TRUSTEES

Presided by Ibikunle Dashur, and all Trustees are seasoned professionals from peculiar backgrounds and disciplines, including Management, Business Administration, Literature, Economics, Engineering, and Law.

Each Trustee is challenged with responsibilities to ensure that the Foundation accomplishes the set out goals, through partnerships and strategic plans, where thorough processes, findings and researches are undertaken to maintain unwavering focus on the key areas of the Foundation’s mission.

IBIKUNLE DASHUR President of the CML Group, a Construction/Real Estate Group of Companies in Nigeria, where he holds a key position, being the Founder and a major Shareholder, with tasks which offers diverse job responsibilities and possibility for career advancement, leading, learning and the ability for growth in knowledge, to promote and contribute his quota to the construction industry and management in general.

In his continued bid to support and help the society and others, especially those in need, he has been privileged to serve as a freelancer, contributor, known or unknown financial donor, anonymous sponsor, patron or philanthropist to various humanitarian, environmental or cultural issues on different occasions. This became a part of his motivation and inspiration for the establishment of the Foundation by his family.

He is efficient, versatile and a pragmatic leader; people and results driven. Proven in his capability to have successfully led and motivated large team members, peers and employees on various projects and programs. Also, Ibikunle Dashur is an Author, Iconoclastic, and a Conceptualist. He is an Environmentalist, as well as an Abstractionist.

EKWI DASHUR is a Nigerian Actress, Ex-Model, Host and Compere, best known for her roles in various Home Movies, and Soap Operas, such as, ‘I Need to Know’, Heaven’s Gate, 30 Days, etc.’

She is the CEO of Ekwi Multinational Company, being the creative mind, face and brain behind the brand. She is also a Director at The Allison Grey Company, tasked with the responsibilities of streamlining operations, providing and ensuring compliance of significant policies, coordinating and reporting to the Board, where decision making and planning for the futures goals of the Company are required.

OMOPEJU AFANU is well versed in project management, finance and administration with experience in managing different scales of projects earning her the position of Managing Director and Vice President/COO of a few organizations.
She has been involved in conceptualizing and developing economic growth projects for companies and government for national development. She has also been consulting for various companies in the conceptualization, design and execution of turn-key Hotel and Real Estate Development projects in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Benin, Abeokuta, Calabar, Obudu, Afikpo, Ilorin and Monrovia as designer and creative consultant, supervising all Interior Designs, Fittings and Furnishings and Project Management.
Her overall entrepreneurial experience span over 15 years commencing as a student in the University of Ibadan while her management experience span over a period of ten years thus acquiring a robust experience in Entrepreneurship, Management, Administration, Finance and other related areas in the private sectors of the economy. She has been responsible for sourcing, managing and training staff for various projects.
She is the Country Director in Nigeria for The Women Empowerment and Development Platform (TWEDP) an NGO dedicated to the growth and empowerment of women at grassroots level as well as supporting children of poor families in public schools by providing them with resources as well as opportunities for qualitative education

BABATUNDE AWE is a young, vibrant Legal Practitioner with over sixteen years post call experience with a practice straddling Maritime Law, Sports Law, Corporate Commercial Law, Human Rights, Family Law and Child Rights Advocacy. He has acted as company secretary for several private Companies as well as for public quoted financial services giants.

He is well experienced instituting, structuring and advising sundry organizations and is currently Legal Adviser to the alumni body one of the oldest schools in Nigeria.

Babatunde speaks on a popular radio programme about national and social issues where his core leaning is towards justice and equity. He is passionate about the poor, less privileged and the oppressed and he is well known to championing their cause without necessarily creating any publicity about it.

He is married with children and lives in Lagos with his family where he currently runs an active Legal Practice.