Changes to the JAN Board of Directors: Retirements & New Appointments
As a
member of JAN’s Board, Mr. Yusuf pioneered the deployment of online access to
JAN’s Technology Delivery Platform; supported the development of the 2012-2015
JAN Corporate Strategy created by Accenture; and was awarded Most Involved
Board Member during JAN’s 15th Anniversary celebration. He is the outgoing
Chair of JAN’s Governance Committee, as well as the Vice Chairman and will be
replacing Mr. Laoye Jaiyeola, who is voluntarily retiring after eight years as
JAN’s chairman. Mr. Jaiyeola, who is the present CEO of NESG, has indeed
nurtured JAN to great heights since his appointment in 2007.
In
his new role as Chairman, Mr Yusuf aims to increase JAN’s national reach by
including at-risk youths who are out of school and extend to them JAN’s free
programmes based on Junior Achievement Worldwide’s (JAWW) 3 pillars of success:
Financial Literacy, Entrepreneurship and Work Readiness. He also strives to
strengthen existing partnerships and foster new relationships with stakeholders
who share JAN’s vision, while upholding JAN’s exemplary record of corporate
governance and compliance to relevant regulatory codes. Mr. Yusuf’s ultimate
objectives are to position JAN as the leader in non-profit education; leave a
positive impact on the lives of young Nigerians, ages 5-27; and nurture a
competitive and competent workforce that can compete globally. Mr. Yusuf
is positioned to take JAN to new heights through exemplary leadership.
Mrs.
Folake Ani-Mumuney, JAN Ambassador and Chair of JAN’s Marketing &
Communications Committee is the Group Head, Marketing and Corporate
Communications, First Bank of Nigeria Limited. She will be replacing Mr. Yusuf
as Vice-Chairman of the Board. FAM as she is fondly called, is active on
a number of boards and contributes to the delivery of Millennium Development
Goals (MDG’s) through her alliances with many organisations in an advisory
capacity. She is a big advocate of JAN’s E-Learning platform and the
empowerment of young girls and women.
Following
the retirement of Mrs. Kunbi Wuraola as the Executive Director of JAN, a new
Executive Director, Mrs. Efua Edeh, was appointed. Mrs. Efua Edeh launched her
career in 2004 as an Outreach Director and Healthcare Organizer in Chicago,
Illinois USA. Over the course of her career, Efua managed over 400 volunteers;
organised over 200 outreach events and secured over $1 million in grants. So
far Mrs. Edeh has fostered new stakeholder relationships with partners such as
FirstBank and Intel, through the SheWillConnect initiative
to empower 5 million women and girls in Sub-Sahara Africa. Mrs. Edeh has also
improved JAN’s brand image and reached over 100,000 students in 2015.
Junior Achievement Worldwide
(JAWW) is one of the largest global NGOs dedicated to addressing fundamental
social and economic challenges of young people by educating and empowering them
to transform their future and own their economic success through free work
readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy programmes. The 121 country
JAWW network is powered by 400,000 volunteers from all sectors of society,
reaching 10.2 million students globally.
Since inception in 1999, JAN has made a positive impact on the lives of 600,000 students and trained over 1,500
volunteers across Nigeria. JAN is currently working to
impact the lives of 1 million students by 2020 and will be holding a 5km Fun Run/Walk fundraiser
on November 14, 2015 at BICs Garden, Lekki Phase One. For more information,
please visit www.ja-nigeria.org
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