BusinessDay Media Limited is holding the 9th edition of its Annual CEO Forum Thursday December 7, at the Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The theme of this year’s Summit is “No Ordinary Disruption: How Global Forces are Shaping Nigeria’s Economic Growth” based on the book of similar title written by three directors at the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI). Richard Dobbs, one of the authors of the book, which has been lauded as one of the best books of the decade, will be the keynote speaker at today’s Forum.
Richard Dobbs is a Senior Partner of McKinsey based in London. He is also on the McKinsey Global Institute Council, which advises MGI’s research on global economic, business and technology trends. He serves clients around the world in a variety of industries, ranging from high tech and financial services to petroleum, utilities and the public sector.
Richard has led research on global economic trends, including capital markets, urbanisation and infrastructure, natural resources, productivity and growth, the rise of emerging markets and the economic impact of obesity. Richard is a frequent speaker at international conferences and is an Associate Fellow of the Said Business School at Oxford University.
The theme of this year’s Forum focuses on the confluence of four fundamental disruptive forces – any of which would rank as among the greatest changes the global economy has ever seen. Compared with the Industrial Revolution, the authors of No Ordinary Disruption estimate that this change is happening ten times faster and at 300 times the scale, or roughly 3,000 times the impact.
Other leading visionaries that have headlined the CEO Forum in the past include: Michael Porter, the world acclaimed economist and researcher at the Harvard Business School; Paul Collier, Professor of Economic and Public Policy at the Blatvanik School of Government and the University of Oxford; Richard Ingleton, the global CEO of TNS – one of the World’s largest insight, information and consultancy groups; Richard Lesser, the President and CEO of American global management consultancy, the Boston Consulting Group, among others.
Knowledge Partner for the 2017 CEO Forum is McKinsey & Company, the trusted advisor and counsellor to many of the world’s most influential businesses and institutions. This year’s sponsors include MTN, Broll, Rack Centre, FMDQ, Unilever, Vodacom and Air France.
In addition to the Keynote presentation, the Conference includes Panel Discussions featuring CEOs of the leading Organisations across strategic sectors of the Nigerian economy. Subsequently, the first Panel of Discussants comprise Tonye Cole, Co-founder of Sahara Group; Emeka Emuwa, Group Managing Director, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc; Ferdinand Moolman, Chief Executive Officer, MTN Nigeria; Yewande Sadiku, Director General, Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC); Yaw Nsarkoh, Executive Vice President, Unilever Ghana and Nigeria; and Bola Onadele Koko, Managing Director, FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange with Dr. Doyin Salami, Senior Lecturer at the Lagos Business School (LBS) as the Moderator.
The second Panel features Wiebe Boer, Managing Director, ALL ON; Lanre Kolade, Managing Director, Vodacom Business Nigeria; Ben Akabueze, Director-General, Budget Office for the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Adesimbo Ukiri, Managing Director, Avon Healthcare Limited; and Maher Jarmakani, Founder/CEO, Rack Centre Nigeria with Philip Osafo-Kwaako, Associate Director, Mckinsey & Company as the Moderator.
There will also be a presentation on the Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) by Acha Leke, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, as part of the agenda for today’s programme of events.
Since 2009, BusinessDay Media Limited has brought together hundreds of Chief Executive Officers and Managing Directors, as well as C-Suite Executives of Multinationals, Major Companies, Top-tier Organisations and SMEs to the Annual CEO Forum. Subsequently, the CEO Forum has become the foremost event dedicated to the development of the private sector in Nigeria and the overall economy.
This year’s conference, as in previous editions, provides a unique platform for the attendees and delegates to debate and exchange ideas on the issues and trends impacting upon Nigeria’s economic growth and development.
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