Omotola Fawunmi
Lagos, Nigeria
Speaker,Lover, Sister,Friend,Counsellor, Consumate Consultant, Open Networker, Resource bank, Development Worker and Strategist
A Consultant, Facilitator, Social Advocate and Customer Service Professional, Ms. Fawunmi lives by her personal mantra, “it’s all about value…” Highly inquisitive Omotola started her first job at 15 when she resumed as a Marketing Assistant at DPMS limited a foremost IBM partner, straight out of secondary school in 2000. She worked as personal assistant and successfully managed customers from various regions of Nigeria. In 2002 The increased incidence of juvenile delinquency and teenage pregnancy in her Community,Isheri Osun, inspired her to initiate a youth Forum KEEP Talking at her parents home where she led 30-50 young people weekly, to discuss youth Issues and use positive peer pressure to minimize the incidence of deviant behavior for over one year. An 11 month ASUU Strike and Omotola’s passion for the media saw her volunteering with the NTA Programmes department working on ONE on ONE TV Programme ,The Morning Ride Breakfast TV Show and ALL NIGHT Long Midnight Show. Motivated by the quest to add value, Omotola has gained invaluable experience, first at the Obafemi Awolowo University where she coordinated a Human Capital Development conference, for graduating students of the University. In the same year, she also facilitated and initiated Public Speaking trainings for the students in Ife and Lagos. While on mandatory Youth Service in Kogi State, her passion for Social Entrepreneurship caused her to win the coveted NYSC State Award. During her service year, she was actively engaged with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) where she served as a Developmental Knowledge Facilitator and MDG Schedule Officer and conducted Periodic capacity building trainings for 300 Developmental Knowledge Facilitators as well as Training sessions across LGA’s in the State. On her return from Youth Service, she joined Visible Impact, one of the nation’s leading Management Consulting firms as an Associate Consultant and was soon engaged in facilitating training sessions for Entry level staff for clients such as DiamondBank, Oceanic Bank to mention a few. Her Customer Service skills caught the attention of one of our nation’s telecommunication firms, Globacom, where she worked as a Customer Service Representative of the organization. Her Public Speaking experience as well as her eloquent diction caused her to become the Voice