“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today. It’s easy to wait for the perfect moment, but real growth happens when we take ownership of our journey.”
Today we celebrate Mr. Idonrenyen Enang as our African Global Titan for the day.
Idy (as he is fondly called) is the CEO at Corporate Shepherds Limited, A Certified Executive Coach, A Licensed Practitioner – Insights Discovery & Liberating Leadership UK | President & Chairman of Council – National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria, NIMN.
Idorenyen Enang is a Business and Leadership Coach with strong expertise in Human Capacity development and Strategy & Commercial Excellence. This is culled from a distinguished career spanning over 30years across various industries and top-rated global organizations like Guinness, The Coca-Cola Company, Cadbury, Samsung and L’OREAL.
Idy is a trained Economist and holds an MBA with specialty in Marketing. He is a much sought-after speaker in business and leadership conferences. He enjoys reading, listening to music and travelling.
Idorenyen is a proven reform-minded business leader with demonstrable expertise in Strategy, Business
Management, Organizational Design, Marketing, Sales Operations and is a licensed practitioner of Insights Discovery and Liberating Leadership UK.
Over the course of his illustrious career spanning over thirty years, Idy as he is fondly called has held key positions of increasing responsibility at Executive Management levels across Africa; building and transforming several global brands like Guinness (a subsidiary of Diageo) as a Brand Manager, Coca Cola as the Country Marketing Manager in Kenya, Chief of Staff to the Equatorial Africa President, then later driving the business in the East & Central Region as General Manager before moving on to turn-around Cadbury from a near comatose state to profitability as Commercial Director. He had an exceptional stint at Samsung Electronics where he served as Managing Director for Nigeria out of its West Africa Hub in Lagos, and later served as the Managing Director for L’Oréal where he managed subsidiaries of the beauty giant across West Africa.
His exemplary leadership and service in the course of his career has put him on a global stage. Idy was elected and served on the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) as Region Vice President for Africa, alongside other Chief Marketing Officers and Chief Executives of Fortune 500 companies between 2011 and March 2016. He is a Past President of the Advertisers Association of Nigeria, a Past Chairman of the Heads of Advertising Sectorial Group; a former member of Council at APCON (the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria), which regulates the practice of Advertising in Nigeria. He sits on the Advisory Boards of Awesome Treasures Foundation
(ATF), Strap & Safe Child Foundation, Strategy for Mentoring Initiative & Leadership Empowerment (S.M.I.L.E) and the Consumer Advocacy for Food Safety & Nutrition Initiative (CAFSANI). He also serves as a Board member of several companies in the Finance, Consulting and Communication sectors.
Idy Quotes: ‘This week, think about one area in your life or career where you can act with intention. One bold step today can open doors you never imagined.’
Over the past two decades, Idy’s relentless pursuit of improving the public good within the larger society and professional communities of practice has been recognized with Fellowships of UK’s Chartered Institute of Marketing and the National Institute of Marketing Nigeria, where he currently functions as the President and Chairman of the Governing Council. He has also been adorned with several awards in the course of his career and service to his community.
He is currently the CEO of Corporate Shepherds Limited, an organization founded by him to serve as a social enterprise to develop and enhance people and organizational capability. Driven by a performance and productivity mindset, he runs a bundle of initiatives in the media and open seminars for grooming leaders and young people to improve their competencies and career prospects. Corporate Shepherds currently has a wide array of youths and numerous Executives under its mentorship. He also hosts a popular radio program tagged ‘Navigate with Idy’, a leadership and business talk show that airs on over ten different radio stations across the nation.
In his words, “I oversee Corporate Shepherds Limited, a social enterprise founded by me to build generational leaders and businesses and nurture same to higher levels of performance and productivity”. An author and presenter/producer of a radio program ‘Navigate With Idy Enang’, currently running on ten stations across Nigeria. This provides an opportunity for a ‘business school’ to teach, guide and motivate a large spectrum and audience with entrepreneurial mindsets.
He adds “I bring my expertise to bear as I dedicate time to serve on Boards of companies, NGOs and my professional enclave as President & Chairman of Council of the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria – NIMN. Also, a Fellow and distinguished Advertising Practitioner with APCON.”
Idy Quotes:
“Sometimes, the biggest shifts come when you pause, reflect, and ask yourself: Am I moving in the right direction?”
As we celebrate this global African titan of repute, we encourage you to stay tuned to this website www.globalafricantimes.com for more on and from Mr. Idy Enang.
