US-Nigeria Business Council
Leadership
The U.S.-Nigeria Business Council, is privileged to be guided by an Advisory Board of Directors who represent top-level executive leadership, experience, wisdom and a broad cross-section of the business community across the U.S.-Nigeria trade axis.
The governance model centers on the active involvement of Board members from a policy perspective and direct oversight of the President & CEO. Members of the Board are asked to participate on committees, Trade Council signature events and to provide direct and indirect financial support for the organization through building the membership, sponsoring events, attendance and applying the wisdom necessary to exercise fiscal responsibility in the short and long terms.
The Executive Committee of the Trade Council has the responsibility of hands-on management of the Trade Council, reviewing financial statements in detail, making policy recommendations to the Advisory Board of Directors and implementing approved policies.
Advisory Board of Directors
Chairman of the Board – to be announced…
| HRM Oba (Dr.) Michael Ajayi | Elerinmo of Erinmo, Osun State, Nigeria |
| Mrs. Affi Ibanga | President, Uyo chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (UYOCCIMA), Vice-Chairperson of AML Bonded Terminal |
| Ms. DeLois Babiker | (MD/CEO Intellectual Concepts, Atlanta, GA., USA |
| Prof. Juliet Elu | Chair & Charles E. Merrill Professor, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA. USA. |
| Mr. Godwin Oyefeso | President/Founder of Success Edge for Entrepreneurship Development (SEED), Director General of Successedge Exporters Network (SEEN). |
| Mr. Onyebuchi Okafor | MD/CEO, JAFCON Home Development (Nig) Ltd. – Nigeria |
| Mr. Isa Mohammad Ari | Pioneer Chairman/CEO of the FCT Internal Revenue Service |
Executive Cabinet / Staff
President / CEO
Titus Olowokere
E-mail: tolowok@usnigeria.org
Titus Olowokere is the President & CEO of the US-Nigeria Business Council , President Emeritus of the Alliance of Nigerian Organizations in Georgia (ANOG) and Director of Administration of NICORE, an organization that empowers the economic development of Nigerians and their communities in the USA. He has held a succession of increasingly responsible roles in Unilever, General Motors, Accenture and State of Georgia. Read Titus’s Bio >
| Executive Cabinet | |
| President & CEO | Titus Olowokere |
| Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Advocacy | Lisa Russell |
| Vice President, International Business Development | Brandon Smith |
| Vice President, Entrepreneurship & SME | Dr. Adejube-Williams |
| Executive Secretary /Treasurer | Suzan Okosodo |
| Director, Membership, Marketing & Communications | Sennami Goziem |
| Director, Research, Publications & Education | April Awe |
| Director, Agribusiness & Economic Development | Eunice Bank |
| Director, Programs, Services and Community Outreach | Rita Udechukwu |
| Associate Director, Finance and Administration | Jane Patrick |
| Associate Director, Member Services | Doug Evans |
| Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel | Sam Wills |
Mrs. Affiong Israel Ibanga – FCIS, FIFFN, is the Vice-Chairperson of AML Bonded Terminal (Advanced Motors and Logistics Ltd), a leading freight forwarder, export / import services, shipping agency and Bonded Terminal Operator.
She is also the Chief Executive Officer of AML Farms and Industries Ltd. In her strive for professional excellence, she holds a Master’s degree in Transport Management with Specialization in Logistics (MTM), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State. Post Graduate Diploma in Logistics (PGD), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. Read Ibanga’s Bio >