
Oba (Senator) Lekan Balogun- The Otun Olubadan

Oba Otun Olubadan of Ibadan Land, sits on the Board of several companies with interests in Oil and Gas, Distributive Trade, Management Consulting, Mechanized Farming and Export of non-oil items as well as Travels and Tourism.
Erstwhile Administrator/Head, Industrial Relations, Recruitment and Scholarships, Planning and Development at Shell Petroleum Development Company, Senator Lekan Balogun was also a Research Fellow with the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; a Director with Triumph Newspaper, Kano; Editor of the monthly Magazine-“The Nigerian Pathfinder” as well as Management Consultant for Multinational Organizations such as Leyland, Exiat Battery and Nigerian Breweries. He’s a renowned technocrat, author and philanthropist.
He holds a Doctorate, Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees in Public Administration; Public and Social Administration and Economics from Columbus International University, Brunel University and Manchester University all in the United Kingdom.
A former Presidential Aspirant on the platform of SDP, Senator Balogun was also a Gubernatorial Candidate for the PDP in Oyo State in the present political dispensation and a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the Fourth Republic. He was chairman Senate Committee on National Planning and was a member to many Senate Committees such as Appropriations, Security and Intelligence, Police Affairs and Defence (Army). Oba (Senator) Balogun has written and published widely. Many of his publications include but not limited to; A Review of Nigeria’s 4 years’ Development Plan, 1970-1974; Nigeria: Social Justice or Doom; Power for Sale: published in Punch Newspaper; Arrogance of Power; Nigeria: The people must decide, among other publications.

Mr. Shaineze Essang (MNIM)

As the Group Executive Director, Lead Promoter and Chief Strategist of Etishanet Group, Mr Essang and his team have served clients in the different sectors of to the economy; in Hospitality and Tourism, Education, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Market Research among others. His areas of core competence are in Business Development/Management, Reputation Management, CSR Consulting, and Entrepreneurial Development. He is a tourism and hospitality professional who has built his experiences overtime working in key commercial business functions where he was responsible for Economic Management, Internally Generated Revenue for MDAs and new business development. Mr Essang has had cognate training in relevant industry from such organizations as Sixt GMBH, Pullach, Munich, Germany, The Central Bank of Nigeria, WorldVenture Dreamtrip Travels Club, Dallas Texas, Globacom Training School, Cross River State Tourism Bureau among others. He was also a pioneer management staff of Sixt Nigeria where he served as the Franchise Manager.
The GED was one of the Managing Partners of the Cross River State “Tourist Transportation Scheme” that designed, developed and implemented the tourist and hospitality project. Mr Essang has had a 15-year career with professional working stints with the Central Bank of Nigeria as Assistant Economist; Globacom Limited, one of the biggest telecommunications Companies in Nigeria with a designate as a Reputation Management Executive and would later be appointed a Supply/Logistics Chain Manager. The GED was also a Personal Assistant and Group Accountant/ Financial Advisor to Oba (Senator) Lekan Balogun, Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He was engaged as a Managing Partner, Logistics Coordinator for the Commissioning Ceremony of TINAPA, Africa’s Business Resort, in Calabar, Cross River State- Nigeria. He was appointed, Logistics Consultant by the Federal Ministry of Culture and Tourism during the African Travelers’ Association (ATA) summit in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
In 2014, he was Engaged by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ebonyi State , during the National Festival for Arts and Culture (NAFEST) to coordinate and manage the different ranges of mobility solutions ranging from ground transportation for both intracity and intercity operations, charted airlines to hotel reservations and personnel training. He was also engaged as a Franchise Operator for Herzt/C&I Leasing Company in Calabar.
He is an author, a Development Economist. An alumnus of the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and University of Calabar. He possesses Masters Degree in Macroeconomics, MBA in Accounting and Finance and First Degree in Economics. He is an Associate Member of Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM); Member, European Centre for Research, Training and Development; Member, African Traveller’s Association, New York, USA; Member, Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria (FTAN); Member, Dreamtrips WorldVenture, Dallas Texas.

DENIS NFOR YUNI, Ph.D.

Denis Nfor Yuni holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Yaounde II, Soa; an MSc in Economics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Development Economics from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. He has a rich blend of research and teaching experience; having worked as resident researcher in the Centre for Demographic and Allied Research, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (2011 – 2014); and Africa Climate Change Adaptation Initiative (2014-2015). He has been serving as a lecturer in the department of Economics and Development Studies,Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, (AEFUNA), Ebonyi State Nigeria since 2015. He is an expert in applied micro-econometrics, Public Sector Economics and Development Economics.
He has attended several training workshops and short courses on economic theory, econometrics and field work certified by local and international institutions including: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); World Bank Sub National Doing Business in Nigeria and Civil Resource Development and Documentation Centre in partnership with Department for International Development (DFID), USAID and International Budget Partnership (IBP).
Dr Denis Yuni has participated in and attended several conferences leading to over twenty conference papers and has published over twenty five original peer reviewed journals articles. Some of these articles are indexed in prestigious Thompson Reuters and Scopus indexing bodies such as: International Migration, Economics Bulletin, Environmental Hazards and International Journal of Sustainable Economy, journal of studies in economics and econometrics, just to name a few. He equally has over ten working papers and technical reports to his credit.
He has consulted for local and international organisations such as: TetFund, Civil Resource Development and Documentation Centre; Nigerian Communications Commission; Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA); African Economic Research Consortium; Climate analytics GMBH Berlin Germany; the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) and the World Bank Sub National Doing Business. He is well trained and skilled in the use of STATA, E-views, SPSS and R econometric software. He has the ability to estimate panel, time series and cross-sectional data for economic analysis in particular and the social sciences in general.He are currently the Deputy Director, Center for Internationalisation and Advancement (CIA), AEFUNA.

Dr. Wilson O. C

A medical doctor turned business promoter. He is a member, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. A Chevron scholar and a trained Medical Researcher. He is the Company’s Secretary and a Consultant on Human Capital Development. Holds an MBBS degree from University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital. Member, Africa Traveler’s Association, New York, USA Member, Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria (FTAN).

Mr. Etieno Etuk

A Founding Director of the company, an Accountant and Financial Analyst.A Master in Finance from the University of North Texas, USA. A First Degree in Accounting from the University of Calabar, Nigeria. He designs, develops and promotes the Company’s International Business Strategies (IBS) in the global market for all value creation activities.
Mr. Emeka Chuks
Business promoter in the development and management of tourism and hospitality in Diaspora.
Masters Degree in Hotel Management and Innovative. An MBA Degree in Tourism/Hospitality Management from Hotel School Maastricht and ESADE Business School Barcelona, Spain.

Mr. Timileyin Williams

Consultant in the hospitality industry. He has served in varying positions of responsibilities such as Guest Public Relations Manager in the prestigious Five Star Hotel Labriz Hilton (formerly Labriz Resort), a private Island Resort in Seychelles. He also had a working stint at the Plantation, Phuket, Thailand, a Tourist Caverote Resort where he was saddled with the responsibility of developing the business unit of the tourist attraction center, through the management of visitors which included cultural tourists and private charters to the center resulting in high profit netting to the center.
Currently, a Conceptual Design and Promoter Associate with Maurice Sedwell Savile Row, Islington, London. He was trained in Istituto Marangoni, London, UK where he bagged a degree in Interior Design /Concept Development.

Victor Offiong

Experienced entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in SQL database deployment and management, Custom Software Solutions, Web development, IT Service Management, Servers, IT Infrastructure deployment. He is a technology enthusiast who loves what he does and continually strives to explore new ideas on how our solutions and services can best serve our clients. Mr Offiong holds a Master’s degree in Information System Management from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Calabar. Mr. Offiong is the is Managing Director of Emagin Info Tech Limited.