Toki Mabogunje elected new LCCI President
Mrs. Toki Mabogunje, President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)
Mrs. Toki Mabogunje has become the president of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) through an election that that was conducted immediately after the Chambers’ 131st Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday. By virtue of the election, Mabogunje will preside over the activities of the chamber for the next two years, following the expiration of Mr. Babatunde Paul Ruwase’s tenure who meritoriously served the Chamber in the same capacity in the last two years.
As disclosed by Muda Yusuf, Director General of LCCI, Mabogunje is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants, and astute boardroom guru who specialises in business development, value chain development, project financing, strategic organisation and management, and had being involved in the provision of legal and business advisory services to small and medium enterprises. He added: “She has served the Chamber previously in various capacities such as Deputy President, Vice President, Member, Trade Promotion Board, Chairman, Professional Services Group, Chairman, Financial and General Purposes Committee among others.
Muda Yusuf also added that, “Indeed, we are very pleased as Mrs. Toki Mabogunje, FIMC, CMC assumes the role of President of the LCCI. As a Council Member and a key Officer of the Chamber, she has brought her extensive knowledge and experience to bear on the Chamber mandate and has provided quality perspectives to deliberations at the Chamber. Her election will enhance the Chamber’s role as a leading advocate of best business policy and practice, with the objective of promoting and protecting the interest of its members and the business community at large.
He explained that the investiture of Mrs. Toki Mabogunje, as President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), is in recognition of her contribution and commitment to the ideals of the Chamber’s movement, its public policy advocacy and protection of the interests of the Nigerian business community.
In the same vein, Yusuf announced at the AGM that Mrs. Toki Mabogunje is set to be formally inaugurated as President of the Chamber on Saturday December 7, 2019 at an Investiture Ceremony billed to hold at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
As gathered by Trek Africa, she is a business consultant with passionate interest in the growth and management of small and medium enterprises on the African continent. As a business consultant, Toki has particular interest in business development, value chain development, project financing, strategic organisation and management and the provision of legal and business advisory services to small and medium enterprises.
She has a degree in Law from the University of Ife, Nigeria, a postgraduate law degree (LLM) in International Business Law from the University of Exeter, England, Executive Management Training in Strategic Organisation and Management from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, California, United States of America, training in SME Policy Design and Project Implementation from the ILO Training Center in Turin, Italy, Value Chain Development Training from MDF in the Netherlands, Enterprise Development through value chains and business service markets from the ILO International Training Center, Turin, Italy and several other workshops and seminars; all related to the growth and development of SMEs.
Over the last 36 years, Toki has been involved in commercial and business enterprise from both a public and private sector perspective. As Assistant Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Defence and later Senior State Counsel in the Mercantile and Industrial Law Department of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Nigeria, Toki was involved in public sector policy formulation, regulation and monitoring of commerce and industry nationwide. She provided legal advice to the Federal Government in its cross border business negotiations with other governments and commercial enterprises worldwide.
Her foray into the private sector provided her with the opportunity to attain a well-rounded perspective of business enterprise in the Nigerian, African and Global business environment. She worked as Company Secretary, Group Head Legal and Corporate Affairs for a start up broadcast enterprise, which grew into a global business concern, known as Minaj Media Group. Toki was part of a dynamic management team that grew this local broadcaster into a satellite television operation. Toki’s experience with Minaj Media Group extended to other markets within Africa, Europe and the United States. Her management expertise and skills earned her the position of President of Minaj Inc., the American subsidiary of the Group. She founded the firm Toki Mabogunje and Co. (TMC) in the year 2000 and has for over the last nineteen years being bringing her skills, training, expertise and experience to bear when consulting with clients seeking to grow their market share in Nigeria, Africa or elsewhere globally.
She is active in business organisations of the Organised Private Sector (OPS) in Nigeria. She registered her firm as a member of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry when she began business operations in the year 2000. She had represented Minaj Media Group in the industrial group of the LCCI.
