Friday, November 08,
2019/05:50PM/ By Firstbank / Header Image Credit: Firstbank
The International Women's Entrepreneurial
Challenge Foundation (IWEC) has announced the appointment of Ibukun Awosika to their Board of
Directors as its New President. Awosika is the Chairman of First Bank of
Nigeria Limited, Nigeria's Premier and Leading financial services provider.
Mrs. Awosika was elected to replace Miguel Valls, former president of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and president of the IWEC Foundation, who passed away last month. "The Foundation is very excited to announce the appointment of our new president," stated Ruth A. Davis, IWEC Chairwoman and distinguished former U.S. Ambassador. "Ibukun Awosika has been a solid, steady presence at IWEC since its inception, and she is also a past IWEC awardee. Ibukun has not missed one IWEC Conference since 2008 and has lent her voice and experience not only to our conferences, but to our meetings after joining our Board in 2017. We are delighted that our Board of Directors voted on her appointment, and we'll introduce her as our president at our upcoming 12th Annual IWEC Foundation Conference in New Delhi, on November 10th."
The Foundation's 2019 Conference will focus on "Connecting Women Businesses Globally: Leading the Way to Innovation and
Integration". The event would be hosted locally by the FICCI Ladies
Organization (FLO) of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &
Industry (FICCI), which represents over 5000 women entrepreneurs and
professionals across India. This year, IWEC welcomes 39 awardees from 18
countries, with a combined revenue of over US$5.7 billion among all awardees to
date.
IWEC Foundation Vice Chair, Carmen Castillo, CEO of
Ibukun Awosika heads Nigeria's premier bank, and she is also the founder
and CEO of the Chair Centre Group, an association of large companies in the
manufacturing, retail, and financial security services. Mrs. Awosika
further holds seats in the corporate boards of Cadbury Nigeria, Digital Jewel
Limited and the Convention on Business Integrity, and she is a former chair of
several other enterprise boards.
Ibukun is a graduate of Chemistry from University
of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Nigeria, an alumna of the Chief
Executive Program of Lagos Business School, the Global Executive MBA of IESE
Business School, Wharton's Global CEO Program, and the IESE and China European
International Business School (CEIBS). Ibukun is a multiple award-winning
entrepreneur and the first Nigerian recipient of the prestigious International
Women Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC) Award as a nominee of the US Department
of State in 2008. Ibukun is also a best-selling author and motivational
speaker.
Ibukun was just honoured last month with the
International Friendship Award presented at the IESE Business School by the
Queen of Spain.
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