complete management courses at The Pan-African University and The International Council of eCommerce. His speciality is the energy sector.
FORMER DIRECTOR, SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF NIGERIA
Jimmy Ahmed
I spent my entire working career in Shell Petroleum (1979 to 2014) in technical, leadership and management roles and positions, rising to the position of General Manager, Business and Government Relations, as well as serving on the board of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria as a Director from 2010 to 2014, when I retired from the company.
I am an accomplished Petroleum exploration and production professional, with lots of experience in petroleum geology, corporate governance, business controls, business relations with governments/stakeholders and business ethics. My professional career included assignments in geology and seismic interpretation, Technical training, sub-surface information technology management, audits (technical, reserves and governance audits); business development; and business and government relations. I served on the Shell Nigeria Business Integrity Committee for more than 7 years of my career. I also spent five years in internal audit, two years of which was with the Shell Group Reserves Audit team, which assured and ensured Shell’s full compliance with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s reserves reporting, following the Shell reserves crisis of 2004. In my last role as General Manager Business and Government relations, I was very involved with Shell’s assets divestment and managing Shell’s business relations with NNPC, DPR, National Assembly and other government agencies.
I have attended many training programmes locally and overseas, including management development programmes in the IMD Lausanne. I acquired extensive technical, business management and leadership skills and experiences from these training programmes and overseas assignments, working in and leading multicultural teams during my career with Shell.
I have a very good understanding and knowledge of the Nigerian Petroleum industry. I am presently a private consultant on the Nigerian Petroleum Industry (OJA Petroleum Services Limited).
RESEARCH ANALYST, INVESTMENTS AG
Dr. Aleksandra W Gadzala
Aleksandra W Gadzala, Ph.D is a foreign policy and management professional whose work cuts across geopolitical risk, social impact, and innovation. She works with Fortune 500 companies and government organizations to successfully navigate political and operational challenges, and to effect social change at scale through reimagined strategies and new partnerships.
Previously, Aleksandra was Senior Analyst at responsAbility Investments where she led country and sovereign risk for sub-Saharan and North African markets and spearheaded research on global renewable energy trends. She has developed market assessment tools for off-grid energy companies in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, and designed impact measurement strategies for investments made in financial and sustainable agriculture sectors in developing economies. She has also worked for Control Risks and Oxford Analytica, where she remains an External Expert on China-Africa relations. Based on her PhD research at Oxford, Aleksandra published the book, Africa and China: How Africans and Their Governments are Shaping Relations with China – called “invaluable reading for anyone interested in this key dynamic” by Oxford University’s Ricardo Soares de Oliveira.
Aleksandra’s thought leadership has been lauded by U.S. Ambassador David Shinn and the Center for Global Development, featured in Harvard University’s Belfer Center ‘Technology+Policy | Innovation @Work’ blog, the National Interest, and cited in congressional testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Sub-Committee on African Affairs. Aleksandra is also Partner with Outcast Global Holdings, a global entertainment and luxury travel start-up, and an Expert with Duco, a Washington DC- based marketplace of foreign policy and business experts.
PARTNER, CAMSTONE LLP
Dr Christian Toennesen
We will show you how to do succeed and optimise your impact.
We partner with some of the world’s finest learning institutions to design and deliver programmes that address organisations’ specific needs within a business or public administration context.
If you are a corporate leader or senior public servant, our programmes will fuel your career and add value to your institution. By exploring the best management practices, we will prepare you for a higher level of leadership and performance in highly competitive environments.
To ensure our learning programmes give you the best possible chances at success, TEXEM works with some of the world’s best academicians in their respective fields. Our courses guarantee the best results.
We also host board retreats, custom training programmes for senior executives, research courses, and corporate training events. To get notified of new events sent to your inbox, subscribe, or contact us to discuss your needs.
Liadi Olagoke Salami, Accountant General of Oyo State and a delegate on one of our past programmes discusses the need for on-the-job training and continual professional development.
