Collins Edebiri is a fellow of many professional bodies and currently the President, Learning & Development Network International. Rev. Edebiri is a Human Resource Management Professional, Leadership and Talent Management Expert, Executive Coach, Facilitator and Certified Mentor with some 38 years work experience. After a stint in the Manufacturing & Agricultural sectors (1982 – 1991). He served in Shell in different managerial capacities, in addition to leading major transformation efforts across Africa and Europe for 21 years (1991 – 2012), before retiring to set up his HR Consultancy, Vital Solutions Consult (2012 – Date), where he currently sits as CEO.

His coaching and mentoring skills; as well as his passion for bringing out the best in people makes an encounter with him a learner’s delight. He has spent considerable time studying organizational behavior and employee engagement strategies. He is a labor and employee relations expert and also a certified relationship therapist, a team building expert, negotiator and communicator. He is also an engaging speaker at conferences and a very passionate counselor.

Paul is currently a Senior Partner in Phillips Consulting Limited, Nigeria, with direct responsibility for the Digital Learning Strategic Business Unit (SBU). He also provides custodial oversight for the People Transformation and Classroom Training SBUs, divisions he led successfully for several years. Earlier he worked for 7 years in the Information Technology Assurance division of Phillips Consulting.

Paul has over 24 years of experience in sales, leadership; people management; project management; strategic planning; knowledge management; business performance support, digital learning and, information assurance. He is a multi-industry leader with experience across the Public Sector, Education, Banking, Insurance, Telecommunications, and SMEs sectors.

Paul is a Certified Knowledge Manager and PRINCE2 Project Manager, providing project leadership and direction on numerous projects across the public and private sectors. He is currently a member of Association for Talent Development (ATD) International, Learning and Development Network International, an Executive Facilitator on Leadership & Management, Workplace Productivity, Emotional Intelligence and a frequent speaker at International and local conferences & webinars.

Before joining Phillips Consulting, Paul spent 3 years as head of information technology assurance in two banks. His foray into consulting began at EDP Audit and Security Associates, where he started as trainee consultant and grew to Senior Consultant over a period of 8 years.

He currently oversees the relationship with over 8 global strategic business partners of Phillips Consulting and serves as a non-executive director in two SME firms, that operate in the Education consulting & NGO space.

Omagbitse Barrow is a prize-winning Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. He spent the first decade of his professional career working at Nigeria’s premier Investment banking institution - IBTC and established Learning Impact NG in 2010, providing Corporate Training, Strategic Consulting and Organizational Development Solutions to some of the leading institutions in Nigeria across the private, public and not-for-profit sector.

He is a Palladium Institute trained Balanced Score Card Strategy Practitioner, PROSCI Institute trained Change Management Professional and American Society for Training & Development (now Association for Talent Development) trained Learning Designer, Workplace Coaching Specialist and Mobile Learning Designer.

Omagbitse has written books and developed learning resources in a wide variety of areas for adults and children. He is an educator, and Director of Creative Learning International School and Thoughtful House Autism Center in Abuja, Nigeria.

He is considered a multi-potentialite with experience and capabilities across various fields of human endeavour. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Abuja Metro.

Mrs. Olubunmi O. Faluyi {B.Ed., M.Ed., MCIPM, FIPMA (UK), FICA, MAUA (UK)}, the 12th and 3rd female alumnae Registrar of the University of Ibadan. She is a seasoned administrator with vast knowledge in university administration, Mrs. Faluyi started her administrative career in the University of Ibadan in 1988 and rose through the ranks and was appointed Deputy Registrar/Secretary to the College of Medicine in 2011; a position she occupied until her appointment as Registrar of the University of Ibadan in 2018.

Mrs. Faluyi is a recipient of several distinctions, honours and commendations. She was a Federal Government Education Scholar for her Master Degree Programme (1987) as well as the First Female Administrator recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Grant (2005), among others. She is a member of many professional bodies and a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria (FICA) and the International Professional Managers Association, (FIPMA), UK.

A devoted Christian, who actively serves at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Mrs. Faluyi is blessed with wonderful children.

Tosin David

An experienced professional from a Financial Services background. Experience covered Credit , Corporate finance, Research, Administration and Human Resources.

She currently engaged as an Independent Management Consultant and covers the following Executive Coaching, Outsourced HR, Development and delivery of Training and Development Interventions and Management Consultancy.

Interests include entrepreneurial development and personal development.

Paul Bakare

Paul is a highly focused and exciting fellow. Beyond his varied HR experience from best-in-class organisations around the world, he has diverse skills to function effectively & lead teams to preserve value and optimize opportunities for organisational benefits.

Olayemi Olatunji

Olayemi Olatunji is the Head of Delivery for Digital Learning in pcl. and also holds supervisory oversight for the Project Management office.

He helps organisations to create sustaining value by aligning strategic objectives to frontline digital, product and learning executions which impact the bottom line.

His specialities include Project Management & Governance, Product Management, User & Customer Experience (UX/CX), Intellectual Capital Management and Knowledge Management, Learning Experience Design & Development, Digital Transformation, Training Facilitation, Enterprise Technology, Learning Technology Architecture, Change Management, Digital and Social Media Marketing.

He has delivered digital and learning technology solutions, customer experience and change management initiatives for multinationals in different West African sectors.

Rev Collins Edebiri
Rev Collins Edebiri is a Human Resource Management Professional, Leadership and Talent Management Expert, Executive Coach, Facilitator and Certified Mentor with some 38 years work experience. He served in Shell in different managerial capacities, in addition to leading major transformation efforts across Africa and Europe for 21 years (1991 – 2012), before retiring to set up his HR Consultancy, Vital Solutions Consult (2012 – Date), where he currently sits as CEO.
His coaching and mentoring skills; as well as his passion for bringing out the best in people makes an encounter with him a learner’s delight. He has spent considerable time studying organizational behavior and employee engagement strategies. He is a labor and employee relations expert and also a certified relationship therapist, a team building expert, negotiator and communicator.
He is also an engaging speaker at conferences and a very passionate counselor.
Collins Edebiri is a fellow of many professional bodies and currently the President, Learning & Development Network International

Ayoade Igbeyi
Ayoade is currently the President and Chairman of Council of Nigerian Institute of Training and Development. She retired meritoriously as a Director of Training after 31yrs in Industrial Training Fund, Federal Government of Nigeria, foremost training Agency.
She led the team that won the “STAR PARTNER” award in entrepreneurship, for the ITF in 2017, given by the Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (GCON).
She is a resource person in both public and private sectors of the Nigeria economy in relationship management. She is passionate in the development of youths through mentoring, coaching and counseling.
A member of the Association of Talent Developers, USA. She is silent achiever in her sphere of influence and a people Manager.

David Brown
David is an ATD Master Trainer and Master Instructional designer with over 20 + years of experience in the Talent Development Profession.
For the past 15 years, he has worked with international clients to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies in their reporting and analytics, then we build a robust analytic system using tools they already have while coaching them to own the solutions which requires zero IT input or new software, providing immense value in the process.
David works with teams and clients to design and deliver blended courses (virtual, Live, and self-directed courses). Courses include: Productivity with Office 365, Analytics with Power BI, Presentation &Visualisation skills, Finance for-non-Finance managers and Financial Modeling.
He is passionate about transforming the lives of the under-priviledged and with some great teams we provide weekly webinars and monthly programs in talent development and technical courses for free. We have trained over 20,000 people in the process. He is the Chairman, Lagos Region Learning & Development Network International and a member/speaker at Association for Talent Development (ATD).

Olusegun Moshood
Olusegun is the current President & Chairman of Governing Council, Chartered Institute of Personal Management (CIPM) and the Executive Consultant/Head of Practice @ Bezaleel Consulting Group He is a thorough-bred licensed global Human Resource, Learning & Talent Development professional with over three decades of multi-sectorial experience and core competencies in Strategy, Execution & Corporate Excellence; Leadership; Extra-Legendary Customer Service; Talent Management; Personal Leadership, Self-Mastery & Emotional Intelligence, etc. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Yale School of Management (Yale SOM). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) and the Institute of Training & Development respectively. He is also a member of Learning & Development Network International. He has authored the book: “Growing People”

Sardek is the CEO of Sardek Love International and coauthor of Speak for a Living 2nd Edition. As the creator of the Master Virtual Presenter program, he teaches talent development professionals how to use facilitation to deliver highly engaging training on any topic. As an extremely popular international keynote speaker, training expert, and performance consultant, Sardek has delivered keynotes and training programs in 32 countries. In 2018, he was cited by ATD as one of the top 25 global thought leaders in talent development, and for the 6th consecutive year, he was a top-rated speaker at ATD’s International Conference.

3 Master Facilitator Secrets for Delivering Highly Engaging Virtual Training

Do you struggle to keep participants engaged and from multitasking during your virtual training? Want more training activities you can easily implement in your virtual training? If the answer is yes, this session is for you.

In this session, you will:

• Identify three mistakes trainers make when delivering virtual training.
• List four core virtual platform tools every online facilitator should use.
• Use one facilitation technique to consistently create high levels of participant engagement.

Sunday is an active and influential participant in the Nigerian and African ICT industry. He is the co-founder and the CEO of General Data Engineering Services (SKAANET), which provides functional and affordable networks in Nigeria. Through this company, Sunday was among the first innovators to bring internet connectivity to Nigeria.

Additionally, he also works as a networking consultant for Mikrotik Routers and Wireless Consulting and is actively involved in several African Internet and Network Organizations.

She is an alumnus of Harvard Business School Executive Education in Strategic Leadership.

She has worked with clients consulting and training in the US, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and all over Nigeria, including the Niger-Delta and North-East, and progressed through various management roles and industries. She is also an experienced serving NGOs and Business Associations.

John is Managing Consultant/CEO at Psyntech. He is one of a few rare consultant, speaker/facilitator and means it. With more than 28 years working and consulting experience in the public and private sectors in West Africa and Middle East. He has consulted with results in business strategy, change and project management, organizational development, business process management and leadership development in industries such as finance & banking, health, FMCGs, energy, hospitality, oil & gas and multi-lateral development partners. He has led and managed several projects on strategic plan development, performance improvement using the Business Model Canvas tool and the balance scorecard (BSC). He has written over 100 articles in print and other media.

John has attracted some of the best and leading firms in our clime and the sub-region in offering his services. He speaks in select fora and has co-founded a number of professional bodies including HR Network Africa, Learning and Development Network International, as well as sits on the Boards of for-profit and nonprofit entities. He is widely travelled. John is a certified change management consultant, is PROSCI® certified and a graduate of Electronic Engineering. He is also certified to conduct a number of psychometric and personality assessment tools. He is an alumnus of PriceWaterhousecoopers.

Amy Glass is a Master Facilitator, Executive Coach and owner of BRODY Pro, a leadership training and coaching company. Amy has worked internationally with many Fortune 100 companies in a variety of industries. Amy’s passion is help people develop essential “human skills” - enhanced self-awareness, increased confidence & transformative growth.

Elevate Your Executive Presence: Virtually and In-Person Executive presence is the ability to project confidence, build connection, and inspire people. It is important in the classroom and leadership. This session will help you project executive presence, whether in-person or virtually. Learn tools to demonstrate the key traits of executive presence in how you act, communicate, and look (your ACL).

In this session, you will:

• Facilitate virtual and in-person training and meetings with confidence.
• Authentically connect with learners and team members.
• Communicate with impact using the PREP model and effective visual and vocal expression.