Debola Deji-Kurunmi

Debola Deji-Kurunmi is a polymath and multi-influential coach for Visionary Leaders and Institutions. She is internationally recognized for her phenomenal work as a Transformational Coach, Catalyst, Consultant, Capacity Builder, and Christ-Centred Ministry Gift.

She is the Founder of IMMERSE Coaching Company (a professional coaching practice), Executive Director at Ideation Hub Africa (a public policy and impact advisory firm), and President at Kingdom Leaders Global Alliance (a non-denominational Christian Ministry). She is a Certified Visionary Leadership Coach by the Oleg Konovalov Global Certification, a Certified Gallup Strengths Coach, a Certified Masteries Practitioner of the International Association of Coaching, USA, and was named Nigeria’s Leading Coach at the 2021 Motherland Awards. She is also a Thomas International Certified Workplace Personality Profile Analyst, Certified Job Evaluation Analyst, and an experienced Corporate Trainer. Debola has been on the Faculty of organizations including the Lagos State Government, World Bank, OANDO Foundation, FATE Foundation, LEAP Africa, VFD Bridge, and Olaniwun Ajayi LP amongst others. She sits on the Board of many organizations, including the Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni Association of Nigeria, Sickle Cell Advocacy and Management Initiative, and the Mindset Transformation and Aid Organization, where she provides strategic advisory on organizational design, senior leadership development, policy analysis as well as program execution.

At IMMERSE Coaching Company, Debola leads a 70,000+ strong tech-driven global community of Changemakers living in over 100 countries, using her breakthrough coaching methodology to elevate their impact, authority, and legacy leadership. Since 2014, IMMERSE has produced over 200 courses and expanded into three different subsidiaries. Debola has been severally recognized for her outstanding leadership impact, with her transformational work featured on TV, international news, and media. She has received several awards including 2014 New Leader for Tomorrow in the order of business, government, and parliaments at the Crans Montana Forum in Geneva; an award conferred before several Presidents and world leaders. She served twice as a mentor at the Queen’s Young Leader Awards (a UK Government fellowship that honors exceptional young leaders in the Commonwealth). In 2018, she was selected by the US Government as one of Africa’s most promising young leaders and a Mandela Washington Fellow. In 2019, she was listed as one of the 100 Most Inspiring Nigerian Women and named one of the 50 Most Inspiring Women in 2022 by BusinessDay and ABCD Africa’s 50 Most Impactful Voices 2023. DDK, as she is fondly called, is an author of 26 books to date and has spoken on three continents to emerging leaders, teams of multinational corporations, global development practitioners, SME owners, and thousands of purpose-driven people.