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IGBO-AMADI OBI
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Igbo has a long, rich and varied experience in marketing communications, spanning public relations, advertising, and brand activation. He has brought his versatility and unique leadership style to bear on brands and businesses in a wide variety of sectors, including Consumer Electronics, Household Consumables, Beverages, Oil and Gas, Property, Automobiles, Banking, Government and Telecoms.
Until his appointment as BBDO MD, he was integral to the emergence of DDB Lagos as a top-tier agency and creative powerhouse in Nigeria and West Africa, in various leadership capacities.
Igbo is driven to make BBDO West Africa fundamental to the successes of every brand and business it supports, and to grow BBDO to become a dominant player in Nigeria and indeed West Africa, as it is in other parts of the world.
TUNDE SULE
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Tunde is passionate about the power of brands to shape culture. He joins BBDO with over 13 years of diverse experience, which spans content development, creative directing and most recently a senior marketing management role with a telecom brand. This unique blend of agency and client backgrounds provides a firm footing to drive both strategic and creative output at the agency.
Having led teams to several international creative awards (Loeries, Cristals, Epicas, etc.), Tunde is excited to lead the team of young, energetic creatives at BBDO to greater accolades. An alumnus of the Cannes Creative Leaders
Program of the Berlin School of Creative Leadership, he has a Masters in Media and Communication from the
Pan Atlantic University, Lagos and is the author of a compilation of short stories titled ‘Half This, Half That’.
He is married with 2 charming, well-behaved boys.
KUNLE AKOLEOWO
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Graduated as the best student from the popular school of art, Yaba College of Technology.
He started out as an Executive with TBWA/Concept and later joined Centerspread/FCB where he rose to become a senior manager, worked on FMCG, telecoms (MTN, Etisalat and Starcomms) and Financial services brands before joining BBDO as a Creative Director. Presently at BBDO, he has contributed in no little way to the growth of brands like Guinness, Kellogg’s, Visa, Wrigley’s, SC Johnson and a host of others.
His quest for knowledge led him to Miami Ad School where he took a course in Integrated Concepting and
Copywriting.
Kunle has won several awards at Lagos Advertising and Ideas Festival (LAIF).
YOMI AMOUSSA
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & STRATEGY DIRECTOR
Yomi has 9+ years of experience, having worked in the Aviation, Banking and Advertising industries; in the process, gaining diverse forms and levels of experience.
Over the past 2 years, he has worked in core strategy/account planning lead functions and has recorded several notable pitch wins, some of which include The Diageo spirits portfolio, Interswitch, Ensure Insurance, Sterling Bank, Arla Dano, Lumos and OLAM foods, to name a few.
He is also an alumnus of Strategic Planning from both the Darden Business School and the Graduate School of Business, University of Capetown.
He is married to an amazon and they are blessed with a beautiful daughter. He also aspires to be the
President of Nigeria come 2031.
JOLOMI AWALA
ASS. CREATIVE DIRECTOR
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ONYEBUCHI UGWUMBAH
SENIOR MANAGER, CREATIVE
Man of layers, sucker for structure, curator of moments.
DEJI ALUKO
SENIOR BRAND MANAGER
Compulsive zagger in a world that zigs.
ADEBIYI GRILLO
SENIOR MANAGER, CREATIVE
Briefs for breakfast. Brainstorms for lunch. Accolades for dinner.
EMEKA EZEAGU
SENIOR MANAGER, CREATIVE
I pull my own weight, in boardrooms and in gyms.
OYIN OLUDIPE
SENIOR COPYWRITER
Bucket List Item #13: think in space; write on moon
OYIN AKPAN
SENIOR MANAGER, DIGITAL
Calculated by nature, digital by design.
SEUN ODIA
ACCOUNT DIRECTOR
‘Timemaster’, dogged doer, lover of everything vibrant and vintage.
CHRISTIANA AILERU
CREATIVE EXECUTIVE
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BLESSING EMMANUEL
STRATEGY AND BUSINESS EXECUTIVE
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