Dr. Oluwasoromidayo George

Mrs. Oluwasoromidayo George has a doctoral degree from Walden University. She’s also a member of AIESEC Nigeria, Board of Advisors, a Fellow of the WIMBOARD Institute, a WIMBIZ/IE University, Madrid Executive Education Programme for Women on Boards, and was a member of the WIMBIZ Executive Council. She was an adjunct faculty member at the School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University.

She’s s a top-performing Director of Corporate Affairs & Sustainable Business with extensive experience in sustainable business and development, ESG/sustainability/corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate communications, external relations, policy advocacy, campaign planning, and implementation. She has a proven track record of spearheading innovative initiatives and developing strategies to help reposition companies to maintain growth within a sustainable development framework.

She was the first female Corporate Affairs & Sustainable Business Director, Unilever, West and Central Africa (including Franco-phone Africa), the first female Executive Director of the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATN Foundation) and the Head of Corporate Affairs, British American Tobacco (BAT) in West & Central Africa. She was also the first female Chairman of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Export Group(MANEG). She is the co-founder of the Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance Institute. In 2016, she set up the Heart of Ruth Fund (now the Heart of Ruth Foundation) to help rehabilitate women and children who are abused or economically disadvantaged.

She’s the current Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Director, CCHBC, Lagos, Nigeria, and the UN Global Compact Network Nigeria Chairperson. She is also a Co-Chair of the CEO Water Mandate Council, representing the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)